The Science of Team Science (SciTS) team aims to support the development and evolution of the SciTS field by supporting platforms for knowledge sharing and information exchange, including conferences, journal special issues devoted to team science, and web-based technologies for knowledge sharing and information exchange on team science.
2006 National Conference on SciTS: Understanding the Value of Transdisciplinary Research
In 2006, the SciTS team collaborated with the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR) and the American Psychological Association (APA) to host the National Conference on the Science of Team Science: Understanding the Value of Transdisciplinary Research in Bethesda, Maryland. This conference brought together experts in team science (particularly transdisciplinary team science) to present an overview of the current state of research about team science and identify priority areas and future directions for the field.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) Supplement on the SciTS
A subset of the conference papers from the National Conference on the Science of Team Science: Understanding the Value of Transdisciplinary Research were later synthesized in a special issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine published in August 2008 (Volume 35, issue 2). This supplement, titled The Science of Team Science: Assessing the Value of Transdisciplinary Research, provided an overview of key research and conceptual developments in the emerging SciTS field.
SciTS Conferences
The NCI SciTS team co-sponsored four SciTS Conferences to bring together researchers, practitioners and funders of team science to learn about new developments in the SciTS field and better understand how to translate this knowledge into effective team science collaborations:
Key publications that resulted from these efforts include:
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Falk-Krzesinski HJ, Contractor N, Fiore SM, et al. Mapping a research agenda for the science of team science. Res Eval. 2011;20(2):143-156. doi:10.3152/095820211X12941371876580.
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Börner K, Contractor N, Falk-Krzesinski HJ, et al. A multi-level systems perspective for the science of team science. Sci Transl Med. 2010;2(49):cm24. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3001399.
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Falk-Krzesinski HJ, Börner K, Contractor N, et al. Advancing the science of team science. Clin Transl Sci. 2010;3(5):263-266. doi:10.1111/j.1752-8062.2010.00223.x.