Manage Your K Award and Learn From Your Peers

K Club is a year-long program of one-hour monthly meetings that include seminars, Q&As, panel discussions, and other activities, which enable career development award holders to network and learn how to manage K awards.

This program is open to any K/career development award holder from any UMB school or department, and typically includes about 50 people.

Discussion topics from past events have included:

• 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

If you hold an active career development award and would like to participate in this program, please email Marey Shriver.