K Club Program

Program Overview

The K Club Program is designed to help recipients of career development (K) awards attain their research goals. This program consists of a monthly seminar or interactive session focused on a subject relevant to the interests/research goals of recipients of K awards.

The purpose of the K Club is twofold: 1) to help support the transition of K recipients to independent funding (eg R-level award) and 2) to provide a forum for recipients of K awards to meet their colleagues in other departments.

The K Club was founded in 2014 by Wendy Sanders MA, Associate Dean of the Research Career Development Program (now retired) and Mary-Claire Roghmann, MD, MPH, Associate Director of the Research Career Development Program. The K Club includes approximately 50 junior faculty/senior fellows from UMB and meets for 1-hour a month.

Topics include:

Peer Group Discussion on Strategies for Perseverance and Maintaining Momentum
Strengthening Your CV for Promotion
Strategies for Getting the Most out of Your K Award
Tips for successfully transitioning from your career development award to Independence
Negotiation skills
Pivoting & Overcoming Setbacks in Your Research
Bridge Funding & Strategies for Overcoming Challenges in the K to R transition
Work life balance
Building Your Research Team
Diversifying Your Funding Portfolio

How to participate

If you are a recent recipient of a career development award and would like to participate in this program, please send an email to Marey Shriver, PhD or Stacie Mendoza