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 was the founding president of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education, formerly the Society of Medical College Directors of Continuing Medical Education. He was a governor, regent, and vice president of the American College of Physicians and served on several educational committees of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Manning was co-editor of Medicine: Preserving the Passion in the 21st Century and authored many peer-reviewed publications.
The Manning Grant Process
Available Funding
The Manning Grant has up to $50,000 (USD) over two years available to support scientific research. Authors are encouraged to align budget requests with project needs, leveraging existing resources where and if available.
Letters of Intent are due Monday, December 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST. The submission form will be linked on this page and emailed out in the coming weeks.
Award Process
Interested individuals are invited to submit an Letter Of Intent (LOI) which will be reviewed by members of the Scholarship Committee and peers. The Scholarship Committee chair will notify selected individuals and invite the selected candidates to submit a full-proposal. The Scholarship Committee Chair will notify the award recipient of her/his selection. The Chair will also notify individuals whose submissions were unsuccessful.
Eligibility
Please consider the following eligibility criteria:
These criteria should be attested to as part of the submission.
Review Criteria
Presence of theoretical foundation, clarity of research question, soundness of methodological design, fit of research design and methods to the research question, and potential of the project to contribute further to the CPD field will all be important determinants of the merits of the project.
The LOIs will be reviewed by members of the Scholarship Committee (or their designates) for the following features:
Letter of Intent Criteria
The LOI must be no longer than two pages, single spaced, 12 pt. font and should not contain any identifying information that could identify your name(s) or affiliated institution(s). You will be asked to upload references as a separate file. The LOI should include a concise review of the literature, a clear statement of the research question, methodology, anticipated methods of analysis, proposed timeline, and potential impact of the work on the field. This document should be uploaded as a PDF. Budgets and curriculum vitae are not required for LOI submission.
Questions
Please direct any questions about the application or the grant to either Nathaniel Williams at nwilliams@prckansas.org, Nikhita Singhal at n.singhal@mail.utoronto.ca, or Dr. Martin Tremblay, Chair, SACME Scholarship Committee at mtremblay@fmsq.org.
Visit the Manning Resources page to watch the 2021 Manning Summer Series videos and view additional resources.
The Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) is committed to promoting value in patient care and health of the public through scholarship that advances the theory, delivery, and evaluation of continuing medical and interprofessional education. To support this mission, SACME has created the Paul E. Mazmanian, PhD Research Fellowship Award for Early Career Investigators (hereafter the Mazmanian Research Fellowship Award).
Information on the next application cycle will be posted soon. To view download instructions for the application process for the last cycle click here.
Click here for more information on Dr. Paul Mazmanian.
Questions
Please direct any questions about the application or the grant to either Nathaniel Williams at nwilliams@prckansas.org, Nikhita Singhal at n.singhal@mail.utoronto.ca, or Joyce Fried at joycemfried@gmail.com.
The following list reflects grants that have been awarded through the grant application process.
Year |
Institution/PI |
Project Title |
Notes |
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2023/2024 | Dillon Welindt |
Measuring the Environmentally Valid Learning Approach (EVLA) | Mazmanian Award |
2023/2024 |
Joanne Goldman Brian Wong |
Strengthening the position of continuing education as a foundational element of quality improvement | Manning Award |
2021/2022 |
Francesca Luconi McGill Hill University |
Building resilience and well-being in primary care during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: A case-study in continuing professional development | Manning Award |
2019/2020 |
Mahan Kulasegaram University of Toronto |
Supporting Self-Directed Learning and Transfer through Testing in CME | Manning Award |
2017/2018 | Sanjeev Sockalingam and David Wiljer University of Toronto | Data and Lifelong Learning (LLL): Understanding Cultural Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing and Using Clinical Performance Data to Support Continuing Professional Development (CPD) | Manning Award |
2015/ 2016 |
Fahad Alam Sunnybrook Health Services Centre |
Impact of acute care physician’s age on crisis management performance and learning after simulation-based education | Manning Award |
2013/ 2014 |
Moshe Feldman VCU |
Practice Based Learning to Achieve System Based Practice: An Interprofessional CE Model and Toolbox for Planned Practice Change | Manning Award |
2011/ 2012 |
Joan Sargeant Dalhousie University |
Performance feedback to inform self-assessment and guide practice improvement: Developing and testing a feedback facilitation model | Manning Award |
2007/ 2008 |
Heather Armson University of Calgary |
Practice reflections by family physicians participating in three three different practice based learning programs: Are there differences in commitment-to-change statements? | Manning Award |
2006 |
Marisa Finlay McMaster University |
Breast cancer survivors and CME in health advocacy | small grant |
2005 |
Kevin Eva McMaster University |
Examining the problem with experience: Does practice make physicians more susceptible to premature closure? | small grant |
2004 |
Onil Bhattacharyya University of Toronto |
Overcoming barriers to diabetes guideline management in remote aboriginal communities | small grant |
2004 |
Barbara Barnes University of Pittsburgh |
Improving the discussion and atribution of adverse events and medical errors: an interactive case conference | Manning Award |
2004 |
Gary Sibbald University of Toronto |
Simultaneous use of telemedicine for patient care and continuing education rounds in dermatology | small grant |
2004 |
Sonya Lawson Virginia Commonwealth University |
Use of PDAs in reflection and learning practice | large grant |
2003 | Gabrielle Kane University of Toronto |
Examining the impact of change on professional practice | small grant |
2003 |
Stephanie Giberson University of Manitoba |
Facilitating physician learning community development [sic] | small grant |
2002 |
Joan Sargeant Dalhousie University |
Physicians' attitudes toward participating in accredited CME programs on the Internet | large grant |
2001 | Jocelyn Lockyer University of Calgary |
Qualitative evaluation of small group learning | small grant |
2000/ 2001 |
Yvonne Coyle University of Texas Southwestern-Dallas |
Assessing physician clinical performance outcome in highly motivated learners | Manning Award |
2000 | Jack Kues University of Cincinnati |
The value of formal CME: Physician perception [SACME Research Collaborative] | Manning Award |
1999 | Michael Allen Dalhousie University |
Videoconferencing for problem-based small group learning | large grant |
1998 | Jonathan Hellman University of Toronto |
[mentorship] | small grant |
1997 | David Bailey Marshall University |
[mentorship] | small grant |
1996 | Jocelyn Lockyer University of Calgary |
Physician use of personalized feedback to make changes in their clinical practice | small grant |