“The K Award Guidebook is an awesome resource that transformed my proposal. I wouldn’t have won a K99/R00 without it.”
– Postdoc
✓ Comprehensive 190+ page guide informs and simplifies
✓ Includes thirteen worksheets
✓ Used by hundreds of K Awardees
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Identifying the Right National Institutes of Health K Award for You
Chapter 2: Using the Review Process and Review Criteria to Inform Your Writing
Chapter 3: Getting Started and Making a Plan
Chapter 4: Generating a Meaningful Research Idea
Chapter 5: Developing a Writing Routine
Chapter 6: Assembling a Mentoring Team
Chapter 7: Letters, Letters, Letters!
Chapter 8: Writing Specific Aims that are Crystal Clear
Chapter 9: The NIH Biosketch
Chapter 10: Candidate Information and Goals for Career Development
Chapter 11: Writing the WHY (Significance) and WHAT (Innovation) of the Research Strategy
Chapter 12: Writing the Approach Section of the Research Strategy
Chapter 13: Incorporating Rigor Into Your Proposal
Chapter 14: Planning and Designing Effective Figures
Chapter 15: Getting Feedback and Revising
Chapter 16: Improving Clarity in Scientific Writing: Tips and Tricks
Chapter 17: Title, Project Narrative, and Project Summary/Abstract
Chapter 18: Resubmitting? Tips for Responding to Reviewer Feedback
Meet the Authors
Joshua Arribere, PhD
Faculty at UC Santa Cruz
Vinita Bharat, PhD
“Fuzzy Synapse” Science Communicator & Assistant Director of Science Communication & Research Development Training at Stanford University
Crystal Botham, PhD
Founder & Director of the Grant Writing Academy & Office of Pediatric Research Development at Stanford University
Sky Brubaker, PhD
Associate Director and Head of Preclinical Research at VitriVax
Justin Crest, PhD
Associate Director of Pediatric Team Science at Stanford University
Meghan Halley, PhD, MPH
Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University
Debra Karhson, PhD
Faculty at University of New Orleans
Jennifer Kong, PhD
Faculty at University of Washington
Danielle Mathersul, PhD
Faculty at Murdoch University
Orit Rapaport, PhD
Academic Research Development & Returning Scientist
Rachel Sparks, PhD
Head of Strategic Implementation & Change at Newcastle University
Elizabeth Seckel, MA
Director of Strategic Research Development at Stanford University
Claudia Vásquez, PhD
Faculty at University of Washington
Jennifer Wilson, PhD
Faculty at UC Los Angeles