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Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01

For women faculty, transitioning from a Career Development (K) Award to your first NIH R01 is about more than just writing a fundable grant. Host and expert NIH grant consultant Sarah Dobson guides early career researchers through the roadmap for overcoming the hurdles of being a woman in academia and avoiding the K cliff. She’s ready to see passionate and tenacious women K Award recipients level up to R01 funding and build impactful, thriving, and fulfilling research careers. Visit https://sarahdobson.co to learn more.

When Every Funding Opportunity Feels Urgent (And How to Know Which Ones Actually Are)

28 mins; April 02, 2026

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Deanne Tibbitts, PhD

33 mins; March 19, 2026

[Greatest Hits] There's More Than One Road to a Successful Research Career

14 mins; March 05, 2026

[Greatest Hits] Your Research Career Needs a Compass

11 mins; February 19, 2026

[Greatest Hits] How Unconscious Decision-Making Can Derail Your Career

16 mins; February 05, 2026

[Greatest Hits] How to Free Yourself From the Mentee Mindset

6 mins; January 22, 2026

[Greatest Hits] 3 Things You Need to Know About The K to R Transition That Have Nothing to do With Writing an R01

20 mins; January 08, 2026

Finding Your Footing: Reflection Questions To Close A Hard Year And Step Into The Next

18 mins; December 18, 2025

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Sunny Lin, PhD

28 mins; December 04, 2025

Uncharted Academia Part 6: Sustainable Ambition

7 mins; November 13, 2025

Uncharted Academia Part 5: Redefining Success

7 mins; November 13, 2025

Uncharted Academia Part 4: Building Research And Career Networks That Last

11 mins; November 13, 2025

Uncharted Academia Part 3: Protecting and Leveraging Excellence

17 mins; November 13, 2025

Uncharted Academia Part 2: Finding Strategic Clarity

13 mins; November 13, 2025

Uncharted Academia Part 1: The End of the Old Rulebook?

15 mins; November 13, 2025

Introducing a Special Series: Uncharted Academia

1 min; October 30, 2025

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Kalisha Bonds Johnson PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC

47 mins; August 21, 2025

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Haixia Zheng, PhD

29 mins; August 07, 2025

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Caitlin Rancher PhD

30 mins; July 24, 2025

Reclaiming Control Over Your Academic Career

17 mins; July 10, 2025

Tempted to Use AI to Write Your Grant? Here's What To Consider

26 mins; June 26, 2025

Introspection as a Career Strategy: Wayfinding Without a Map

12 mins; June 12, 2025

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Amy LeClair, PhD

40 mins; May 29, 2025

You Can't Do It Alone: Finding Your People During the K to R Transition

12 mins; May 15, 2025

When It Feels Like You Can't Catch A Break

14 mins; April 23, 2025

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Brienne Miner, MD MHS

32 mins; April 10, 2025

A Strategic Reset When You’re Feeling Powerless

14 mins; March 27, 2025

Short-Term Panic vs. Long-Term Strategy: How to Make Better Career Decisions

14 mins; March 20, 2025

Overcommitted and Off-Track? How to Reclaim Your Time for the Work That Matters

15 mins; March 13, 2025

Navigating Institutional Chaos Without Losing Sight of Your Career Goals

17 mins; March 06, 2025

K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes: The Proposal Development Plan That Saves You Time & Stress

17 mins; February 27, 2025

K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes: How to Strategically Map Your Next Steps

12 mins; February 20, 2025

K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes: Cultivating Leadership from Within

11 mins; February 13, 2025

K to R Essentials Behind the Scenes: How We Clarify Your Vision

11 mins; February 06, 2025

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others (Revisited)

9 mins; January 23, 2025

Protecting Your Capacity for Thoughtful Research in 2025 and Beyond

8 mins; January 09, 2025

End-of-Year Reflection and Intention Setting: Tools to Close the Year with Clarity

14 mins; December 12, 2024

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Jaime Speiser, PhD

25 mins; November 28, 2024

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Clare Whitney, PhD MBE RN

16 mins; November 21, 2024

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Kristin Anderson, PhD

40 mins; November 14, 2024

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Caroline Sloan, MD MPH

26 mins; October 31, 2024

What Becomes Possible When You Start Thinking Like a PI

14 mins; October 24, 2024

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Liza Behrens, PhD RN

26 mins; October 17, 2024

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Cindy Veldhuis, PhD

23 mins; October 10, 2024

Get your K to R Essentials Program Questions Answered Live

50 secs; October 07, 2024

The Balance Between Dreaming Big and Taking Action: Delusion vs. Discipline in Your Career

10 mins; October 03, 2024

The Myth of Being Behind: How to Shift Your Perspective and Stay on Track

6 mins; September 26, 2024

Featured K to R Essentials Graduate: Gillian Tarr, PhD CPH

20 mins; September 19, 2024

Your Roadmap to Securing Your First R01

6 mins; September 12, 2024

My Story: How a Life-Threatening Experience Shaped My Career and Mission

12 mins; September 05, 2024

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

9 mins; August 15, 2024

Are You Doing Some Magical Thinking About Grant Deadlines?

