Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01

Sarah Dobson

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.

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Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01

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Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01

May 28, 2026
19¼ minutes
13 MB

Your calendar is full. You're productive. But if someone asked you to describe your research vision in two sentences, you might struggle. In this episode, I explore why so many early career researchers end up building careers out of other people's priorities, and why the pattern is so hard to break. Part of it is your own conditioning to be helpful and accommodating. And part of it is that the people around you were socialized to expect exactly that from you. I introduce the golden goose concept and make the case that protecting your capacity for the work that...

Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01

Whose Career Are You Building?

Sarah Dobson

00:00 -19:14