>> OKAY.
HELLO, WELCOME TO ALL LISTENING
IN AND PARTICIPATING.
I'M A PROGRAM OFFICER WITH THE
NICHD, JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES
WHO WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES
SHORTLY.
TODAY WE'LL BE SHARING
INFORMATION ABOUT THE F99/K00
PRE-DOCTORAL TO POSTDOCTORAL
TRANSITION AWARD.
BEFORE WE BEGIN WE'D LIKE TO
THANK COLLEAGUES AT INFINITY AND
NIH VIDEOCAST FOR HELPING HOST
THIS MEETING, AND I'D LIKE TO
GIVE ADDITIONAL THANKS TO OUR
COLLEAGUES LAURA AND MAE FOR
THEIR WORK TO COORDINATE THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY AND
INFORMATION SESSION SERIES IN
GENERAL.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN TERMS OF THE LOGISTICS FOR
TODAY'S MEETING WE'LL HAVE
PRESENTATIONS FIRST FOLLOWED BY
A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION.
YOU CAN TYPE YOUR QUESTIONS IN
THE Q&A BOX AS THEY COME UP.
AND THEY WILL BE ANSWERED AFTER
THE PRESENTATION.
RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE IN
THE FUTURE THROUGH THE NIH
VIDEOCAST SITE, WE PLAN TO SHARE
THE PRESENTATION, THE SLIDES,
WITH THOSE WHO ARE REGISTERED.
REMINDER CAPTIONS AND LIVE
TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE.
THERE WILL BE A BRIEF OPTIONAL
SURVEY TOWARDS THE END TO HELP
INFORM WHICH SESSION WE PUT ON
IN THE FUTURE AND STRUCTURE
THEM.
NEXT SLIDE.
TODAY YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT THE
F99/K00 MECHANISM BROADLY AND
KEY COMPONENTS OF THE
APPLICATION.
INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED ABOUT
THE TRANSITION PROCESS AND
PACKAGE, YOU'LL RECEIVE SOME
INFORMATION ABOUT THE REVIEW
PROCESS, AND HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW
MECHANISM AT NIH, SO OUR STAFF
WILL DO OUR BEST TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS AND WHATEVER WE CAN'T
ANSWER TODAY WE'LL BE HAPPY TO
FIND OUT AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
AS MENTIONED THERE WILL BE A
BRIEF SURVEY OR POLL AND
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR NEXT
SESSION.
NEXT SLIDE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INTEREST IN THIS MECHANISM AND
FOR JOINING TODAY, I'M NOW GOING
TO PASS THE VIRTUAL MIC TO DR.
JOE GINDHART TO INTRODUCE
HIMSELF.
>> THANK YOU, I'M JOE GINDHART,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EXTRAMURAL
ACTIVITIES AT NICHD, AND I AM
THE NICHD CONTACT PERSON FOR THE
ARC PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, DR. GINDHART.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I'M SUJATA BARDHAN, A PROGRAM
DIRECTOR IN THE INTELLECTUAL AND
DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY BRANCH,
WITHIN NICHD.
BETWEEN DR. GINDHART AND MYSELF
WE WILL COVER THE CONTENT OF
THIS PRESENTATION.
I WILL COVER SOME OF THE BASICS
OF THIS NEWER MECHANISM AND GIVE
YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE SAME
MECHANISM AND HOPEFULLY BY THE
END OF THE SESSION YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO AT LEAST GET SOME OF THE
KEY ASPECTS OF THIS MECHANISM.
AND DR. GINDHART WILL THEN
FOLLOW ME, GIVE A LITTLE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SECOND
PART OF THE MECHANISM, THE
TRANSITION PHASE, AS WELL AS
SOME OF THE NEWER REVIEW
CRITERIA.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A Q&A.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO WHAT IS THIS F99/K00 FUNDING
MECHANISM?
THIS IS A TWO-PHASE AWARD, FORMS
THE PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH PHASE,
P 99 AND K 00 ONCE YOU
TRANSITION TO POSTDOCTORAL, K00,
THAT CAN HAVE UP TO FOUR YEARS
OF FUNDING.
I WILL ELABORATE MORE ON FUNDING
FOR THE K00 PHASE A LITTLE BIT
LATER.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, SOME OF THE ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU, THE FIRST ONE
IS REQUIREMENT OF CITIZENSHIP,
AS WELL AS OR VISA STATUS TO
APPLY FOR F99 TO FACILITATE
TRANSITION OF PRE-DOCTORAL
STUDENTS WHO ARE TYPICALLY IN
THE VISITATION PHASE, SO IN YOUR
THIRD OR FOURTH YEAR.
AND TRANSITION INTO A SUCCESSFUL
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION.
SO YOU NEED TO BE IN THIS
VISITATION PHASE OF THE Ph.D.
PROGRAM, AND THAT MEANS YOU
COULD HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
QUALIFYING EXAMS, AND YOU HAVE
IDENTIFIED A LAB THAT YOU WILL
BE WORKING WITH, WORKING IN, AND
SO THAT WOULD MAKE YOU ELIGIBLE
TO BE AN APPLICANT FOR THE F99
PHASE.
NOW, IF YOU ARE ON A T32 OR HAVE
AN F31, WHICH IS A PRE-DOC
FELLOWSHIP, YOU CAN STILL APPLY,
BUT YOU WILL NEED TO GIVE THAT
UP BEFORE F99 IS AWARDED.
APPLICANTS NEED TO BE IN A
Ph.D. PROGRAM, CANNOT BE IN A
CLINICAL.
STUDENTS IN DUAL DEGREE PROGRAMS
SUCHED A MD/PHD ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
BECAUSE YOU NEED TO TRANSITION
FROM PRE-DOCTORAL PHASE.
DR. GINDHART WILL SHARE DETAILS
BUT THE TWO PHASES ARE REVIEWED
AT THE SAME TIME.
HENCE BOTH PHASES, F99 AND K00,
MUST HAVE THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL
THAT FITS THE INSTITUTE'S
PRIORITY AREA.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, NICHD HAS ITS
OWN LIST OF TOPIC AREAS, SO BOTH
THE PHASES SHOULD BE RELEVANT TO
THOSE TOPIC AREAS.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
NOT ALL INSTITUTES ARE PART OF
ALL OF THE FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU
CAREFULLY REVIEW WHICH
INSTITUTES ARE PART OF THE
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'RE
APPLYING TO, AND THEN FOCUS YOUR
APPLICATION TO THE SPECIFIC
INSTITUTES OR RESEARCH TOPIC
AREAS.
AND THE TRANSITION TO K00 IS
REVIEWED INTERNALLY, BUT A
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION NEEDS TO
BE SECURED FOR THE K00 PHASE TO
BE ACTIVATED.
NOT DURING THE APPLICATION IN
THE BEGINNING BUT DURING THE
TRANSITION.
ALSO, TO NOTE, THAT YOU CANNOT
PROPOSE LEADING AN INDEPENDENT
CLINICAL TRIAL BUT YOU CAN
DEFINITELY PROPOSE GAINING
EXPERIENCE ON A CLINICAL TRIAL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT AS AN APPLICANT TO
READ THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
CAREFULLY.
