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.
Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
When It Feels Like You Can't Catch A Break
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Sarah Dobson
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Episode 77
If you’ve been feeling like you just can’t catch a break, this episode is for you.
In the last five years, early-career researchers have had to navigate two major crises—first the pandemic, and now a new wave of funding instability and institutional upheaval. There’s no playbook for how to move through something like this. And yet, you’re still here. Still committed to your work. Still showing up.
In this episode, I want to remind you of something that’s easy to forget when you’re in the middle of it: the fact that you’re still here is a sign that you’re handling this well.
In this episode:
- What it’s really been like to navigate back-to-back disruptions to biomedical research and higher ed—particularly for early career researchers
- The emotional weight of this moment, and why it deserves to be named
- What high-achieving researchers tend to overlook when evaluating how they’re doing
- Why remembering who you are and why you’re here is your most reliable strategy in uncertain times
If you’ve questioned whether you’re doing a good job lately, I hope this helps you to see things differently.