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Overview of Overview of Mentored K Awards Mentored K Awards Shawna V. Hudson, PhD Shawna V. Hudson, PhD Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health Community Health UMDNJ-RWJMS UMDNJ-RWJMS The Cancer Institute of New Jersey The Cancer Institute of New Jersey April 13, 2010 April 13, 2010

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Page 1: Overview of  Mentored K Awards

Overview of Overview of Mentored K AwardsMentored K Awards

Shawna V. Hudson, PhD Shawna V. Hudson, PhD Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community HealthAssistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health

UMDNJ-RWJMSUMDNJ-RWJMSThe Cancer Institute of New JerseyThe Cancer Institute of New Jersey

April 13, 2010April 13, 2010

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PostdoctoralPostdoctoralTraining SupportTraining Support

(T32, F32)(T32, F32)

Research Training and DevelopmentResearch Training and Development

Mentored Career Mentored Career DevelopmentDevelopment

Award (K01, K07, K22, Award (K01, K07, K22, K25, K99) or Small or K25, K99) or Small or

Exploratory/Pilot Grant Exploratory/Pilot Grant (R03, R21, R34)(R03, R21, R34)

STAGESSTAGES::

GraduatGraduate or e or MedicalMedical SchoolSchool

Post-Post-Doc.Doc.

EarlyEarlyCareer Career

(Inst or Asst Prof)(Inst or Asst Prof)

Mid-Career /Mid-Career /ChangeChange

(Assoc or Full (Assoc or Full Prof)Prof)

Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) or Short-term Trainingor Short-term Training

Support (T35)Support (T35)IndependentIndependent

Scientist or Mid-Scientist or Mid-Career AwardCareer Award

(K02, K05, K24)(K02, K05, K24)

Research Research Project Project

Grant (R01)Grant (R01)

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Mentored Career Development Awards

Designed for investigators who are in the Designed for investigators who are in the early phases of establishing their research early phases of establishing their research careers (e.g., junior faculty/research staff) careers (e.g., junior faculty/research staff) and who need an additional period of and who need an additional period of mentored research training in order to mentored research training in order to become established as independent become established as independent investigators. investigators.

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The purpose of a K award The purpose of a K award is…is…

to enable you to to enable you to become an become an independent independent researcherresearcher

to protect your time to protect your time for research activityfor research activity

to have your own to have your own R01 by the end of R01 by the end of the K or soon afterthe K or soon after

to generate pilot to generate pilot datadata

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TOTAL AND AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL TOTAL AND AVERAGE AWARD AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS

$0

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$600

$700

$800

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

$0

$20

$40

$60

$80

$100

$120

$140

$160

Fiscal Year

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Total Award Amount Average Award Amount

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NUMBER OF RESEARCH CAREER AWARDSNUMBER OF RESEARCH CAREER AWARDSBY ACTIVITYBY ACTIVITY

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

4,500

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

KL2

KL1

K99

K30

K26

K25

K24

K23

K22

K20

K18

K17

K16

K15

K14

K12

K11

K08

K07

K06

K05

K04

K02

K01

Fiscal Year

Num

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TOTAL FUNDING FOR COMPETING RESEARCH CAREER TOTAL FUNDING FOR COMPETING RESEARCH CAREER AWARDS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERSAWARDS BY INSTITUTES AND CENTERS

Fiscal Year

Participating NIH Institutes and Centers

Fund

ing

(in m

illio

ns)

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K01 Mentored Research Scientist K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (AHRQ, NIDDK, NCI Development Award (AHRQ, NIDDK, NCI etc.)etc.)

K07 Cancer Prevention, Control Behavioral K07 Cancer Prevention, Control Behavioral and Population Sciences Career and Population Sciences Career Development AwardDevelopment Award

K22 Career Transition Award (NCI, NHLBI, K22 Career Transition Award (NCI, NHLBI, NIMH, NCMHD) NIMH, NCMHD)

Mentored Career Development Awards (Mentored – Ks)

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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

What Are the Requirements?

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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)

Who Can Apply?

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Mentored Research Scientist Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)Development Award (K01)

Purpose: to provide support and “protected Purpose: to provide support and “protected time” for an intensive, supervised career time” for an intensive, supervised career development experience in the biomedical, development experience in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to behavioral, or clinical sciences leading to research independence. research independence. 

Some Institutes/Centers support individuals who Some Institutes/Centers support individuals who

propose to train in a new field; propose to train in a new field;

have had a hiatus in their research careerhave had a hiatus in their research career

or to increase research workforce diversity.or to increase research workforce diversity.