HERE SHOWN ARE JUST THREE
FLAVORS OF THIS F99/K00 FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE FIRST ONE IS
FOR PROMOTING DIVERSITY WITHIN
THE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
WORKFORCE AND FOR THIS ONE THE
K00 PHASE FUNDING IS ONLY FOR
THREE YEARS.
NEXT ONE, "INCLUDE," HAS
RESEARCH FOCUSED TO UNDER DOWN
SYNDROME.
THE LAST ONE, THE BRAIN D-SPAN,
IS, AGAIN, A DIVERSITY
SPECIALIZED FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
FOR ADVANCING NEUROSCIENCE
RESEARCH.
SO EACH OF THEM HAVE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER, SO
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO READ THE
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY CAREFULLY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NEXT SEGMENT, NEXT AGAIN, I'LL
BE COVERING KEY COMPONENTS OF
PUTTING THE APPLICATION
TOGETHER.
SO, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET HEARD, WE
HAVE -- THERE ARE REVISED REVIEW
CRITERIA FOR FELLOWSHIP
APPLICATIONS, AND THESE WILL BE
DISCUSSED LATER.
BUT THESE HAVE BEEN SIMPLIFIED
TO REALLY REDUCE THE BIAS IN
REVIEW, BY EMPHASIZING THE
COMMITMENT TO THE CANDIDATE, AND
NOT THE SPONSOR AND THE
INSTITUTIONAL REPUTATION.
WE'LL GO OVER -- I'LL GO OVER
THE THREE KEY ELEMENTS OF
PUTTING YOUR APPLICATION
TOGETHER SO THE CANDIDATE
SELECTION, RESEARCH TRAINING
PLAN, AND RESEARCH TRAINING
ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT ALSO
INCLUDES SELECTING THE MENTOR.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, THIS IS REALLY WHERE YOU GET
TO TALK ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO BUILD A NARRATIVE OF
YOUR OWN BACKGROUND.
YOUR RESEARCH PLAN AND CAREER
DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR
STRENGTHS, BUT ALSO YOUR PLAN TO
LEARN NEW SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES.
AGAIN, TO HELP YOU PROGRESS TO
THAT LONG-TERM GOAL.
REMEMBER, THIS IS A TRANSITION
AWARD, SO THE K00 PHASE ALSO
PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN WHEN
YOU'RE WRITING YOUR APPLICATION.
YOU WILL NEED TO DESCRIBE THE
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES THAT YOU
PLAN TO UNDERTAKE IN THE K00
PHASE.
ALL OF THIS EXPERIENCE TOGETHER
WILL HELP YOU IN THAT TRANSITION
PROCESS TO THE K00 PHASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I WILL
DISCUSS SOME IMPORTANT ASPECTS
OF THE RESEARCH TRAINING PLAN.
THE RESEARCH TRAINING PLAN FOR
THE FIRST PHASE, F99 PHASE, IS
REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE WHOLE
APPLICATION.
THIS IS REALLY WHERE THE
RESEARCH PLAN NEEDS TO HAVE
DETAILS SINCE THIS IS GOING TO
BE YOUR DISSERTATION FOCUSED
RESEARCH.
AS I MENTIONED, F99 PHASE IS FOR
TWO YEARS.
SO YOU WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE THESE PLANS WITHIN THE
TWO YEARS, WHERE YOU ARE
UTILIZING YOUR CURRENT EXPERTISE
AS WELL AS BUILDING THE NEW
SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES TO PREPARE
FOR THE NEXT PHASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO YOU NEED TO DESCRIBE YOUR
RESEARCH TRAINING PLAN, AND THAT
HAS TO COMPLEMENT YOUR EXISTING
STRENGTHS AS WELL AS FILL GAPS
IN THOSE SKILL SETS THAT YOU
HAVE.
AND IF THE K00 RESEARCH
DIRECTION IS DIFFERENT FROM YOUR
F99 RESEARCH AREA, YOU CAN
DESCRIBE THE EFFORT AND YOUR
PLAN THAT YOU'RE UNDERTAKING
DURING THE F99 RESEARCH PHASE
THAT WILL HELP YOU PREPARE FOR
THIS K00 PHASE.
SO THE RESEARCH TRAINING PLAN
REALLY NEEDS TO BE TAILORED, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS, TAILORED
TO YOU AS THE CANDIDATE.
IT CANNOT BE A GENERIC TRAINING
PLAN.
AND THE TRAINING PLAN NEEDS TO
HELP YOU TO MOVE TO THE
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH POSITION.
AND SIMILARLY, ANY ACTIVITY THAT
YOU HIGHLIGHT NEEDS TO SUPPORT
YOUR GOALS, YOUR SKILLS, AND
FILL IN ANY REQUIRED EXPERTISE
YOU WOULD NEED.
THE PLAN SHOULD DESCRIBE HOW THE
SPONSOR WILL FACILITATE YOUR
TRANSITION TO THE NEXT STAGE OF
YOUR CAREER, INCLUDING THE
SEARCH FOR A K00 MENTOR.
SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
NOT TO BELABOR THIS POINT TOO
MUCH BUT THE AIMS, WHAT HAS BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED, POTENTIAL
PROBLEMS, STRATEGIES, THE TWO
YEARS NEEDS TO BE DESCRIBED IN
DETAIL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
FOR THE K00 PHASE THE
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH DIRECTION
DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A
CONTINUATION OF YOUR
PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH DIRECTION
BUT SHOULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
TO THE DESIRED CAREER GOALS, AND
EXPLAINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE K00 RESEARCH DIRECTION AND
HOW THE F99 TRAINING IS HELPING
YOU TO GET THERE.
THAT WILL BE KEY COMPONENTS OF
THE APPLICATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE PROPOSING
TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN CLINICAL
TRIALS, AS PART OF YOUR RESEARCH
TRAINING, YOU MUST DESCRIBE HOW
THE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT
RELATES TO THE CLINICAL TRIAL,
MAYBE SOME COURSES THAT YOU
WOULD BE TAKING IN STATISTICS OR
DATA MANAGEMENT TO HELP YOU PLAN
FOR THE K00 PHASE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THE LAST TWO SLIDES, A COUPLE
SLIDES I WILL BE FINDING OUT
ABOUT CHOOSING YOUR MENTOR.
THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF
THE K00 PHASE.
SO, YOUR MENTOR REALLY HAS A
COMMITMENT TO YOUR TRAINING, AND
SHOULD BE SUPPORTING YOUR CAREER
DEVELOPMENT GOAL.
AND THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL IN
THE PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND AS I ALWAYS SAY, MENTOR
SHOULD BE BUILDING YOUR CASTLE.
PLEASE CHECK THE SPONSORS OR
FUTURE MENTOR'S MENTORING
RECORD, MENTORING PHILOSOPHY,
COLLABORATIONS, HOW WILL THEY
HELP YOUR LONG TERM CAREER
GOALS.
YOU MAY NOT HAVE A LAB
IDENTIFIED FOR K00 PHASE BUT IF
YOU HAD DISCUSSION WAS POTENTIAL
MENTORS, CAN YOU DEFINITELY
INCLUDE THOSE LETTERS OF SUPPORT
FROM POTENTIAL MENTORS IN YOUR
APPLICATION.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS IS, AGAIN, DIFFERENT FLAVOR
TO THE NOFO.
