RESEARCH

Leading the way with Research, Evaluation, and Community Insights

Helping Veterans and Military Families by Listening

IVMF research drives policy changes at every level, from your local community veteran service organizations to the halls of power in Washington DC. Our nationally-trusted team has produced over 1,500 research products and has testified before Congress on various subjects pertaining to veterans and their families.

Backed by Syracuse University's R1 research infrastructure, IVMF findings create real impact for military families, and shine a light on some of their biggest and most unique challenges.

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Applied Research

Our multi-disciplinary research team leverages higher education resources to discover, inform, and address the most pressing challenges facing transitioning service members, veterans, and military families. Those findings then inform and empower our partners at local and national scales to better serve those who served our country.

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Evaluation

The evaluation team uses a range of evidence-based techniques to help organizations strengthen the way they serve veterans, military families, and their communities.

From designing evaluation frameworks to collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, our team helps organizations measure impact, communicate results, and turn insights into meaningful growth.

Because we apply these same practices to evaluating our own programs and services, we understand both the challenges and the opportunities organizations face when demonstrating impact and driving continuous improvement.

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Community Insights & Impact

Community Insights and Impact partners with governments, veteran service organizations, and nonprofits to strengthen how communities serve veterans and military families. Through Strategic Advising and a national Community of Practice, the team conducts needs assessments, identifies service gaps, and builds coordinated systems that connect veterans to the right resources faster.

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Digital Library

The D'Aniello IVMF Digital Library is a free, open-access home for the insights, data, and tools for all. It spans entrepreneurship, employment and economic opportunity, higher education, government and community services, policy, and military families. Every resource is curated by IVMF research experts and Syracuse University Librarians, with the metadata, filters, and context that make materials easy to find and use right away.

Whether you're launching a veteran-owned business, building a veteran hiring strategy, or shaping policy, you'll find trusted, practical research in the Digital Library with no paywall.