Mentored Career Development Award
2008-09 Workshop Schedule
General KNOW YOUR K Sessions
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) primary grant
mechanism for supporting new and mid-career investigators is the
Mentored Career Development Award (a.k.a. K Award). This workshop
explores the range of K Award options available, provides an overview of
the K Award application process and review criteria, features a K Award
application review by a mock study section (that reveals what really
goes on behind those closed doors), and includes a step-by-step guide to
preparing an outstanding and successful application.
Select one
general session.
Presenters: Joan M. Lakoski, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Career Development
Executive Director, Office of Academic
Career Development
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Education
Professor of Pharmacology
Robert Milner, PhD
Director of the Junior Faculty
Development Program
Professor of Neural and
Behavioral Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine
Thursday, November 20, 2008
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Location: S120 Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
or
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3 - 5 p.m.
Location: S100 Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
Special K Award Topics
Pathway to Independence: K99/R00
Presenters: Joan M. Lakoski, PhD
Associate Vice Chancellor for
Academic Career Development
Executive Director, Office of Academic
Career Development
Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Education
Professor of Pharmacology
Robert Milner, PhD
Director of the Junior Faculty
Development Program
Professor of Neural and
Behavioral Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine
Provides an overview of the NIH's innovative new program that
provides promising postdoctoral scientists the opportunity to receive both
mentored (K) and
independent research support (R) from the same award.
NIH Announcement »
Thursday, November 20, 2008
12 – 2 p.m.
Location: S120 Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
Mid-Career Investigator Awards in
Patient-Oriented Research: K24
Presenters: Clayton Wiley, M.D., PhD
Director, Division of Neuropathology
Director, University of Pittsburgh/
Carnegie Mellon University MD/PhD Program.
Professor of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Michael Fine, MD,
MSc
University of Pittsburgh
Mentoring new investigators while pursuing your own patient-oriented research
provides unique challenges to mid-career investigators. This workshop includes an
overview of the K24 award specifications and provides strategies for established
investigators to craft competitive applications that advance their research and
mentoring endeavors.
NIH Announcement »
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: S120 Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
