Brought to you by the Letter “K”

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? 01 02 05 07 08 12 18 22 23 24 25 26 30 99/R00

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