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 • 108 episodes
Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
Latest Episodes
Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Deanne Tibbitts, PhD
The K-to-R transition asks you to do something that sounds simple but isn't: zoom out from the project you've been working on and start seeing yourself as someone with a research program. That shift is harder than it looks — and it's exactly wh...
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[Greatest Hits] There's More Than One Road to a Successful Research Career
The rules you inherited about academic success—churn out more grants, stick to the old playbook, be grateful to be here—can shrink your career. In another of our Greatest Hits episodes, we flip that script with a simple, powerful idea: create t...
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[Greatest Hits] Your Research Career Needs a Compass
Feeling pulled into every committee, side project, and “quick favor” while trying to make the K-to-R leap? In another of our greatest hits episodes, we explore one of the most powerful tools you can deploy in your research career.We sta...
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[Greatest Hits] How Unconscious Decision-Making Can Derail Your Career
Fear, pressure, and momentum can quietly shape a career you never meant to build. In another of our greatest hits episodes, we take a clear-eyed look at how unconscious choices creep into your career, leading to unintended consequences....
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[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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