Research
July 1, 2026
The Accidental Entrepreneur: How Military Spouses Take Their Careers into Their Own Hands
Follow one military spouse’s journey from bedside nurse to accidental entrepreneur.
By IVMF
May 28, 2026
Planning to Pivot: Employment Lessons from a Military Spouse – 2026
IVMF worked with 41 organizations and 72 stakeholders to assess New Mexico's veteran services landscape and build a roadmap for coordinated care.
By IVMF
March 25, 2025
Military Spouse Employment Landscape: Trends, Barriers, and Opportunities
Military spouses remain a uniquely positioned but persistently underleveraged segment of the U.S. labor force.
By IVMF
October 1, 2024
Military-Connected Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
The Advancing Military-Connected Entrepreneurship Initiative, funded by Walmart, aims to enhance the entrepreneurship ecosystem and support veterans, military spouses, and other military-connected business owners as they develop their businesses.
By Rosalinda Maury | Adam Pritchard
September 24, 2024
Advancing Veteran Health Equity
This initiative is designed to address the critical gaps in our understanding of access to care and patient experiences across various care settings to promote health equity among veteran communities.
By Mariah Brennan | Jeanette Harvie | Deborah Bradbard | Rosalinda V. Maury
June 13, 2024
NSMAE: Military Spouse Entrepreneurs 2024
Overall, the findings reveal a strong entrepreneurial spirit among military spouses, with 89% viewing themselves as entrepreneurs and 48% as social entrepreneurs focused on solving social, cultural, or environmental issues.
By Rosalinda Maury | Adam Pritchard | Mirza Tihic
May 31, 2024
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Military (2024)
This infographic provides key highlights for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AAPI) service members, veterans, and their families.
By Jeanette Harvie | Rosalinda Maury | Rachel Lisner
January 1, 2024
Military-Connected Small Business Profiles: Access to Capital and Resources Across Revenue Stages
This research brief presents a thorough analysis of the military-connected entrepreneurship ecosystem, detailing the progression of business development from inception to sustainability.
By Jeanette Harvie | Rosalinda Maury | Rachel Lisner
March 1, 2023
National Survey of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs (2022)
Major strides have been made to train and support veteran entrepreneurs over the last two decades, but veteran entrepreneurs still face challenges.
By Rosalinda Maury | Mirza Tihic | Adam Pritchard
November 1, 2022
Onward to Opportunity (O2O) Impact Evaluation
Penn State’s Clearinghouse analysis found that O2O has statistically validated positive impacts on post-service employment, including starting salary, and characteristics of 6-month job retention.
By Jillian R. Rodgers, M.P.S. | Katie E. Davenport, Ph.D. | Nicole R. Morgan, Ph.D. | Daniel F. Perkins, Ph.D.
September 1, 2022
Hispanics & Latinos in the Military
This brief provides highlights from the 2021 NSMAE focusing on Hispanic, Latino/a/x, or Spanish origin veteran entrepreneurs.
By Rosalinda Maury | Mirza Tihic | Adam Pritchard
July 1, 2022
Women Veteran Entrepreneurs 2022
This brief provides the latest insights from the 2021 NSMAE survey. The findings reported here are from both a longitudinal and cross-sectional sample of over 2,000 veteran entrepreneurs.
By IVMF
April 1, 2022
National Survey of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs
This brief provides the latest insights from the 2021 NSMAE survey. The findings reported here are from both a longitudinal and cross-sectional sample of over 2,000 veteran entrepreneurs.
By Rosalinda Maury | Mirza Tihic | Adam Pritchard | Alexander McKelvie | Linda Euto
March 20, 2022
Women in the Military
Women in the military have used their skills and experiences from their military service to make achievements in their careers and their communities.
By IVMF
December 1, 2021
Evolution of the Veteran Employment Landscape
Proactive and sustained efforts have resulted in notable improvements in veterans’ employment services and programs particularly as they relate to the military transition of post-9/11 veterans.
By Deborah A. Bradbard Ph.D. | Rosalinda V. Maury, M.S.
May 1, 2021
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Military
The information and statistics in this document are from various data collection efforts centered on military life, transition, employment, entrepreneurship, and higher education.
By IVMF
March 12, 2021
Veteran Certification: Demystify and Align
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, has worked to increase the number of procurement-ready veteran-owned businesses (VOBs), while simultaneously working with corporations to build and expand upon their veteran business procurement strategies. In 2016, IVMF partnered with Fiserv to create the CVOB in an effort to further this work
By Misty Stutsman Fox | John Perez | Kayla Eberhardt
February 1, 2021
Black and African American Veteran Entrepreneurs
These findings are based on the data collected from 333 Black and African American veteran entrepreneurs.
By Rosalinda Maury, M.S. | Mirza Tihic, Ph.D. | Najla Almissalati
February 1, 2021
Black & African Americans in the Military
This data brief addresses a critical gap in understanding their experiences, particularly in the transition from the military to civilian life.
By IVMF
February 1, 2021
Native Americans in the Military
Highly regarded within their tribal community for their dedication and commitment to serve in the Armed Services, Native American veterans represent 574 federally recognized tribes.
By IVMF
January 1, 2021
Impacts and Opportunities of Military Life for Military Children
The brief covers the demographics of the military and veteran child populations, the needs and experiences of military children, impacts of military service, and implications for practice.
By Rachel K. Linsner, M.S. | Rosalinda Maury, M.S.
September 1, 2020
Hispanics and Latinos in The Military: From Service To Civilian Life
This infographic provides key highlights for Hispanic and Latino service members and veterans.
By IVMF
March 1, 2020
Women in the Military: Transition, Employment, and Higher Education After Service
This infographic provides key highlights on women in the military. The information in this document comes from our various data collection efforts centered on transition, employment, entrepreneurship, and higher education.
By IVMF
February 1, 2020
Black and African Americans in The Military: From Service to Civilian Life
The following infographic provides key highlights of Black and African American service members and veterans.
By IVMF
December 17, 2019
Student Veterans: A Valuable Asset to Higher Education
Student veterans are uniquely positioned for academic achievement and success due to their military training, personal characteristics, work ethic, and steadfast commitment.
By IVMF
January 1, 2019
Veteran Entrepreneurship: Access to Capital Challenges and Opportunities
The search for capital to support small businesses is a challenge for all potential entrepreneurs, regardless of veteran status.
By Rosalinda V. Maury | Brice M. Stone | Kicia K. Sears | Andrew M Sander
December 1, 2018
A Case for Patient Philanthropy
Research consistently demonstrates that post-service employment ranks among the most pressing concerns expressed by military members, veterans, and their families.
By IVMF