SACME Research Grants
Grant projects:
Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education
Request for Proposals for
Research Support Grants
Call for Proposals
SACME is pleased to invite researchers to submit proposals for innovative pilot or preliminary investigations that focus on one of the following areas:
A. CME/CPD research that engage patients or the public
B. Integration of research into CME/CPD practice
C. Balancing the individual and the team in practice-based learning
In developing its research agenda, SACME has identified these topics as areas of significant concern to CPD/CME professionals. Each study would be expected to result in:
It is anticipated that dissemination, adoption and further evaluation of the results of the studies will help increase the awareness and participation in practice-based inquiry. Three grants of $10,000 will be awarded; funding will be made available in May 2013, and the project should be completed within three to six months of this date. The funding for this project has been made possible by a grant from Pfizer Medical Education Group to SACME to support its research agenda.
Timelines: Proposals are required by Monday, April 1, 2013. Following a peer review process, the grant award decisions will be made and communicated by May 1, 2013 and funds will be available to the awardee end of May. It is anticipated that the funded projects be completed in four to six months. Timeline and milestones must be identified at time of proposal submission.
Eligibility: Awards may be made to members of LCME-accredited organizations, AOA-accredited organizations, NCQA-accredited organizations, medical specialty societies, The Society for Academic CME, the Alliance for Continuing Education in Health Professions, the Association for Hospital Medical Education, and others who are interested in advancing CME/CPD research, and have experience in CME/CPD. We will accept submissions from both novice and experienced investigators for these seed grants. To improve the likelihood of a successful grant, novice investigators must provide the name of an established researcher who has agreed to provide mentorship.
Format of the Proposal: The proposal must be no longer than five single-spaced pages. It should include:
In addition, please provide
Review criteria:
Address: Completed proposals should be submitted electronically to: Strategic Affairs Work Group c/o Jim Ranieri, Executive Secretariat, SACME.
Please submit the Letter of Intent using Microsoft Word. If you cannot use Microsoft Word, submit the Letter of Intent as a PDF file.
Questions: Questions regarding these proposals for seed grants should be directed to:
Strategic Affairs Work Group
c/o Jim Ranieri, Executive Secretariat
SACME
info@sacme.org
205-978-7990
Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Medical Education
Call for Letters of Intent (currently closed)
This grant is made in the name of Phil R. Manning, MD, Paul Ingalls Hoagland Hastings Professor of Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Dr. Manning is founding president of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education, formerly the Society of Medical College Directors of Continuing Medical Education. He has been a governor, regent, and vice president of the American College of Physicians and serves on several educational committees of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Manning is co-editor of Medicine: Preserving the Passion in the 21st Century and author of many peer-reviewed publications.
The Research Endowment Council of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) requests Letters of Intent for original research related to physician life-long learning and physician change. Proposals may apply quantitative methods, qualitative methods, or mixed methods research. The finished work must be appropriate for publication in the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions or other peer reviewed journal and for presentation at a SACME meeting.
Phil R. Manning Research Award: Typically, one grant is awarded up to $50,000 every two years; for example, the awardee may receive $21,000 in year one and $29,000 in year two, for a total of $50,000. The next grant award decision will likely be made by the end of April 2013 and funds will be available to the awardee in June 2013. The Letter of Intent is required by Friday, November 2, 2012.
Project length : Up to two years
Award process : Following review of Letters of Intent by the Research Endowment Council, selected projects will be notified by Tuesday, December 18, 2012 and asked to submit a full proposal on or before Monday, March 4, 2013.
Announcement of the award decision is will be made at the SACME Spring Meeting in April 2013.
Funding will be available June 2013.
Deadline: Letters of Intent must be received no later than November 2, 2012.
Eligibility: Awards may be made to members of LCME-accredited organizations, AOA-accredited organizations, NCQA-accredited organizations, medical specialty societies, the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, the Association for Hospital Medical Education, and others who are interested in advancing CME research.
Review criteria: Clarity of research question, contribution to CME, fit of research design and methods to the research question, and experience/ qualifications of investigators for undertaking the research.
Format of the Letter of Intent: The Letter of Intent must be no longer than two pages, single spaced. It should include a statement of how the project will advance CME; the scope of the project; a clear, concise statement of the research question; the methodology to be employed in addressing the research question and a brief indication of the qualifications of the investigator(s). Budgets and curriculum vitae are not required for LOI submission.
Address: Completed LOIs should be submitted electronically to: blachman@sc.edu. Please submit the Letter of Intent using Microsoft Word. If you cannot use Microsoft Word, submit the letter of intent as a PDF file or in "rich text format" (.rtf).
Questions: Questions regarding Letter of Intent should be directed to:
Moss Blachman, PhD
Chair, SACME Research Endowment Council
(803) 434-4211
blachman@sc.edu
Morris J. Blachman, PhD
Associate Dean
Continuous Professional Development & Strategic Affairs
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
3555 Harden Street Extension, Suite # 100
Columbia, South Carolina 29203
9-13-12