THIS IS FOCUSED ON THE
DIVERSITY, AS I SAID, THE ARC
AND D-SPAN.
SO REALLY THIS HAS A FOCUS ON
THE CANDIDATE'S DIVERSITY AND
HOW THAT HELPS IN INCREASING THE
DIVERSITY IN THE BIOMEDICAL
WORKFORCE.
SO REALLY QUICKLY, NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE, I WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT
THE BUDGET OF THE F99/K00 LOOKS
LIKE.
THE FIRST PHASE, THE STIPEND IS
SIMILAR TO THE F31 FELLOWSHIP,
WHERE YOU WILL HAVE TUITION AS
WELL TO OFFSET SOME OF THE
GRADUATE SCHOOL TUITION AND
THERE ARE INSTITUTION ALLOWANCE
THAT ALLOWS YOU TO COVER HEALTH
INSURANCE, TRAVEL TO SCIENTIFIC
MEETINGS, AS WELL AS SOME
COURSES YOU WOULD PLAN TO TAKE.
ONCE YOU TRANSITION TO THE K00
PHASE, THE STIPEND STOPS AROUND
$61,000, AND THEN IT INCREASES
EACH YEAR THAT YOU HOLD THE K
AWARD.
INSTITUTIONAL ALLOWANCE ALSO
GIVES SOME INDIRECT COST TO THE
INSTITUTE THAT YOU WOULD BE
GOING TO.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, THIS IS MY FINAL SLIDE,
BEFORE I HAND OVER TO DR.
GINDHART.
IF I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONVEY THAT
YOU DO NEED TIME TO PREPARE FOR
THIS APPLICATION, YOU NEED TO
CONNECT WITH YOUR SPONSOR, BUT
ALSO YOU NEED TO PLAN THE NEXT
PHASE.
SO YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT TO
POTENTIAL MENTORS FOR THE K00
PHASE.
SO REALLY PREPARING EARLY WOULD
HELP YOU TO HAVE A GOOD STRONG
APPLICATION.
REACHING OUT TO YOUR PEERS TO
HAVE THEM REVIEW THE DRAFT OF
YOUR APPLICATION, EVEN PEERS NOT
WITHIN YOUR SCIENTIFIC TOPIC
AREAS ARE VERY GOOD STRATEGIES
TO GET FEEDBACK ON YOUR
APPLICATION.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IT HAS TO
BE TAILORED TO YOU AS THE
CANDIDATE.
THE RESEARCH TRAINING PLAN
CANNOT BE A GENERIC PLAN.
IT HAS TO SHOW ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU ARE UNDERTAKING TO GET
TO THAT NEXT PHASE.
AND A VERY CRITICAL POINT IS
MENTOR, SELECTING A MENTOR,
BECAUSE THIS PERSON WILL BE KEY
IN YOUR PROGRESSION TO THAT
SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT CAREER.
AND NOW YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSES
CO-MENTORS.
YOU ARE NOT LIMITED BY HAVING
JUST ONE MENTOR.
IF YOU WANT TO GET TRAINING,
SAY, IN DATA SCIENCE, YOU CAN
ADD THOSE INSTRUCTORS AND HAVE A
CO-MENTOR IN YOUR APPLICATION.
AND IN BOLD IT'S WRITTEN HERE
PLEASE REVIEW THE NOTICE OF
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE
THERE ARE DETAILS IN THERE WHICH
COULD BE DIFFERENT FROM EACH
OTHER.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS IN
THE SLIDE SOMEWHERE.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR PROGRAM
OFFICER.
IF THAT IS ONE TAKEAWAY THAT I
CAN SHARE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
PROGRAM OFFICER.
THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH ANY
QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE CHANGES
OR YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
TOPIC AREAS OF THE PARTICULAR
INSTITUTE THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED
IN.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO DR. GINDHART FOR THE SECOND
PART.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU.
SO, NOW I'LL ALSO START TALKING
ABOUT THE TRANSITION PHASE FROM
THE F99 PHASE GRADUATE STUDENT
TO K00 AWARD, AND THE GOAL OF
THESE FUNDING MECHANISMS IS TO
HELP PEOPLE MAKE THE GAP FROM
BEING A GRADUATE STUDENT TO
BEING SUCCESSFUL AS A POSTDOC
AND PROVIDING RESOURCES TO HELP
PEOPLE MAKE THAT TRANSITION.
SO NEXT SLIDE.
HERE ARE SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR
THIS TRANSITION PHASE.
OF COURSE, YOU NEED TO GET YOUR
DEGREE BEFORE YOU START YOUR
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP.
AND SO YOU MUST COMPLETE YOUR
Ph.D. DEGREE TO INITIATE THE
K00 PHASE OF THE AWARD.
YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THE
F99 PHASE CANNOT BE EXTENDED.
IF YOU HAVE 24 MONTHS OF FUNDING
FOR THE F99, YOU CAN'T ASK US
FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
I THINK THIS WILL PROVIDE
INCENTIVE TO FINISH YOUR DEGREE
ON TIME, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE
THERE'S -- THERE CAN BE
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES AT
TIMES.
YOU MUST APPLY FOR THE K00
PHASE.
THIS IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC
TRANSITION.
SO I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A
LITTLE BIT ON THE NEXT SLIDE,
BUT THE MAIN THING TO REMEMBER
IS THAT YOU NEED TO CONTACT THE
PROGRAM OFFICER AT NIH, THAT IS
MANAGING YOUR F99 AWARD AS SOON
AS YOU HAVE A PLAN TO ASSUME A
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION NOT LATER
THAN SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO
PROPOSED START DATE OF THE K00
AWARD, AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN
IN ADVANCE TO EASE THAT
TRANSITION.
ALSO TOO I THINK THIS IS A
UNIVERSAL PIECE OF ADVICE, READ
THE INSTRUCTIONS.
EACH F99/K00 FUNDING MECHANISM
IS UNIQUE.
SO ARC IS DIFFERENT THAN
"INCLUDE."
THEY ARE ALL A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
READ THE FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
CAREFULLY AND REACH OUT TO
PEOPLE AT THE NIH IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS.
SO, THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, OOPS.
YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
SO, THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS A
LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE F99
PHASE.
SO, THERE ISN'T A PROCESS WHERE
YOU SEND IN THE APPLICATION TO A
STUDY SECTION AND IT GETS
REVIEWED AND YOU GET A SCORE AND
ALL OF THAT.
INSTEAD, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW.
SO WE HAVE A SMALL COMMITTEE OF
STAFF HERE AT THE INSTITUTE TO
READ THESE K00 TRANSITION
APPLICATIONS AND THEN WE DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN ACTIVATE
THE K00 PHASE OF THE AWARD.
OUR GOAL IS TO -- FOR PEOPLE TO
BE SUCCESSFUL, TO HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO THE K00
PHASE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
IT'S NECESSARILY EASY.
THE STILL WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE
TO MAKE IT GO WELL.
THE EVALUATION IS DONE BY
PROGRAM AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT
STAFF FOR COMPLETENESS, IS ALL
THE INFORMATION THERE WE NEED TO
MAKE A DECISION.
