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SACME Research Grants

Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Professional Development

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:

  1. There is no obligation for Manning Grant applicants to be a member of SACME at the point of LOI submission; however, as the award can only be awarded to SACME members, there is a requirement that the Principal Investigator (or in the case of a study with Co-PIs, at least one PI) must be a SACME member at the point of the full proposal submission.
  2. At least one member of the team must hold or have held a clinical role.
  3. At least one member of the team must hold or have held a role in CME/CPD/IPE/FD/PS/KT/QI.
  4. At least one member of the team must be considered an “early career investigator” defined as:
    1. Students/trainees of any kind in process of acquiring professional degrees (e.g., Health Professionals, MDs, Masters, PhDs)
    2. Those who have completed their professional degrees within the last 5 years (e.g., Health Professionals, MDs, Masters, PhDs)
  5. At least one member of the team must hold sufficient credentials and/or experience and/or expertise related to lead or supervise the proposed project.

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:

  • Depth, breadth and interpretation of relevant literature
  • Relevance and clarity of research question / problem or objective
  • Use and alignment of theoretical foundations
  • Methodological alignment and rigor
  • Implications for the advancement of the field
  • Feasibility

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. 

Mazmanian Research Fellowship Award

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.

SACME Research Grants

The following list reflects grants that have been awarded through the grant application process. 

Year

Institution/PI

Project Title

Notes

 2023/2024  Dillon Welindt
 Measuring the Environmentally Valid Learning Approach (EVLA)  Mazmanian Award
 2023/2024

Joanne Goldman

Brian Wong
University of Toronto

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


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