- 8:15 a.m.
- Breakfast
- 8:30 a.m.
- Welcome
- 8:45 a.m.
- Introductions & Sharing of Research Goals by Participants
- 9:15 a.m.
- Break
- 9:30 a.m.
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Developing a Successful Programmatic Research Career
Session Learning Objectives
- Contrast the pros and cons of doing a postdoc.
- Explain the factors to consider when deciding where to publish and how to make your papers stand out.
- Describe the different funding paths to an R01.
- Summarize the elements to negotiate for your first faculty position.
- Describe tips for success in the first three years of a faculty position (e.g., time management, setting priorities, being mentored).
- Define programmatic research.
- Describe the importance of establishing a programmatic line of research.
- 10:30 a.m.
- Break
- 10:45 a.m.
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Mentoring Period: Outlining Your Programmatic Line of Research
Session Learning Objectives
- Formulate your own overarching research goal.
- List the skills and resources you will need to address your overarching research goal.
- 11:45 a.m.
- Lunch
- 12:25 p.m.
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Developing a 5-Year Plan and Identifying Your Research Milestones
Session Learning Objectives
- Define a 5-year Plan.
- Explain the purpose of a 5-year plan.
- Summarize the benefits of a 5-year plan.
- Identify the elements of a 5-year plan.
- List some resources for developing a 5-year plan.
- 1:00 p.m.
- Q & A: 5-Year Plan and Research Milestones
- 1:15 p.m.
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Mentoring Period: Developing Your 5-Year Plan and Identifying Your Research Career Milestones
Based on the 5-year goals and 1-year plan you prepared prior to the conference, formulate a 5-year plan that is
- in line with your overarching research goal, and
- includes the basic elements of a 5-year plan and research career milestones.
- 2:30 p.m.
- Break
- 2:45 p.m.
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Planning for Achievement and Responding to Challenges
Session Learning Objectives
- Part 1: Planning for Your Teaching, Service, and Research Goals
- Explain how to use your 5-year plan to guide decision-making.
- Summarize planning tips for staying on track with your teaching, service, and research goals.
- Part 2: Planning for Successful Collaboration
- Explain the importance of research collaborations (interdisciplinary, clinical, etc.).
- Describe tips for planning successful collaborations.
- Part 3: Responding to Challenges with Resilience
- List some common challenges to staying on track with your 5-year plan.
- Describe the importance of resilience in an academic career and how to respond productively to disappointing feedback.
- 3:45 p.m.
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Small Group Discussions
Session Learning Objectives
- Summarize factors to consider when evaluating advice regarding your research focus.
- Identify potential collaboration challenges and how to manage them.
- 4:30 p.m.
- Report Out: Small Groups
- 4:45 p.m.
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Introduction to American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Grant Mechanisms
Session Learning Objectives
- List the ASHFoundation early-career mechanisms.
- Describe the benefit of ASHFoundation funding as seed money for subsequent federal funding.
- 5:00 p.m.
- Q&A: American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Grant Mechanisms
- 5:15 p.m.
- Evening Announcements
- 6:00 p.m.
- Happy Hour & Dinner at Hotel