AND RESPONSIVENESS TO THE
PROGRAM.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IS YOUR PROJECT
WITHIN THE MISSION OF NICHD IN
THIS CASE.
THE REVIEW CRITERIA INCLUDE I
THINK THESE ARE NOT SURPRISING
CRITERIA.
PROGRESS DURING F99 PHASE OF THE
AWARD, HOW DID IT GO, YOU
CLEARLY GOT ENOUGH WORK DONE TO
GET YOUR Ph.D., BUT, YOU KNOW,
HOW WELL DID IT GO.
YOUR RESEARCH AND CAREER
OBJECTIVES, THEY NEED TO BE
CLEARLY OUTLINED.
THE RESEARCH PLAN, WHAT YOU PLAN
TO DO AS A POSTDOC, TO TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
POSTDOCTORAL ADVISER, WHO IS THE
MENTOR AND WHAT IS THE MENTORING
PLAN THAT'S TAILORED TO YOU TO
HELP YOU REACH YOUR LONG-TERM
GOAL.
AND THEN INSTITUTIONAL
ENVIRONMENT AND COMMITMENT TO
THE APPLICANT.
AND SO DOES THE INSTITUTION HAVE
THE RESOURCES THAT ARE IN PLACE
TO HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL.
FINALLY, THE APPLICATION SHOULD
BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST THREE
MONTHS BEFORE THE PROPOSE THE
K00 START DATE.
THAT'S NOT A TARGET DATE, LIKE
IF IT'S FOUR MONTHS AHEAD OF
TIME WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT,
RIGHT?
BUT NO LATER THAN THREE MONTHS
AHEAD OF TIME.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND SO THIS IS JUST SOME -- ONCE
AGAIN, MORE GENERIC ADVICE THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL IN SELECTING A
POSTDOCTORAL INSTITUTION AND
PROJECT AND MENTOR.
THESE ARE SOME THINGS TO ASK
YOURSELF, I THINK THAT QUESTIONS
WE WOULD HAVE BUT THEN QUESTIONS
THAT YOU NEED TO REFLECT UPON.
AND SO ONE IS WHAT ARE FACTORS
THAT YOU CONSIDERED FOR YOUR
Ph.D. DECISION.
AND SO WHEN YOU -- YOU KNOW, YOU
THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE YOU WOULD GO
TO GRADUATE SCHOOL, WHAT SCIENCE
YOU WERE INTERESTED IN.
YOU SHOULD MAKE THOSE -- YOU
SHOULD THINK AT LEAST THAT HARD
ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND THE PLACE
YOU WANT TO GO FOR YOUR POSTDOC.
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE MENTOR, AND YOU NEED SOMEONE
WHO WILL SUPPORT YOU NOT JUST ON
THE RESEARCH PROJECT BUT ALSO
FOR YOUR PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
IT TAKES A PERSONAL INTEREST IN
YOU AND HELPING YOU BE
SUCCESSFUL.
WHAT IS THE MENTOR'S COMMITMENT
TO AND SUCCESS RECORD OF
TRAINING?
I KNOW I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS
TRYING TO FIND A POSTDOC, THAT'S
SOMETHING I LOOKED AT.
YOU KNOW, DID THE POSTDOCS IN
THAT LAB GO ON TO DO THE THINGS
THAT THEY WANTED TO DO?
AND THEN DOES THE INSTITUTION
HAVE RESOURCES FOR AND
COMMITMENT TO TRAINING, IS IT A
PLACE WHERE YOU CAN -- YOU KNOW,
ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING IS IN
PLACE, YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN FOR
YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I'LL PUT A DISCLAIMER, THIS IS
NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF THE
TRANSITION PACKET.
ONCE AGAIN NOTICE OF FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THESE
F99/K00 MECHANISMS, THERE'S
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONs FOR WHAT
WE NEED TO LOOK AT TO ASSESS THE
K00 TRANSITION AWARD.
LET'S SEE.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REVIEW
CRITERIA AGAIN.
AND THESE ARE NO LONGER THE NEW
FELLOWSHIP REVIEW CRITERIA.
THEY ARE THE FELLOWSHIP REVIEW
CRITERIA.
JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS, FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
HAVE STARTED BEING -- TO BE
PUBLISHED SUCH AS THE ARC NOFO,
JUST PUBLISHED, I DON'T KNOW, A
WEEK OR TWO AGO, AND THERE ARE
NEW INSTRUCTIONS IN THEM FOR HOW
TO WRITE THE APPLICATION AND HOW
THE APPLICATION IS ASSESSED.
AND SUJATA TALKED ABOUT THAT
EARLIER SO I WON'T GO INTO THAT
IN TOO MUCH MORE DETAIL.
BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONCE AGAIN
SOME ADVICE FOR APPLYING TO ANY
GRANT.
ANY ORGANIZATION, LIKE
ESPECIALLY FOR THE F99/K00, SO
THAT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND REALLY IF YOU READ THE
FUNDING -- OR NOTICE OF FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY CAREFULLY, IT LAYS
OUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
ALL THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDS
TO BE IN THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE TOLD ME,
I WAS LIKE -- IT WAS LIKE THEY
UNLOCKED THE KEY TO FIGURING
THIS OUT.
SO SECTION V YOU WOULD THINK I'M
NOT A REVIEWER, WHY WOULD I NEED
TO READ SECTION V, APPLICATION
REVIEW INFORMATION?
THAT CONTAINS THE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR HOW THE REVIEWERS WILL
ASSESS THE QUALITY OF YOUR
APPLICATION, SO LITERALLY WHEN
THOSE REVIEWERS ARE GETTING
READY FOR THE STUDY SECTION
MEETING TO DISCUSS THESE
APPLICATIONS, THEY LOOK AT THE
QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN SECTION V
AND READ AN APPLICATION AND SEE
CAN I ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
BASED UPON THE INFORMATION
THAT'S IN THE APPLICATION, AND
IF THEY CAN'T FIND THE ANSWERS
TO THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, IT
MAKES SENSE THAT YOUR
APPLICATION MIGHT NOT DO AS
WELL.
AND SO SOMETHING THAT IS DONE
INTENTIONALLY WHEN THESE NOTICES
OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ARE
WRITTEN IS THAT WE MAKE SURE
THAT THE REVIEW CRITERIA IN
SECTION V MAP TO THE
INSTRUCTIONS IN SECTION IV.
SECTION IV IS YOUR INSTRUCTION.
SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
NEED TO PUT INTO THE
APPLICATION, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD
THERE'S SOMETHING IN SECTION V
THAT ASKS THE QUESTION ABOUT
THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU
PROVIDED.
SO, YOU CAN REALLY SORT OF
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE REVIEWERS
ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, AND
IF YOU FIGURE THAT OUT THEN YOU
CAN ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM AND
PROVIDE THEM WITH THE
INFORMATION THAT REVIEWERS OF
THE INFORMATION MAY NEED.
AND SO LIKE I SAID, IF I CAN SAY
IT AGAIN, I WILL, DON'T MAKE THE
REVIEWER SEARCH THROUGH YOUR
APPLICATION FOR INFORMATION THEY
NEED.
