# Veterans’ Donations of Research Incentives to Fellow Veterans

**Authors:** Donna M. Zulman, Mayuree Rao, Cindie Slightam, Liberty Greene, Matthew L. Maciejewski

PMC · DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.20307 · 2025-07-14

## TL;DR

This study explores whether offering donations to veteran organizations encourages veterans to participate in research.

## Contribution

It introduces using charitable donations as incentives specifically for veteran research recruitment.

## Key findings

- Monetary donations to veteran-serving organizations were considered as research incentives.
- The study surveyed veterans to assess the effectiveness of this incentive strategy.

## Abstract

This survey study examines using monetary donations to veteran-serving organizations as an incentive for research participation among US veterans.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** posttraumatic stress disorder (MESH:D013313)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12260992