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

2. 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

3. How Many K’s?

4. Extramural--> K Kiosk http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm http://grants1.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm With few exceptions, only US citizens or permanent residents are eligible for training and career awards. NEW: K99/R00 There are generally no citizenship requirements for research (R) grants

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7. … 113 row by 13 column undated.xls file! Still need to check IC specific announcements

8. K Fundamentals A Funding Opportunity — An identified Program — Institute or Special review — Why IC priorities matter The NIH Guide http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

9. New Investigators Site

10. 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)

11. Individual K’s - Familiar Clinicians –K08 (45): Any research including basic –K23 (60): Patient Oriented Research –K24 (13): Midcareer POR and mentoring Nonclinicians –K01 (22) et al. – use varies by IC Transition Awards – use varies by IC –K22 (2) : Clinician or postdoc to junior faculty

12. Less Familiar K’s K02 (1) - Independent Scientist K05 (2) - Senior Scientist K07 (2) - Academic Career (2 types) K18 (1) - Stem Cell Research K25 (1) - Mentored Quantitative Research K26 (0) - Mouse Pathobiology K30 (1) - Clinical Research Curriculum

13. Pathways to Independence (PI) A new trans-NIH Career Transition Award K99/R00: PA-07-297 Phase I= 1-2 years senior postdoc @<90K/yr Phase II=Independent research grant @ <249K/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

14. Institutional Careers (K12) Various ICs: Specialty areas – hematology, oncology, neurology, eye NCRR: Clinical Research, GTPCI, CTSA (KL2) –Multidisciplinary or not disease specific NIH Interdisciplinary Women’s Health, Clinical Research… - includes some PhD’s Like a T32 – apply to the program, not NIH

15. 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

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

18. 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

19. 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

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