PRESENT THE INFORMATION CLEARLY
AND CONCISELY, AND LIKE MAKE
THEM -- LIKE THEY ARE NOT TIRED
WHEN THEY ARE DONE READING YOUR
APPLICATION.
HEY, THAT WAS GREAT, I LOVE
THAT, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
YOU KNOW, I'M ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
THIS PROJECT.
AND FINALLY DON'T LEAVE THE
REVIEWERS GUESSING ABOUT YOUR
INTENTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
SO JUST TO SUM UP, THESE ARE THE
NICHD -- THE F99/K00 PROGRAMS
THAT NICHD PARTICIPATE IN AT THE
CURRENT TIME.
THERE'S ADVANCING RESEARCH
CAREERS.
THE NIGMS HAS A REALLY GREAT
WEBSITE ABOUT THE ARC NOFO.
THEY WROTE IT.
AND WE PARTICIPATE IN IT, SO WE
HELP SUPPORT APPLICANTS WHOSE
SCIENCE IS WITHIN THE MISSION OF
NICHD.
AND SO THEY HAVE A GREAT WEBSITE
ON THE ARC PROGRAM.
THE INCLUDE F99/K00, YOU CAN SEE
HERE, THE NAME OF THE FUNDING
ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THEN THERE'S A
LINK TO THE FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS, LINKS WILL BE
AVAILABLE AFTER THE TALK.
AND FINALLY BRAIN D-SPAN, WHICH
WAS PUT OUT BY NINDS, AND WE
HAVE SIGNED ON TO IT TO SUPPORT
BRAIN D-SPAN PROJECTS WITHIN OUR
MISSION, AND ONCE AGAIN THERE
ARE LINKS TO HOW TO PUT TOGETHER
YOUR APPLICATION AND FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS.
SO FINALLY, THE TAKEHOME MESSAGE
IS, HERE, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I
THINK YOU'LL SAY, JOE, STOP
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
REVIEW THE NOFO, CAREFULLY READ
INSTRUCTIONS, REACH OUT TO THE
CONTACT LISTED ON THE NOFO.
SOMETHING I DIDN'T MENTION, AT
THE BOTTOM OF EACH NOFO IS A
LIST OF PEOPLE WHO YOU CAN REACH
OUT TO.
AND SO THE SCIENTIFIC CONTACTS,
LIKE I'M THE SCIENTIFIC CONTACT
FOR THE ARC F99/K00, IT HAS MY
CONTACT INFORMATION THERE IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS, SEND ME AN
E-MAIL.
AND THEN ONCE -- IDEALLY BEFORE
YOU APPLY YOU WOULD IDENTIFY
SOMEONE AT THE NIH TO TALK TO
ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION.
THERE IS A TOOL IN NIH REPORTER
CALLED MATCHMAKER, AND
MATCHMAKER IS GREAT BECAUSE YOU
CAN PASTE IN LIKE THE ABSTRACT
OF WHAT YOU THINK YOUR PROJECT
WOULD BE.
AND THEN IT WILL TELL YOU -- IT
WILL IDENTIFY APPLICATIONS THAT
ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU PASTED
IN THAT WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED.
AND THE WAY THAT THE NIH IS
ORGANIZED, TYPICALLY PROGRAM
OFFICERS WILL MANAGE GRANTS IN A
CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC AREA, SO IF
THERE'S A PROGRAM OFFICER THAT
MANAGES A PROJECT SIMILAR TO
YOURS, IT IS A GOOD PLACE TO
START TO INQUIRE WOULD YOU BE
THE PERSON WHO WOULD MANAGE MINE
TOO, YOU KNOW, IF MY GRANT GOT
FUNDED.
AND IF THEY ARE NOT, THEY
USUALLY KNOW WHO YOU SHOULD GET
IN TOUCH WITH.
THAT'S KIND OF -- THAT'S SORT OF
WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT, AND I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO FIDDLE AROUND
WITH IT, WITH THE NIH REPORTER
SITE.
THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING
INFORMATION. THERE FINALLY,
MAKE SURE YOU CLEARLY ADDRESS
ALL THE REVIEW CRITERIA.
I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK THE NEXT
COULD BE IT.
NEXT SLIDE.
YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING
AND LISTENING TO DR. BARDHAN AND
I TODAY.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING
YOUR QUESTIONS.
I THINK THERE'S SOME IN THE CHAT
ALREADY.
BUT WE CAN -- I THINK I'LL TOSS
TO DR. PARSAFAR AT THIS POINT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.
GINDHART AND DR. BARDHAN.
WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IN THE
CHAT, AND DR. BARDHAN HAS BEEN
DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB ANSWERING
THEM AS THEY HAVE BEEN COMING
IN.
BUT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GO
OVER SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, AND
DISCUSS SOME AND PROVIDE MORE
DETAIL. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN SHOULD
PEOPLE CONSIDER APPLYING, AT
WHICH STAGE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR
PRE-DOC PROGRAM THEY SHOULD
CONSIDER APPLYING.
SO MAYBE YOU ALL CAN SHARE AND
DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WHO SHOULD CONSIDER APPLYING, AT
WHICH STAGE IN THEIR PROGRAM
SHOULD THEY APPLY, HOW MUCH TIME
DO THEY NEED TO HAVE LEFT ON THE
PRE-DOC PROGRAM IN ORDER TO BE
ELIGIBLE?
>> THANK YOU, DR. PARSAFAR.
YES, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS LIVE.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, F99 PHASE
HAS UP TO TWO YEARS OF FUNDING,
AND SO YOU NEED AT LEAST MINIMUM
ONE YEAR REMAINING IN YOUR
PRE-DOCTORAL PHASE FROM WHEN THE
AWARD IS ISSUED.
SO, YOU COULD -- THE IDEAL TIME
WOULD BE THIRD YEAR BECAUSE BY
THE TIME YOU APPLY IT'S
REVIEWED, AND IT'S FUNDED,
ALMOST A YEAR WOULD GO BY.
SO THAT IS THE IDEAL TIME.
BUT IF YOU DO APPLY IN YOUR
FOURTH YEAR, YOU PROBABLY WILL
JUST HAVE ONE YEAR OF YOUR F99
REMAINING.
AGAIN, AS DR. GINDHART SAID,
THERE IS NO WAITING PERIOD SO
YOU HAVE TO TRANSITION RIGHT
AFTER THE F99 PHASE INTO YOUR
K00.
NOW, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS
ASKING IF PRE-DOC PHASE COULD BE
IN THE SIXTH OR SEVENTH YEAR, A
QUESTION I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE
EACH NOFO IS -- EACH FUNDING
OPPORTUNITY IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
SO THIS IS WHERE I WOULD DEFER
TO THE PROGRAM OFFICER OF THAT
SPECIFIC INSTITUTE YOU'RE
APPLYING TO OR PROGRAM OFFICER
LISTED FOR THAT PARTICULAR
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE
ALTHOUGH IT SAYS THE PRE-DOC
PHASE SHOULD BE WITHIN ONE TO
TWO YEARS, IT COULD BE THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SEVEN-YEAR
Ph.D. PROGRAM, IN THAT CASE
YOU MIGHT STILL BE ELIGIBLE TO
APPLY IN YOUR FIFTH YEAR IF TWO
YEARS ARE REMAINING.
