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 • 91 episodes
Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
Latest Episodes
Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Caitlin Rancher PhD
K to R Essentials graduate Caitlin Rancher, PhD shares her journey navigating the K99-R00 transition while developing essential skills for independent faculty success. She discusses how applying a scientific mindset to career challenges transfo...
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Episode 83
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30:51
Reclaiming Control Over Your Academic Career
When your grant funding suddenly vanishes, panic isn't just common—it's expected. But how you respond to that panic could determine whether your research vision survives or gets sacrificed in the scramble.Drawing from recent conversatio...
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Episode 82
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Tempted to Use AI to Write Your Grant? Here's What To Consider
The ever-expanding presence of artificial intelligence in our professional lives has reached the sacred territory of research grant writing, raising profound questions about scientific integrity and the nature of academic work. As someone who's...
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Episode 81
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26:26
Introspection as a Career Strategy: Wayfinding Without a Map
This episode gets a bit personal! Rediscovering a 12-year-old journal unexpectedly transformed my understanding of the work I do now. For weeks, I found myself immersed in the pages of my younger self's thoughts, witnessing my struggles to defi...
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Episode 80
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Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Amy LeClair, PhD
In this episode, I sit down with Amy LeClair, PhD — a medical sociologist and recent K to R Essentials graduate — for a powerful conversation about moving from being a perpetual collaborator to pursuing independent research, describing how she ...
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Episode 79
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