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 • 84 episodes
Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
Latest Episodes
Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Brienne Miner, MD MHS
In this episode, I sit down with Brienne Miner, MD MHS—a physician, researcher, and recent K to R Essentials graduate—for a powerful conversation about what it really looks like to step into your role as a PI with clarity and purpose....
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Episode 76
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A Strategic Reset When You’re Feeling Powerless
When the funding landscape feels chaotic, it’s easy to spiral into overwhelm or freeze in place. But one of the most powerful things you can do right now is come back to the work that grounds you. In this episode, I’m...
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Episode 75
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Short-Term Panic vs. Long-Term Strategy: How to Make Better Career Decisions
When the decisions you make are often short-term, reactionary, and misaligned with where you actually want to go. In this episode, we’re talking about the difference between making decisions from a place of fear versus a place ...
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Episode 74
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14:45
Overcommitted and Off-Track? How to Reclaim Your Time for the Work That Matters
Defining your North Star—the long-term vision for your research—is one thing. Actually aligning your daily work with it? That’s where things get tricky. Most researchers don’t realize just how misaligned their time an...
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Episode 73
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15:40
Navigating Institutional Chaos Without Losing Sight of Your Career Goals
With so much uncertainty in higher education, research funding, and institutional policies, it’s easy to feel like the ground is constantly shifting beneath you. But instead of reacting to institutional panic or the latest funding cha...
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Episode 72
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