SO, DR. GINDHART, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD?
BUT THAT'S WHAT I KNOW FROM THE
THREE DIFFERENT NOFOs.
>> YEAH, I MUST SAY I WAS
DIGGING, I SAW THAT QUESTION
EARLIER, I WAS DIGGING THROUGH
SOME FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
SECTION.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE -- THERE
COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S A
SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD ARGUE
HOW MUCH MORE TRAINING DO YOU
NEED IF YOU'RE APPLYING, SAY, IN
YOUR FIFTH YEAR, RIGHT?
OR SIXTH YEAR OF YOUR Ph.D.,
WOULD THIS BE -- WOULD AN F99 BE
APPROACH
APPROPRIATE AT THAT STAGE OF
TRAINING.
AND REVIEW.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA SEEMS TO BE
AT THE TIME OF AWARD, WHICH
MEANS THAT AT THE TIME OF AWARD
YOU NEED 12 TO 24 MONTHS PRIOR
TO GRADUATION.
WHICH MEANS THAT YOU WOULD NEED
TO APPLY 24-36 MONTHS PRIOR TO
GRADUATION TO BE ON THE SAFE
SIDE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
THERE'S SOME OTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE K00 PHASE.
WE HAVE ONE QUESTION ASKING IF
SOMEONE COULD JUST APPLY FOR THE
K00 PHASE, AND NOT THE F99, AND
MAYBE RELATED, WHAT ARE OTHER
OPTIONS FOR SUPPORT FOR THE
POSTDOCTORAL PHASE YOU MIGHT
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT?
>> YEAH, SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS
IS A TRANSITION AWARD.
SO IT STOPS AT THE F99 PHASE.
THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE A CANDIDATE
TO TRANSITION FROM THEIR PRE-DOC
PHASE TO THE POSTDOC, SO THERE'S
EMPHASIS ON TRANSITION PHASE.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY F99 PHASE IS
WHERE IT STARTS.
BUT THERE ARE FELLOWSHIPS FOR
JUST POSTDOCS. THE.
THE K99/R00 WHERE YOU APPLY IN
YOUR POSTDOC WHICH TAKES YOU TO
YOUR INDEPENDENT POSITION, AND
THAT IS ALSO A TRANSITION PHASE.
THERE'S THE F32.
NOW, FOR THE F32 CITIZENSHIP IS
I THINK REQUIRED BUT THAT IS
ALSO A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP.
THE K99/R00 CITIZENSHIP IS NOT
REQUIRED BUT FOR F32 CITIZENSHIP
IS REQUIRED.
>> I PUT A LINK IN THE CHAT, A
LINK TO THE NIH RESEARCH
TRAINING WEBSITE, THE CAREER
DEVELOPMENT AWARDS KIOSK,
THERE'S SO MANY TYPES OF K
AWARDS WE HAVE OUR OWN KIOSK
THAT HAS INFORMATION ON ALL OF
THEM.
BUT I WOULD ECHO WHAT DR.
BARDHAN SAID, ABOUT THE F32,
THAT SEEMS BORING BUT THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO GO.
>> WE RECEIVED ANOTHER QUESTION
ABOUT IF NICHD HAS PAY LINES FOR
THE F99/K00.
>> I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK ON
THAT BECAUSE I -- THE F99s
THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED UNDER THE
"INCLUDE" PROJECT, AND THE
"INCLUDE" PROJECT HAS SET ASIDE
FUNDS FOR ANYTHING FOCUSED ON
DOWN SYNDROME SO WE DO NOT HAVE
A PAYLINE FOR THE INCLUDE
PROJECT SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
THE NICHD-FOCUSED NOFOs.
>> IT'S IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE
ARC PROGRAM, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE
RECEIPT DATE, ONE RECEIPT DATE
THAT WENT TO REVIEW SO FAR.
AND SO WE DO NOT YET HAVE A
PAYLINE.
WHETHER WE WILL OR NOT IS AN
OPEN QUESTION SO I DON'T WANT TO
IMPLY THAT WE HAVEN'T SET ONE
YET AND THAT WE INTEND TO.
WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ONE.
>> WE RECEIVED ANOTHER QUESTION
IN THE CHAT ABOUT WHERE SHOULD
THE POSTDOC TAKE PLACE.
SHOULD THIS BE AT THE SAME
INSTITUTION AS THE PRE-DOC PHASE
OR A DIFFERENT INSTITUTION, SO
MAYBE YOU CAN COUCH THIS INTO A
CONVERSATION OF WHAT'S MOST
BENEFICIAL FOR THE CANDIDATE'S
CAREER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
OVERALL.
>> YEAH, THIS IS A GREAT
QUESTION.
AND I WILL DEFER TO OUR
EXPERIENCE WITH THE K99/R00
MECHANISM.
SO, BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO
ESTABLISH INDEPENDENCE.
AND INDEPENDENCE FROM WHERE YOU
CURRENTLY ARE.
SO, I HAVE HAD APPLICANTS WHO
REMAIN AT THE SAME INSTITUTION,
BUT IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO
SHOW INDEPENDENCE FROM YOUR
CURRENT POSITION.
SO JUST STAYING IN THE SAME LAB,
WHAT DOES THAT GET YOU?
IS IT ADDING TO YOUR SKILL SET?
AND PROVING INDEPENDENCE FROM
YOUR Ph.D. ADVISER WILL BE
MUCH HARDER FOR THE REVIEW
COMMITTEE TO ASSESS BECAUSE,
AGAIN, THESE ARE REVIEWED WITH
OTHER APPLICANTS AND THIS IS
ACTUALLY PART OF YOUR SHOWING
THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
TRANSITION TO AN INDEPENDENT
POSITION.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE A POSTDOC
OFFER IN A DIFFERENT LAB OR
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE
SAME INSTITUTE AND YOU'RE ABLE
TO SHOW INDEPENDENCE, THAT WILL
BE ACCEPTABLE.
BUT CONTINUING IN THE SAME LAB I
THINK, I DON'T KNOW, THAT WILL
BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO
ESTABLISH INDEPENDENCE.
DR. GINDHART, DO YOU --
>> YEAH, THANK YOU.
JUST TO ADD TO THAT, I MEAN, AT
THE NIH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE
MINDFUL OF NOT EVERYONE CAN JUST
PICK UP AND MOVE TO SOMEPLACE
NEW.
THEY HAVE FAMILY COMMITMENTS,
OTHER COMMITMENTS, THAT KEEP
THEM IN ONE PLACE AND THAT
SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER TO
SUCCESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME
TO ECHO WHAT SUJATA SAID IT
WOULD BE A BAD IDEA TO STAY IN
THE SAME LAB.
YOU NEED DIVERSE, WHETHER
ANOTHER LAB IN A DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENT OR DIFFERENT PART OF
CAMPUS OR FOR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT TO TAKE ON A NEW PROJECT TO
BUILD NEW SKILLS INSTEAD OF, YOU
KNOW, CONTINUING, CONTINUING
ALONG THE PATH THAT YOU STARTED
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT, THAT
WOULD BE MY ADVICE.
