Career Development Symposium - American Neurological Association

O - Opportunities
• Opportunities to “showcase” your work
– Present data at national meetings
– Invited lectures at Specialty meetings
• LLook k for f multiple li l funding f di opportunities ii
before you go for the R01
– Foundation Grants
– Project in a Program Project or Center Grant
– Other NIH mechanisms R03; R21
• But almost as much work, and sometimes lower funding rate
P - Publish
• Publish at least 5 to 6 first authored papers
in your niche before submitting R01
– Ideally at least 1 in high profile journal
• Publish 1 paper as senior author in later
years of K
– Research assistant, student, or post-doc first author
– Demonstrate transition to independence
• Publish state-of-the-art review in your topic
– Will help you summarize background in very short
form for R01
P - Plan
• Plan a detailed timeline for your R submission
• Plan to submit a grant early in 4th year of K
– Could be alternative grant to R01 if you are not
ready to submit R01 yet
– Plan at least 6 months to work on your first R01
submission (3 to 4 months on smaller grants)
• Plan to have 3 senior folks read your grant
Aims
– Ideally 2-3 months prior to submission!
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