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Success Rates – K Awards 38%Success Rates – K Awards 38%

Applicant Information - K awardsApplicant Information - K awards

http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/

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Mentored K’s – Review CriteriaMentored K’s – Review Criteria

Candidate Candidate

Mentors, Consultants & CollaboratorsMentors, Consultants & Collaborators

Career Development Plan Career Development Plan

Institutional CommitmentInstitutional Commitment

Research PlanResearch Plan

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Beginning the Beginning the ProcessProcess

Where do you want your career Where do you want your career to take you?to take you?

What problems do you want to What problems do you want to take on?take on?

Who do you want to be when Who do you want to be when you grow up?you grow up?

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What training, experience,What training, experience,and skills…and skills…

– Do you haveDo you have

– Do you lack and Do you lack and mustmust obtain obtain

to get you to your to get you to your goals?goals?

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Statements by Mentors, Co-Mentors, Statements by Mentors, Co-Mentors, and Collaboratorsand Collaborators

Assemble a complementary teamAssemble a complementary team– Choose a primary mentor who is a Choose a primary mentor who is a senior senior investigator with a investigator with a

track-record of NIH funding; your primary mentor should be at track-record of NIH funding; your primary mentor should be at the home institution but not always.the home institution but not always.

– Include co-mentors who will complement the primary mentor’s Include co-mentors who will complement the primary mentor’s strengths.strengths.

– Each member of your “team” must play a role in your training or Each member of your “team” must play a role in your training or research plan.research plan.

– Establish a relatively small (3-4) mentoring committee.Establish a relatively small (3-4) mentoring committee.– If you need to add additional members, call them If you need to add additional members, call them scientificscientific or or

technical advisors/collaboratorstechnical advisors/collaborators, who have a relatively narrow , who have a relatively narrow area of responsibility and focus.area of responsibility and focus.

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Statements by Mentors, Co-Mentors, Statements by Mentors, Co-Mentors, and Collaboratorsand Collaborators (Cont’d) (Cont’d)

Evaluation criteria for primary mentorEvaluation criteria for primary mentor::– Appropriateness of mentor’s research Appropriateness of mentor’s research

qualifications in the area of this application.qualifications in the area of this application.– Quality and extent of mentor’s role in Quality and extent of mentor’s role in

providing guidance and advice to candidate.providing guidance and advice to candidate.– Previous experience in fostering the Previous experience in fostering the

development of more junior researchers.development of more junior researchers.– History of productivity and support.History of productivity and support.– Adequacy of support for the research project.Adequacy of support for the research project.

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Training PlanTraining Plan

Should provide you the skills & Should provide you the skills & knowledge you lackknowledge you lack

Can include taking coursework, Can include taking coursework, spending time in a real world setting, spending time in a real world setting, readings & discussion with a mentor, readings & discussion with a mentor, etc.etc.

Choose mentors that are the best fit – Choose mentors that are the best fit – not the closest geographicallynot the closest geographically

Always consider training outside your Always consider training outside your area!area!

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Description of Institutional Description of Institutional EnvironmentEnvironment

Evaluation criteria:Evaluation criteria:– Adequacy of research facilities and the Adequacy of research facilities and the

availability of appropriate educational availability of appropriate educational opportunities.opportunities.

– Quality and relevance of the environment for Quality and relevance of the environment for scientific and professional development of the scientific and professional development of the candidate.candidate.

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Institutional Commitment to Candidate’s Institutional Commitment to Candidate’s Research Career DevelopmentResearch Career Development

Evaluation criteriaEvaluation criteria– Applicant institution’s commitment to the scientific Applicant institution’s commitment to the scientific

development of the candidate and assurances that development of the candidate and assurances that the institution intends the candidate to be “the institution intends the candidate to be “an integral an integral part of its research programpart of its research program.” .”

– Applicant institution’s commitment to protect at least Applicant institution’s commitment to protect at least 75% of the candidate’s effort for proposed career 75% of the candidate’s effort for proposed career development activities.development activities.

– These assurances are stated in a letter from your These assurances are stated in a letter from your department chair or division chief.department chair or division chief.

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Research Plan (in K Research Plan (in K Awards)Awards)

Should be a logical extension of the Should be a logical extension of the training plantraining plan

Should provide you an opportunity Should provide you an opportunity to try out new skills & knowledge to try out new skills & knowledge learned in traininglearned in training

Should provide you with the Should provide you with the experience and experience and datadata you will need you will need for your first R01 or R34for your first R01 or R34

Should be another opportunity to Should be another opportunity to learn from mentorslearn from mentors

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Useful websitesUseful websites

NIH “K Kiosk” NIH “K Kiosk” http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careehttp://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htmrdevelopmentawards.htm

NIH funding information at NIH funding information at http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/http://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/

NIH Reporter lists current grants at NIH Reporter lists current grants at http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reportehttp://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfmr.cfm