Brought to you by the Letter K

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Brought to you by the Letter K

• Donna L. Vogel, MD, PhD
• Director, Professional Development Office
• dvogel_at_jhmi.edu
• K Award Workshop
• December 11, 2007

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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

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How Many Ks?
01 02 05 07 08 12 18 22 23 24 25 26
30 99/R00
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Extramural--gt K Kiosk

• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
• http//grants1.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm
• http//grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmenta
  wards.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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113 row by 13 column undated .xls file! Still
need to check IC specific announcements
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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.htm
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New Investigators Site
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Career (K) Awards

• Mostly salary, some research costs
• Mentored or Independent
• Mentored Ks usually require 75 effort on
  research and are limited to 5 years (any
  combination)

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Individual Ks - 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

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Less Familiar Ks

• 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

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Pathways to Independence (PI)

• A new trans-NIH Career Transition Award
  K99/R00 PA-07-297
• Phase I 1-2 years senior postdoc _at_lt90K/yr
• Phase IIIndependent research grant _at_ lt249K/yr
• contingent on getting a job
• Initial goal n150-200 per FY
• (183 actual in 2007, 6 at JH)
• Domestic institutions only but foreign citizens
  are eligible!
• Standard Receipt dates

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Institutional Careers (K12)

• Various ICs Specialty areas
• hematology, oncology, neurology, eye
• NCRR Clinical Research, GTPCI, CTSA (KL2)
• Multidisciplinary or not disease specific
• NIH Interdisciplinary
• Womens Health, Clinical Research - includes
  some PhDs
• Like a T32 apply to the program, not NIH

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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

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

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• 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

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