Navigating the NIH K Award: A Comprehensive Seminar on Application Requirements
- Clinical Fellows
- Early Career Faculty
- Faculty
- Instructors
- Postdocs
- Trainees
Registration required!
Are you a postdoctoral fellow or early-career researcher planning to apply for an NIH Career Development (K) Award? This seminar is the essential first step in preparing a competitive application.
This seminar is designed for anyone who might be in the early stages of planning a K Award application.
We will demystify the various components, review critical NIH requirements, and outline a strategic approach to help you get started. You’ll leave with a clear understanding of what it takes to assemble a strong K Award proposal, setting you up for success. We will discuss NIH’s proposed changes to K Awards (NOT-OD-26-098).
This is an IN-PERSON event you don’t want to miss!
In this seminar, you will learn about:
- An overview of the most common K Award mechanisms (e.g., K99/R00, K08, K23).
- The key components of a successful K Award application.
- Strategies for structuring your Candidate Information and Career Development Plan.
- Best practices for developing a compelling Research Plan.
- How to align your application with NIH review criteria.
- A recommended timeline for preparing and submitting your application.
Speaker:
GWA Team
Dr. Crystal Botham’s passion for writing proposals was ignited as a graduate student while writing an AHA fellowship. The Grant Writing Academy (started in 2014) is based on her successful Tackling Your K course (70% success rate for career development awards).
In addition to being the founder and director of the Grant Writing Academy, she provides strategic advice to faculty and others in the Department of Pediatrics to enable competitive funding applications and productive research programs.