Transcript K Awards
Overview of Mentored K Awards
Shawna V. Hudson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health UMDNJ-RWJMS The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
April 13, 2010
Research Training and Development
Mentored Career Development Award (K01, K07, K22, K25, K99) Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) or Short-term Training Support (T35) or Small or Exploratory/Pilot Grant (R03, R21, R34) Postdoctoral Training Support (T32, F32) Research Project Grant (R01) Independent Scientist or Mid Career Award (K02, K05, K24) STAGES: Graduate or Medical School Post Doc.
Early Career (Inst or Asst Prof) Mid-Career / Change (Assoc or Full Prof)
Mentored Career Development Awards
Designed for investigators who are in the early phases of establishing their research careers (e.g., junior faculty/research staff) and who need an additional period of mentored research training in order to become established as independent investigators.
The purpose of a K award is…
to enable you to become an independent researcher to protect your time for research activity to have your own R01 by the end of the K or soon after to generate pilot data
TOTAL AND AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS
Total Award Amount Average Award Amount
$800 $160 $700 $600 $140 $120 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100 $20 $0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Fiscal Year
2004 2005 2006 2007 $0 $100 $80 $60 $40
NUMBER OF RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS BY ACTIVITY 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 K06 K05 K04 K02 K01 K15 K14 K12 K11 K08 K07 KL2 KL1 K99 K30 K26 K25 K24 K23 K22 K20 K18 K17 K16
TOTAL FUNDING FOR COMPETING RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERS NH LB I NI M H NCI NI DD K NI AI D NI ND S NI DA NI A NI CH D NI AM S NI AA A NI DC D NI DC R NE I NCRR NI EH S NI NR NI G M S NH GR I NC CA M FI C NI BI B NL M NC M HD $80 $70 $60 $50 $40 $30 $20 $10 2007 $0 N H LB N I IM H NCI N ID D K N IA ID N IN D S N ID A N IA N IC H D N IA M S N IA A A N ID C D N ID C R N EI NCRR N IE H S N IN R N IG M S N H G R I N C C AM
Participating NIH Institutes and Centers
FI C N IB IB N LM N C M H D $80 $70 $60 $50 $40 $30 19981999200020012002 2003200420052006 $20 $10 $0
Fiscal Year
Mentored Career Development Awards (Mentored – Ks)
K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (AHRQ, NIDDK, NCI etc.)
K07 Cancer Prevention, Control Behavioral and Population Sciences Career Development Award
K22 Career Transition Award (NCI, NHLBI, NIMH, NCMHD)
What Are the Requirements?
Duration: 3-5 years
Minimum Research Effort: 75%
Renewability: None
Support: Varies across institute. For NCI salary is up to $100K and research is up to $30K per year
Who Can Apply?
U.S. Citizen, Non-Citizen National, or Permanent Resident
Research or Clinical Doctoral Degree (PhD, MD) Current PI of PHS Career Development (K) or certain Research (R) Awards are Ineligible
Former PI of PHS Career Development (K) and Research (R) Awards are Ineligible (except R03, R21, R34)
Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
Purpose: to provide support and “protected time” for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence.
Some Institutes/Centers support individuals who
propose to train in a new field;
have had a hiatus in their research career
or to increase research workforce diversity.
Success Rates – K Awards 38%
Applicant Information - K awards
http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/
Mentored K’s – Review Criteria
Candidate
Mentors, Consultants & Collaborators
Career Development Plan
Institutional Commitment
Research Plan
Beginning the Process
Where do you want your career to take you?
What problems do you want to take on?
Who do you want to be when you grow up?
What training, experience, and skills…
– Do you have – Do you lack and
must obtain
to get you to your goals?
Statements by Mentors, Co-Mentors, and Collaborators
Assemble a complementary team – Choose a primary mentor who is a the home institution but not always.
senior
investigator with a track-record of NIH funding; your primary mentor should be at – Include co-mentors who will complement the primary mentor’s strengths.
– Each member of your “team” must play a role in your training or research plan.
– Establish a relatively small (3-4) mentoring committee.
– If you need to add additional members, call them
scientific
or
technical advisors/collaborators
, who have a relatively narrow area of responsibility and focus.
Statements by Mentors, Co-Mentors, and Collaborators
(Cont’d)
Evaluation criteria for primary mentor: – Appropriateness of mentor’s research qualifications in the area of this application.
– Quality and extent of mentor’s role in providing guidance and advice to candidate.
– Previous experience in fostering the development of more junior researchers.
– History of productivity and support.
– Adequacy of support for the research project.
Training Plan
Should provide you the skills & knowledge you lack Can include taking coursework, spending time in a real world setting, readings & discussion with a mentor, etc.
Choose mentors that are the best fit – not the closest geographically Always consider training outside your area!
Description of Institutional Environment
Evaluation criteria: – Adequacy of research facilities and the availability of appropriate educational opportunities.
– Quality and relevance of the environment for scientific and professional development of the candidate.
Institutional Commitment to Candidate’s Research Career Development
Evaluation criteria – Applicant institution’s commitment to the scientific development of the candidate and assurances that the institution intends the candidate to be “
an integral part of its research program
.” – Applicant institution’s commitment to protect at least 75% of the candidate’s effort for proposed career development activities.
– These assurances are stated in a letter from your department chair or division chief.
Research Plan (in K Awards)
Should be a logical extension of the training plan Should provide you an opportunity to try out new skills & knowledge learned in training Should provide you with the experience and data or R34 you will need for your first R01 Should be another opportunity to learn from mentors
Useful websites
NIH “K Kiosk” http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdev elopmentawards.htm
NIH funding information at http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/ NIH Reporter lists current grants at http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cf
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