K Awards Training: A Path to Success at Columbia University 2025

The major goals of K Awards: A Path to Success is to orient attendees to grant-writing and grant-strategizing for successful K applications, including how to position their research and themselves to engage reviewers. Participants will work with CareerVolt workshop leaders with a proven track record of helping applicants improve and position compelling K applications. Attendees will learn about different K award mechanisms, how K’s are unique from R’s, and strategies to maximize each K award component. They will gain an understanding of the goal of the K award program, which is critical for maximizing funding success.

This workshop will take place in two parts: a required online, asynchronous web-based course (~5 hours total) followed by the livestream, 6-hour online training on July 10, 2025. Participants will be given access to the web-based course about three weeks before the live training. 

By the end of the workshop, participants will be familiar with the following topics:

 

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJuly 10, 2025
• Study LevelTraining
• SponsorColumbia University
• City to studyNew York

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Benefits

K Awards: A Path to Success is a combined web-based course (5hrs) and livestream workshop (6hrs) that will familiarize participants with the fundamentals of successful K award applications.

• K Program Goals and Expectations
• Types of K Awards: Which Is Right for You?
• Timing: When to Submit Your K Application
• K Award Application Preparation and Considerations
• K Award Application Evaluation: How K Awards are Evaluated and Scored
• Principles of Great K Applications
• Selling Yourself as a K Applicant
• Selling Your Science
• Synthesizing the Full K Story

One round of written feedback for a Specific Aims page will be made available to all attendees for up to 2 months after the workshop, at no additional cost. 

Requirements

This workshop targets researchers who have submitted or will be submitting a K award application or are thinking about submitting a K award application within six months to one year from the workshop date. There are a few requirements to attend this training:

1. Participants must complete the web-based course (consisting of online videos and activities) prior to the livestream training session. Participants will be given access to this module about three weeks before the live training, and will take about 4-5 hours to complete. 
2. While this workshop targets trainees, it is not suitable for pre-doctoral students. All participants must have completed a PhD, MD, and/or DVM.
3. Participants will be asked to send a draft Specific Aims page to instructors to receive initial feedback ahead of the workshop, and have their draft aims (whether their real or ‘disguised’ research) seen* by others in attendance.

*Hands-on activities will use participant aims pages, and we therefore request that all participants respect the confidentiality of other attendees. Any participant who prefers not to share their research ideas may create a mock aims page to use during the training.

 

Interview Dates and Process

Summer 2025: The K Awards Training combines a 5-hour web-based, asynchronous training with a 6-hour livestream, online training (11hrs total). Prior to the livestream training on July 10, 2025, participants are required to complete a self-paced, web-based course. Once the asynchronous portion is complete, participants will attend a livestream, remote training on July 10, 2025 from ~10:00am - ~4:00pm EDT.

Application Deadline

July 10, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Columbia University on columbia-workshops.regfox.com to apply

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