SACME Research Grants

During Congress 2000, the SACME Research Endowment Council became separate from the Research Committee. The Research Committee's focus is on research education and support of Society researchers, while the Endowment Council continues to award grants to support research projects.

The deadline has passed for SACME Research Grants in 2011. 

Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Medical Education
Call for Letters of Intent

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 in Spring 2013 with funds available to the awardee by Summer 2013. Information will be updated as it becomes available.  A letter of intent is normally requested by the end of the prior year of the grant (in this case by the end of 2012). 

Project length : Up to two years

Award process : Following review of letters intent by the Research Endowment Council, selected projects will be notified by February 6, and asked to submit a full proposal on or before March 30.

Announcement of the award decision is will be made by May.

Funding will be available June.

Deadline: Letters of intent must be received no later than December 20.

Eligibility: Awards may be made to members of LCME-accredited organizations, medical specialty societies, NCQA-accredited organizations, the Alliance for CME, the Association for Hospital Medical Education, and others who are interested in advancing CME research. All letters of intent must be accompanied by a letter of support from the director of the CME program at a SACME member organization.

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

12-29-11