VA research/academic tracks, onboarding

Two separate questions but both related to working at the VA: (1) I've heard that if you want to pursue research or academics, you can select from one of two tracks - one with 0.8 FTE research and 0.2 FTE clinical, and another with the inverse - 0.8 FTE clinical and 0.2 FTE research. (This may just be at my local VA, or at specific VAs associated with academic programs). Question is, how does salary compare between these two tracks, and how would they compare to just doing 1.0 FTE clinical... Read more
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