Brought to you by the Letter K Donna

Brought to you by the Letter “K” Donna L. Vogel, MD, Ph. D Director, Professional Development Office dvogel@jhmi. edu K Award Workshop December 11, 2007

Who am I and Why am I Here? • New investigators • Students, residents, fellows • Training, Transition, Established – Predoc, postdoc, clinician • Which Institute or Center? • Individual or Institutional • US citizen/permanent resident or international – Diversity

How Many K’s?

Extramural--> K Kiosk • http: //grants 1. nih. gov/grants/oer. htm • http: //grants 1. nih. gov/training/extramural. htm • http: //grants 1. nih. gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards. htm • With few exceptions, only US citizens or permanent residents are eligible for training and career awards. • NEW: K 99/R 00 • There are generally no citizenship requirements for research (R) grants

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K Fundamentals • A Funding Opportunity — An identified Program — Institute or Special review — Why IC priorities matter • The NIH Guide http: //grants 1. nih. gov/grants/guide/index. htm l

New Investigators Site

Career (K) Awards • Mostly salary, some research costs • Mentored or Independent • Mentored K’s usually require 75% effort on research and are limited to 5 years (any combination)

Individual K’s - Familiar • Clinicians – K 08 (45): Any research including basic – K 23 (60): Patient Oriented Research – K 24 (13): Midcareer POR and mentoring • Nonclinicians – K 01 (22) et al. – use varies by IC • Transition Awards – use varies by IC – K 22 (2) : Clinician or postdoc to junior faculty

Less Familiar K’s K 02 (1) - Independent Scientist K 05 (2) - Senior Scientist K 07 (2) - Academic Career (2 types) K 18 (1) - Stem Cell Research K 25 (1) - Mentored Quantitative Research K 26 (0) - Mouse Pathobiology K 30 (1) - Clinical Research Curriculum

Pathways to Independence (PI) • A new trans-NIH Career Transition Award K 99/R 00: PA-07 -297 • Phase I= 1 -2 years senior postdoc @<90 K/yr • Phase II=Independent research grant @ <249 K/yr • contingent on getting a job • Initial goal n=150 -200 per FY (183 actual in 2007, 6 at JH) • Domestic institutions only but foreign citizens are eligible! • Standard Receipt dates

Institutional Careers (K 12) • Various ICs: Specialty areas – hematology, oncology, neurology, eye • NCRR: Clinical Research, GTPCI, CTSA (KL 2) – Multidisciplinary or not disease specific • NIH Interdisciplinary Women’s Health, Clinical Research… - includes some Ph. D’s • Like a T 32 – apply to the program, not NIH

Who is funded And why do I need to know? • CRISP database http: //crisp. cit. nih. gov/ Finding a collaborator Finding a mentor for a trainee Finding a sponsor for a supplement

The PDO and You Courses: Free Intersession (January and July) Full-Day Fee Courses Career Exploration: Workshops, Panels, Career Fair Consultation: Individual, Confidential

Free Intersession Course Communications and Your Research Career 4 x 1/2 day, January and July For students and postdocs • Funding Your Research • Publishing Your Research • Presenting Your Research

Full-Day Fee Courses Includes interactive group component and individual followup For Junior Faculty (with tuition remission) and Senior Postdocs (with training grant or local funds) • Scientific Presentations - February 7 • Grantcraft - March 19 • Writing for Publication - May 15

www/hopkinsmedicine. org/pdo Derek Haseltine M. Ed. Program Coordinator Donna L. Vogel MD, Ph. D Director Michele C. Diffenderffer Administrative Coordinator jhmipdo@jhmi. edu 2 -2804