Session: Early Career Development with K01 Mechanism (Research &Career Development Series Part I) (Society for Social Work and Research 15th Annual Conference: Emerging Horizons for Social Work Research)

As Part I of the Research & Career Development Series, this session aims to address the developmental needs of social work researchers in their early career stage and demonstrate how to best support one’s research agenda with federal grants such as K01 mechanism. This session will provide nuts and bolts of how to be a “disciplined yet balanced” young scholar and illustrate a process of preparing successful K01 applications including how to strengthen a record of publications, how to secure mentors and how to navigate the NIH system as a potential K awardee or early stage researcher.