| 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)
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| Choice A: | 50. |
| Choice B: | 75. |
| Choice C: | 80. |
| Choice D: | 90. |
| Question 3: When should you formulate your budget and justification?
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| 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)
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| 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?
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| 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. |
