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.

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 12, 2022.

Award Process

Interested individuals are invited to submit an LOI which will be reviewed by members of the Research Committee and peers. The Research Committee chair will notify selected individuals and invite the selected candidates to submit a full-proposals. The Research Committee Chair will notify the award recipient of her/his selection. The Chair will also notify individuals whose submissions were unsuccessful and provide feedback from reviewers.

Eligibility

Please consider the following eligibility criteria:

Awards can only be granted to SACME members.
At least one member of the team must hold or have held a clinical role.
At least one member of the team must hold of have held a role in CME/CPD/IPE/FD/PS/KT/QI.
At least one member of the team must be considered a “new investigator” defined as:
1. Students/trainees of any kind in process of acquiring professional degrees (e.g., Health Professionals, MDs, Masters, PhDs)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)
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 outlined 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 field will all be important determinants of the merits of the project.

Letter of Intent Submission Details

The Letter of Intent 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). 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 to the application site as a PDF. Identifying information will be submitted on the application site instead of within the LOI PDF. The application site will ask you to attest that your team composition meets the criteria for funding.

Budgets and curriculum vitae are not required for LOI submission.

Link to Application: https://forms.gle/9U5byrT6NU9BGwQ19

Review Criteria
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 rigour.
Implications for the advancement of the field.
Feasibility.

Timelines

Letters of Intent are due no later than Monday, December 12, 2022 at midnight (CST).
Selected teams will be notified if they have been invited to proceed to the full proposal in mid-February 2023.
Full proposals will be due on April 17, 2023.
We expect that the decisions of the Scholarship Committee will be made in mid-May 2023 with funding to commence July 1, 2023.

Full Proposal Stage
Following review, selected teams will be invited in mid-February 2023 to submit a full proposal by April 17, 2023. The proposals will be reviewed by members of the Scholarship Committee and/or their designates. The Scholarship Committee chair will notify principal investigators of the results of their submission, along with feedback on the proposal by late May 2023. The Chair will announce the award decision publicly in June 2023.

Full Proposal Guidelines
For those LOIs selected by the Scholarship Committee, the following guidelines will apply for full proposal submissions due April 17, 2023. The final proposal, in PDF format, should be no longer than 10 pages, single spaced, 12 pt. font, and clearly include:

Brief problem statement (350 words maximum);
Background statement and literature review;
Clear statement of the research question/objective;
Conceptual and/or theoretical framework;
Overview of methodology and detailed methods;
Implications for advancement of the field. Why this study is important for CME/CPD/IPE/FD/PS/KT/QI. This section should contextualize the study in the current literature;
Detailed budget with justification and inclusion of in-kind or additional support (if applicable).
Detailed timeline;
Feasibility statement.
Summary of the qualifications and role of each investigator on the project (see eligibility requirements above);
Curriculum vitae (CV) for each member of the research team (last 5 years only).
Up to 3 letters of support (if desired);
References.

Note: CVs, letters of support and references are not included in the 10-page limit.

Full Proposal Review Criteria
The full proposals 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 rigour.
Implications for the advancement of the field.
Appropriateness of budget.
Team composition and roles.
Feasibility.

Full Proposal Submission Process
Full proposals are due on April 17, 2023. Instructions on the submission process will be emailed to all invited applicants.

Questions

Please direct any questions about the application or the grant to either Morag Paton at morag.paton@utoronto.ca or Dr. Martin Tremblay, Vice-Chair, SACME Scholarship Committee at mtremblay@fmsq.org.

Paul Mazmanian Early Career Research Grant
Coming Soon!

The Scholarship Committee of the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) is pleased to announce a new grant opportunity in memory of Paul Mazmanian. The SACME Board of Directors is finalizing the criteria of the grant, but expect to make the announcement in 2022.