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 • 104 episodes
Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
Latest Episodes
[Greatest Hits] How to Free Yourself From the Mentee Mindset
You don’t become a PI after you get funded; you get funded after you start thinking and acting like a PI. In another one of our show's greatest hits, this episode unpacks the crucial mindset shift from mentee to independent leader: focusing on ...
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[Greatest Hits] 3 Things You Need to Know About The K to R Transition That Have Nothing to do With Writing an R01
Ready for a candid look at the K‑to‑R leap no one warns you about? In a replay of our most popular episode of all time, we go straight at the hidden work behind a fundable R01: reshaping priorities, setting boundaries that stick, and building t...
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Finding Your Footing: Reflection Questions To Close A Hard Year And Step Into The Next
In a moment when the funding landscape has been unstable, institutions have been unpredictable, and many of you have been carrying more emotional and intellectual weight than ever, it can feel self-indulgent to pause and look back. But this pra...
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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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