Table 1.

Facilitators and barriers to success of the team science initiative

Barriers	Solutions
Cultural differences between the original research networks	Opportunities for in-person networking
Expanding reach to include diverse perspectives and expertise	Innovative ways to facilitate ‘matchmaking’
Limited salary support to maintain network infrastructure	Enhance efficiency by overlapping workgroup activities and funding a coordinator position
Reliance on soft money limits ability to undertake small projects that build research teams	Funding competition to catalyse new project-based collaborations
Time and energy displaced toward sustaining funds for team science network	Not yet solved