>> WE HAVE QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT
ABOUT ARE THEY ABLE TO APPLY TO
DIFFERENT MECHANISMS AT THE SAME
TIME?
SO COULD SOMEONE APPLY TO BOTH
F31 AND F99, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS
SOMEONE IS ON THE F31 AND THEY
ARE BEING SUPPORTED BY THAT AND
THEY APPLY FOR THE F99/K00?
WOULD THEY HAVE TO GIVE UP, YOU
KNOW, THE AWARD THAT THEY ARE
ALREADY ON, HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> SO FOR THE FIRST PART, YOU
ARE STILL ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO
BOTH F31 AND F99.
THE F31 DOES NOT HAVE A FOCUS ON
TRANSITION.
SO THE TWO APPLICATIONS ARE VERY
DIFFERENT.
AND THEY CAN BE REVIEWED AT THE
SAME TIME.
IT'S JUST THAT BOTH OF THEM
CANNOT BE AWARDED.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE SUCCESSFUL
F99, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP
THE F31 OR IT WON'T BE AWARDED.
NOW, YOU CAN APPLY TO DIFFERENT
INSTITUTES AS WELL.
BUT, AGAIN, YOU CANNOT BE
DOUBLE-DIPPING SO THAT MEANS
EVEN IF IT'S TWO DIFFERENT
INSTITUTES ONLY ONE CAN BE
AWARDED.
NOW, THE SECOND QUESTION, IF
YOU'RE CURRENTLY ON F31 AND
APPLY TO F99, THAT IS ALSO
ACCEPTABLE.
IT'S JUST THAT IF YOU HAVE THE
SUCCESSFUL F99, WILL YOU HAVE TO
GIVE UP THE F31.
>> YEAH, AND I THINK THOUGH,
YEAH, SO SOMETHING THAT WENT --
WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY?
A RED FLAG FOR ME, THE QUESTION
OF OVERLAP, FOR FELLOWSHIP
FUNDING MECHANISMS, BECAUSE LIKE
YOU CAN'T SUBMIT THE SAME, YOU
KNOW, R01 RESEARCH GRANT WITH
THE SAME TOPIC FOR TWO DIFFERENT
APPLICATIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE
NIGMS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
FOR ARC, AND IT SAYS AN
INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT HAVE TWO OR
MORE COMPETING NIH INDIVIDUAL
FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS PENDING
REVIEW CONCURRENTLY.
SO, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT, IF
YOU WANTED TO APPLY FOR F31, AND
ARC, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WOULD HAVE
TO APPLY FOR ONE FIRST, WAIT TO
FIND OUT HOW THE REVIEW TURNED
OUT, AND THEN APPLY FOR THE NEXT
ONE.
SO, AT LEAST FOR ARC, AND
F31s, THEY CAN'T BE AT THE
SAME TIME.
>> AND TO FOLLOW UP THERE'S
ANOTHER RELATED QUESTION IN THE
CHAT.
SO IF A CANDIDATE WERE
APPLYING -- THEY WERE TO APPLY
TO BOTH LET'S SAY YOU WERE ABLE
TO, AND FOR ARC YOU JUST
MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE NOT ABLE
TO, BUT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO
APPLY TO BOTH F31 AND A
DIFFERENT F99, YOU KNOW,
MECHANISM AT THE SAME INSTITUTE,
WOULD THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT
DIFFERENT RESEARCH PLANS?
>> HOW MANY THESIS RESEARCH
PLANS DO YOU HAVE?
LIKE HOW MUCH BANDWIDTH --
THAT'S SERIOUS BANDWIDTHS IF YOU
HAVE TWO Ph.D. PROJECTS GOING.
>> I AGREE.
I THINK, YEAH, I THINK TWO
DIFFERENT COUNCIL ROUNDS MAY BE
ACCEPTABLE BUT NOT THE SAME
COUNCIL ROUND.
MAYBE EVEN STAGGERING BECAUSE BY
THE TIME YOU GET THE SUMMARY
STATEMENT AND ARE ABLE TO PUT
ANOTHER ONE FORWARD, IT PROBABLY
SKIPPING COUNCIL ROUND, AS FAR
AS A TIME LINE GOES, MIGHT BE
THE MOST REASONABLE APPROACH.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION
FOLLOWING UP ON THE PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION ABOUT ESTABLISHING
INDEPENDENCE.
WOULD BEING ABLE TO MAKE THE
CASE -- WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO
MAKE THE CASE FOR INDEPENDENCE
IF YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH YOUR
MENTOR ON A K00 PROJECT THAT'S
DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU WORKED
ON FOR YOUR F99 DISSERTATION
PHASE?
WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK ABOUT
THAT?
>> I WOULD TREAD LIGHTLY.
THAT'S A BIG HILL TO CLIMB TO
PROVE THAT THE PROJECT YOU'RE
DOING IN THE K00 IS THAT MUCH
DIFFERENT, AND THAT REMEMBER
YOU'RE IN A COMPETITION WITH
OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING
FOR THESE TOO.
WE DON'T FUND ALL OF THEM.
AND SO CAN YOU MAKE THE CASE FOR
INDEPENDENCE AND ADDITIONAL
GROWTH IN THE K00 PHASE WHILE
STILL IN THE SAME LAB, IT'S
POSSIBLE, BUT THERE ARE EASIER
WAYS TO DO IT.
>> AND I WOULD ALSO SAY TO THINK
ABOUT THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS
AFTER THE POSTDOC, SURE, YOU
MIGHT GAIN SOME NEW SKILLS IN
THE SAME LAB, BUT THEN WHEN
YOU'RE OUT IN, SAY, AN ACADEMIC
RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR A JOB
TALK, AGAIN, YOU'RE COMPETING
WITH OTHER CANDIDATES WHO MIGHT
HAVE GONE TO A DIFFERENT PLACE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE RESEARCH
PROJECT.
THERE'S ALSO THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO WHEN YOU GO A DIFFERENT
INSTITUTE, YOU ARE NOT JUST
GAINING EXPERIENCE IN THE
RESEARCH BUT ALSO GAINING A
DIFFERENT TRAINING ENVIRONMENT,
DIFFERENT PEERS, DIFFERENT
MENTORS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE
KNOWN WHEN YOU WERE APPLYING.
SO IT REALLY MAKES FOR A MORE
RICHER EXPERIENCE, AND THE GOAL
OF THIS IS REALLY TO ENCOURAGE
CANDIDATES LIKE YOURSELF TO
TRANSITION INTO AN INDEPENDENT
RESEARCH CAREER.
AND AS DR. GINDHART SAID, IN THE
REVIEW COMMITTEE THERE ARE OTHER
APPLICATIONS THAT YOU'RE
COMPETING IN.
SO, IT CAN BE DONE, BUT IN THE
LONG RUN IS THAT REALLY
BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR CAREER
DEVELOPMENT?
I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT
IS KEY TO ANSWERING THIS.
>> OH, OKAY.
ANOTHER QUESTION IN THE CHAT
ABOUT SORT OF THE TRANSITION.
CAN YOU CHANGE WHAT YOU
ORIGINALLY WROTE FOR THE K00?
SO LET'S SAY YOU FIND OUT YOU
GOT A BETTER POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY
THAN WHAT YOU WERE ORIGINALLY
PLANNING.
