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Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Professional Development

Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education

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 were due Monday, December 1, 2025. If you submitted an LOI, we hope to be able to let you know the results of the reviewer decisions no later than mid-February 2026.

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.

AI Based Application Success Predictor

1. Clear Relevance to CME/CPD/Health-Professional Education

Projects must focus on issues like continuing education, professional development, clinician learning, quality improvement via education — not unrelated clinical research. SACME’s mission centers on advancing CPD/CE scholarship.

Whether your project deals with educational methods, evaluation, competency, practice change, interprofessional education, or CPD outcomes — its link to CME/CPD must be explicit.

Predictor: The more clearly the proposal maps to CME/CPD research or evaluation, the higher its priority.

2. A Well-Designed, Theory- and Methodology-Driven Research Plan

SACME values proposals with a sound theoretical foundation, clear research question, appropriate methodology aligned to objectives, and feasible study design.

For full proposals (after LOI), they expect detailed methods, realistic timelines, deliverables, and evaluation metrics.

Predictor: Well-structured, rigorous, feasible research designs score strongly.

3. Focus on Impact — On Clinician Practice, Patient Care, or Education Outcomes

Emphasis is on advancing the value and effectiveness of continuing education, including improving clinician performance, patient care, public health, or equity — rather than purely academic interest.

Projects that propose measurable impact (learning outcomes, practice change, health outcomes, quality improvement) tend to stand out.

Predictor: Demonstrated impact on education-to-practice or patient/health outcomes improves competitiveness.

4. Alignment of Project Scope & Budget to Grant Mechanism

For the Manning Award, funds are up to US $50,000 over two years — so proposals should have a realistic, modest-to-moderate scope aligned to that budget.

For the Mazmanian Award (early-career), scope should be smaller, with achievable endpoints over the funding period.

Predictor: Scoped, budget-appropriate proposals — not over-ambitious ones — fare better.

5. Early-Career Investigator Inclusion (Where Relevant)

Many SACME mechanisms encourage or require inclusion of early-career investigators, trainees, or those new to CME/CPD scholarship (especially for the Mazmanian Fellowship).

Having a team with a mix of experienced and early-career scholars (with clear mentorship/separation of roles) is often favorable.

Predictor: Inclusion of early-career researchers + mentorship or training components strengthens proposals in early-career tracks.

6. Institutional / Team Diversity: Clinician + Education/CPD Expertise

SACME requires that teams have mixed expertise: at least one clinician (current or former) and at least one individual with CME/CPD/IPE/quality-improvement/education expertise.

This mix ensures both clinical relevance and educational-science rigor.

Predictor: Multidisciplinary teams combining clinical and educational scholarship backgrounds do well.

7. Clear Dissemination & Scholarship Plan (Publication, Sharing, Evaluation)

As an academic society, SACME values research that contributes to the literature — many awardees publish in CME/CPD journals, contribute to conferences.

Projects with clear plans for dissemination (publications, conference presentations, integration into practice, evaluation) are viewed as stronger investments.

Predictor: A well-thought-out dissemination and follow-up plan improves chances.

8. Relevance to Contemporary Challenges in Medical Education, Equity, and Public Health

SACME’s mission includes advancing CPD/CE to support health equity, clinician well-being, quality of care, and public health.

Proposals that consider equity, access, interprofessional education, or address gaps exposed by events (e.g. pandemic, mental health, digital learning) align well with SACME goals.

Predictor: Projects addressing modern challenges in medical education and equity tend to be competitive.

🛠️ What This Means If You’re Preparing a SACME Proposal

Make sure the core question is about CME/CPD/CE, not a clinical or basic-science issue.

Build a solid, theory-driven methodology with clearly defined aims, endpoints (learning, change, outcomes), and feasible scope.

Show clinical + educational expertise in your team (mix of clinician(s) + education/research background).

For early-career grants: include a training or mentorship plan, and keep scope modest.

Clearly articulate how the work will impact clinician practice, patient care, or education quality.

Ensure your budget matches the scale of the award (small/medium).

Have a dissemination plan: publication, conference presentation, integration into CPD programmes.

Emphasize equity, access, modern educational challenges — these align with SACME’s strategic mission.

Specialties

General Medicine

Eligibility Requirements

Please consider the following eligibility criteria:

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.
At least one member of the team must hold or have held a clinical role.
At least one member of the team must hold or have held a role in CME/CPD/IPE/FD/PS/KT/QI.
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)
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.

Sponsor Details

Sponsor Institute/Organizations: Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education

Sponsor Type: Corporate/Non-Profit

Address: 820 East High Street, Suite A Charlottesville, VA 22902 312-224-2522

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