10 mins; August 01, 2024

Knowing the Difference Between Career Ambition And Ambitious Grants

14 mins; July 18, 2024

How To Free Yourself From The Mentee Mindset (Revisited)

7 mins; July 04, 2024

Are Your Priorities Aligned With Your Actions? (Revisited)

11 mins; June 20, 2024

How Unconscious Decision-Making Can Derail Your Career (Revisited)

16 mins; June 06, 2024

Stop Undervaluing Your Intellectual Contributions

13 mins; May 23, 2024

Are You Lying To Yourself?

12 mins; May 09, 2024

How To Know When It’s Time To Revisit Your Habits

15 mins; April 25, 2024

Finding The Courage To Make Career Decisions That Align With Your Goals

16 mins; April 11, 2024

Featured Coaching Client: Kristin O’Grady (Revisited)

23 mins; March 28, 2024

Featured Coaching Client: Kristin O’Grady (Revisited)

23 mins; March 28, 2024

[K to R Essentials Series] "Where do I go with my research?"

6 mins; March 15, 2024

[K to R Essentials Series] "Where do I go with my research?"

6 mins; March 15, 2024

[K to R Essentials Series] Making decisions for yourself

11 mins; March 15, 2024

[K to R Essentials Series] Who's most likely to be successful in K to R Essentials?

11 mins; March 08, 2024

[K to R Essentials Series] 5 questions to ask yourself when considering any professional development program

8 mins; March 08, 2024

[K to R Essentials Series] "What if I'm in year 3 (or later) of my K Award?"

9 mins; March 08, 2024

[K to R Essentials Series] What's included in K to R Essentials

9 mins; March 08, 2024

Featured Coaching Client: Dr. Kate Callahan (Revisited)

53 mins; March 07, 2024

Get your K to R Essentials Program Questions Answered Live

3 mins; March 04, 2024

What Becomes Possible When You Stop Thinking Like a Mentee

13 mins; February 29, 2024

What It Takes To Make It In The Grant Writing Big Leagues

25 mins; February 22, 2024

Overcoming The R01 Achievement Trap

14 mins; February 15, 2024

How Do You Know If Your Research Ideas Are Any Good?

18 mins; February 08, 2024

(Best of 2023) Three Things You Need To Know About The K To R Transition That Have Nothing To Do With Writing Your R01

6 mins; February 01, 2024

Embracing Discomfort in Your Academic Career

15 mins; January 18, 2024

Who Do You Trust The Most? (2024 Update)

11 mins; January 04, 2024

Six Leadership Lessons For Early Career Researchers

26 mins; December 21, 2023

A New Approach To Achieving Your R01 Goals

7 mins; December 07, 2023

Setting the Bar High Without Burning Out

12 mins; November 23, 2023

What Do You Believe Is Possible In Your Research Career?

11 mins; November 09, 2023

What Dr. Katalin Karikó’s Journey To The Nobel Prize Can Teach Women Researchers

9 mins; October 26, 2023

Setting Realistic Expectations For Yourself and Others

14 mins; October 12, 2023

How Do You Navigate Tough Decisions in Your R01 Journey?

14 mins; September 28, 2023

Be Honest About Your Priorities

11 mins; September 14, 2023

Featured Coaching Client: Rebecca Fischer, PhD MPH

31 mins; August 31, 2023

The Downside of Overachieving

11 mins; August 17, 2023

Strategies to Overcome People Pleasing

13 mins; August 03, 2023

Featured Coaching Client: Ana Progovac, Ph.D.

52 mins; July 27, 2023

The R01 Submission Strategy That Scares High Achievers

11 mins; July 20, 2023

Reshaping Success in an Unjust Academic System

11 mins; July 13, 2023

Is Your R01 Timeline Unrealistic?

12 mins; July 06, 2023

Back to Basics

9 mins; June 29, 2023

Featured Coaching Client: Kristin O'Grady PhD

24 mins; June 22, 2023

Listener Question: How to Deal With Disappointing Grant Results

13 mins; June 15, 2023

The Connection Between Investing in Yourself and Betting on Yourself

8 mins; June 08, 2023

Investing in Your Research Career (And Yourself)

10 mins; June 01, 2023

Find Your Main Character Energy

8 mins; May 25, 2023

You Can’t Fake Productivity

9 mins; May 18, 2023

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