Call for Proposals!
2026 GRA Spring Professional Development Conference

Tuesday, April 14 - Thursday, April 16, 2026
Charlotte, NC

Submission Deadline: September 8, 2025, 11:59 PM PST

The Group on Resident Affairs (GRA) Program Planning Committee invites proposals for small group workshops at the GRA Spring Professional Development Conference April 14-16, 2026 in Charlotte, NC. Together, close to 100 senior GME and 40 emerging resident leaders will focus on GME education and administration for institutional leaders overseeing accreditation, quality, and GME financing, with resident members of the ORR, the sole national invitational cross-specialty residency body focused on academic medicine.

Sessions will provide attendees an opportunity to share emerging innovations, impactful policies and practices, and efficacious approaches to sustaining a robust GME system.

The program planning committee encourages proposals that convey: relevance to academic medicine and the GME community; clarity of intent and organization; creativity and innovation; adaptability and viability of implementation at other institutions; and sustainability.

The highest preference will be given to proposals which:

• are timely and topically relevant;
• provide readily accessible tools or resources that facilitate implementation;
• include assessment data demonstrating successful outcomes/impact, or extending post conference learning;
• support the enhancement of one or more of the Competencies for Institutional GME Leaders/Designated Institutional Officials;
• incorporate cross-collaboration and representation among both attending groups.

Only proposals submitted through the online submission form will be considered for review.

If submitting multiple proposals, each must be submitted separately.

Conference fees, travel and lodging

All speakers, small group session panelists, and poster presenters are responsible for registering in advance of the conference and self-funding all conference associated expenses, inclusive of registration, travel, lodging, and ancillary costs associated with meeting travel and attendance. Proposals include an attestation that the submitter and the proposed speaker affirm conference funding to be the responsibility of session participants.

Presenters and participants are expected to attend the duration of the conference, thus, there is no one-day or partial registration option.

Note: A separate Call for Poster submissions will be launched mid-November 2025.

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