Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
For women faculty, transitioning from a Career Development (K) Award to your first NIH R01 is about more than just writing a fundable grant. Host and expert NIH grant consultant Sarah Dobson guides early career researchers through the roadmap for overcoming the hurdles of being a woman in academia and avoiding the K cliff. She’s ready to see passionate and tenacious women K Award recipients level up to R01 funding and build impactful, thriving, and fulfilling research careers. Visit https://sarahdobson.co to learn more.
Podcasting since 2023 • 101 episodes
Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
Latest Episodes
Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Sunny Lin, PhD
What do you do when a grant that anchors your research disappears overnight? We sit down with Sunny Lin, PhD to explore the real work of rebuilding after a canceled K Award. Our conversation moves through the full arc of the K-to-R journey. We ...
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Uncharted Academia Part 6: Sustainable Ambition
We wrap our Uncharted Academia series by making a clear case for sustainable ambition—ambition that draws strength from purpose, alignment, and hope, not from fear or constant approval-seeking. Across a turbulent funding climate and shifting in...
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Uncharted Academia Part 5: Redefining Success
In Part 5 of this series, Sarah explores how external metrics create an illusion of certainty—and how to replace it with something sturdier: your own clear metrics, aligned with work that genuinely matters. In this episode, we talk...
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Episode 95
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Uncharted Academia Part 4: Building Research And Career Networks That Last
In Part 4 of this series Sarah explores an essential way to navigate uncertainty—one built on intentional collaborations, reciprocal networks, and leadership that starts with self-stewardship.We explore how to choose fruitful collaborat...
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Episode 94
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Uncharted Academia Part 3: Protecting and Leveraging Excellence
In Part 3 of this series, Sarah maps a practical way through turbulence by protecting the two skills that matter most: resilience, rooted in purpose and self-belief, and communication, the ability to show the value of your research with precisi...
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Episode 93
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