Table 1. . Recruitment of researchers.

Method for finding researchers	Number approached	Number participating
Member of the VA HSR&D chartered veterans engagement workgroup	14	8
Investigators with PCORI funding for projects that had ’veteran’ in title	8	4
Individuals identified via internet search for veteran related research	1	1
Snowball sampling from experts involved in first three steps	3	3

HSR&D: Health Services Research and Development; PCORI: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute; VA: Veterans Health Administration.