medRxiv PreprintsInternational4 November 2026
Career development awards are associated with lower career-long research attrition risk in Veterans Affairs investigators.
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Objective:To investigate research attrition and the associated factors among US Department of Veterans Affairs investigators with and without a prior Career Development Award (CDA) from fiscal year 2008 to 2026. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Methods: Investigators whose CDA ended between October 2008 and March 2026 were identified from the Research Analysis and Forecasting Tool (RAFT) database and compared to non-CDA peers. Extracted descriptive variables included sex, investigator type, doctoral degree, salary source, specialty, and research area. Attrition, derived from the electronic
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