ARE YOU ABLE TO CHANGE THAT PART
OF THE APPLICATION?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT IS THE KEY.
SO WHEN THE APPLICATION IS IN,
YOU HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT YOUR
F99 PHASE, BUT YOU KIND OF HAVE
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE YOU
WANT TO GO IN YOUR K00, BUT
WITHIN THIS ONE OR TWO YEARS OF
OUR F99, THERE MAY BE SOME NEW
THING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.
OF COURSE, RELATED TO WHERE YOU
WANT TO GO.
AND THAT MAY CHANGE.
AND THAT IS OKAY.
AND THAT'S WHY THE TRANSITION
PROCESS AS DR. GINDHART I'M SURE
WILL ADD IS HANDLED WITHIN THE
INSTITUTE AND THERE'S NO
GUARANTEE OF MAKING A SUCCESSFUL
TRANSITION BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL
THESE ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE
REVIEWED BY THE TRANSITION
COMMITTEE, WHICH IS INTERNAL TO
EACH FUNDING I.C.
SO CHANGES, THAT'S THE RESEARCH
SPACE WE'RE IN.
WE CANNOT PREDICT HOW THE
RESEARCH OUTCOMES WILL BE -- YOU
KNOW, WITHIN TWO YEARS.
BUT AS LONG AS IT FITS INTO YOUR
OVERALL CAREER GOAL THAT YOU'RE
ABLE TO SHOW THAT THIS IS WHAT
WILL HELP YOU IN THAT NEXT
INDEPENDENT FACE, THAT'S ALL
ACCEPTABLE AND WILL BE PART OF
YOUR TRANSITION PACKAGE.
>> YEAH.
YEAH, I AGREE.
AND DURING -- FOR THE F99
APPLICATION, YOUR PLANS FOR WHAT
YOU WANT TO DO DURING THE K00
SPACE ARE SOMEWHAT VAGUE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT VERY
DETAILED.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THERE WOULD BE A
CASE WHERE YOU COULDN'T SAY I
PLANNED ON DOING THIS THING BUT
THEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIT A
FIRE UNDER ME AND I REALLY WANT
TO DO THIS THING NOW.
AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A CASE FOR
WHY I MADE THAT, YOU KNOW,
EXPLAIN HOW I WENT ON THAT
JOURNEY TO COME UP WITH THIS NEW
IDEA AND PURSUE THIS NEW
OPPORTUNITY.
I WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO
BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WOULD --
THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
WOULD SAY, NO, NO, NO, YOU SAID
YOU WERE GOING TO DO THIS AND
NOW YOU'RE NOT, LIKE RIGHT?
THE GOAL HERE IS TO HELP YOU
TRANSITION INTO THE NEXT PHASE
OF YOUR CAREER, NOT HOLD YOU
BACK.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT TO ALL OF
THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS OF
WISDOM OR TAKEHOME MESSAGES YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH FOLKS
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING
FOR THIS PROGRAM?
>> CONTACT YOUR PROGRAM OFFICER.
BUILD THAT CONNECTION EARLY ON.
YOU DON'T KNOW -- LIKE, YOU
KNOW, I KNOW THESE NOFOs ARE
SO IMPORTANT BUT ALSO MAYBE
BORING TO READ THROUGH.
MAYBE YOU MISSED SOMETHING
IMPORTANT.
BUT CONNECTING WITH YOUR PROGRAM
OFFICER, ESTABLISHING THOSE
CONNECTIONS EARLY ON, AND AS YOU
ARE CLEAR NOW THAT YOU NEED TIME
TO PREPARE FOR THIS, SO IF
THERE'S ONE TAKEAWAY FROM ME IT
WOULD BE CONTACT YOUR PROGRAM
OFFICER.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS NOT
LIKE YOU NEED TO KNOW SOMEBODY
TO KNOW SOMEBODY AT THE NIH.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FIND
PEOPLE AND START CONTACTING
THEM.
AND REMEMBER THAT OUR GOAL IS TO
HELP YOU.
AND TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT
HOW WE CAN ALLOCATE OUR
RESOURCES AND WHATEVER YOU CAN
DO TO HELP US IN THAT REGARD IS
MOST WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DO HAVE A BRIEF SURVEY, A
BRIEF POLL, THAT WE'RE HOPING --
IT'S OPTIONAL THAT YOU ALL MIGHT
CONSIDER.
THIS IS TO HELP US INFORM THE
FUTURE INFORMATION SESSIONS THAT
WE PUT ON, AND ALSO THEIR
STRUCTURE.
WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DO
SEVERAL OF THESE PER YEAR, SO IF
YOU COULD JUST SCROLL THROUGH
THE POLL.
AGAIN, IT'S OPTIONAL.
AND BE ABLE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK,
THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
WE'LL GIVE A FEW MOMENTS FOR
THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE WITH A
MESSAGE OF OUR NEXT SESSION.
I'LL GIVE A FEW MINUTES TO
COMPLETE THE POLL.
>> OKAY.
AS FOLKS ARE WORKING THROUGH
THAT POLL, WE DID WANT TO
ANNOUNCE THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR
2025 WE HAVE THREE INFO SESSIONS
PLANNED.
FIRST ONE WAS ON RESEARCH
SUPPLEMENTS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY
AND HEALTH-RELATED RESEARCH ON
NOVEMBER 6.
YOU CAN VIEW THE RECORDING OF
THAT ON OUR VIDEOCAST LINK.
TODAY YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE
F99/K00 INDIVIDUAL PRE-DOC TO
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW TRANSITION
AWARD.
THE RECORDING WILL ALSO BE MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH VIDEOCAST.
AND WE WILL BE SENDING OUT THE
SLIDES TO ALL OF THOSE WHO
REGISTERED.
AND WE DID WANT TO FLAG THAT WE
ALSO HAVE ON MARCH 13 FOR FROM 3
TO 4 P.M. AN INFORMATION SESSION
SIMILAR TO THESE ON THE K99/R00
PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE AWARD.
THIS WAS THE AWARD DR. BARDHAN
WAS MENTIONING, POSTDOC TO
INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER
TRANSITION.
YOU CAN USE THE SAME
REGISTRATION LINK TO REGISTER
FOR THAT ONE AND WE'LL BE DOING
A MEDIA BLAST, REMINDERS ABOUT
THE UPCOMING SESSION AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AS A FINAL REMINDER, AS WE ALSO
TOUCHED ON TODAY, THERE ARE
DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS
CAREER STAGES TO SUPPORT CAREER
DEVELOPMENT.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER THESE -- THIS
IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST THAT
YOU SEE HERE.
AND DR. BARDHAN MENTIONED
EARLIER, DIFFERENT INSTITUTES
PARTICIPATE AND SUPPORT
DIFFERENT MECHANISMS.
YOU MIGHT APPLY TO A DIFFERENT
INSTITUTE, DEPENDING ON YOUR
RESEARCH BACKGROUND AND
TRAINING.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER ALL OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE ACROSS
YOUR CAREER TRAJECTORY.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
PARTICIPATING, AND BEST OF LUCK
ON YOUR APPLICATIONS.
WE HOPE TO RECEIVE THEM.