2017 AAPM Annual Meeting
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Session Title: Research Funding
Question 1: Eligible applicants for the National Institutes of Health K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award must have a research and/or clinical doctorate and no more than ___ years of total aggregate postdoctoral research experience.
Reference:National Institutes of Health Parent Announcement PA-16-193, 2016. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-193.html (accessed June 2017)
Choice A:2.
Choice B:3.
Choice C:4.
Choice D:5.
Question 2: Candidates for the NIH K99/R00 Award must devote at a minimum ____ percent of full-time professional effort to career development and research during the K99 phase of the award.
Reference:National Institutes of Health Parent Announcement PA-16-193, 2016. https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-16-193.html (accessed June 2017)
Choice A:50.
Choice B:75.
Choice C:80.
Choice D:90.
Question 3: When should you formulate your budget and justification?
Reference:https://grants.nih.gov/grants/planning_application.htm (accessed June 2017), and https://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/extra/extdocs/gntapp.pdf (accessed June 2017)
Choice A:Before or while formulating your Specific Aims.
Choice B:After finalizing your Specific Aims.
Choice C:After you finish writing the Statistics section.
Choice D:Towards the end, after you have finished all other components – Research Plan, Letters, Biosketches, etc.
Question 4: Which of the following element of a grant proposal is not scored during review?
Reference:https://grants.nih.gov/grants/planning_application.htm (accessed June 2017)
Choice A:Significance.
Choice B:Innovation.
Choice C:Approach.
Choice D:Investigators.
Choice E:Environment.
Choice F:Budget.
Question 5: For NIH funding, what is the general proportion of first-time and experienced R01 applications submitted by female Principal Investigators in the biomedical sciences? 
Reference:Ley, Timothy J., and Barton H. Hamilton. "The gender gap in NIH grant applications." Science 322, no. 5907 (2008): 1472-1474.
Choice A:~10%
Choice B:~30%
Choice C:~50%
Choice D:~70%
Question 6: Which of the following have been identified as critical barriers for females advancing their careers in academia?
Reference:Ley, Timothy J., and Barton H. Hamilton. "The gender gap in NIH grant applications." Science 322, no. 5907 (2008): 1472-1474.
Choice A:Family choices.
Choice B:Lack of mentorship.
Choice C:Lack of female role models.
Choice D:All of the above.
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