How good is your Principal Investigator, Principal Medical Educator or Academic Supervisor?
It’s competition time! Here at SAPC, the search is on again for the best, the most dedicated, and the most successful primary care Principal Investigator (PI), Principal Medical Educator (PME) or Academic Supervisor (AS). But we’re not interested in grants, or papers, or prizes. Oh no: we’re interested in something much more important than that. We want to find the star PI, PME or AS who provides exceptional support, leadership and encouragement for their team through the highs and lows of research/education, careers and life. Does your PI, PME or AS pay particular attention to facilitating opportunities for your development? Are they always looking out for the paper you should be writing, the Fellowship you should be applying for, or the conference you could be presenting at? Are they great at appraisals and reviews, understanding of your needs and concerns, and supportive in your career? Have they gone out of their way to help when things haven’t gone as planned? In short, who gets the prize for being an inspiring and dedicated leader? We want to know! We’re looking for examples of great practice to inspire all Principal Investigators, Principal Medical Educators and Academic Supervisors to better support their early career research/education staff. And if your PI, PME or AS is selected as “Primary Care PI/PME/AS of the Year” there’s a great prize for them to say “thank you” for going the extra mile.
Questions?
Please contact office@sapc.ac.uk
A Principal Investigator (PI) is anyone who holds research grant funding and has staff working on their projects. They might have one member of their research team or twenty, but the qualifying condition is that they have grant money and have staff working on the grant.
A Principal Medical Educator (PME) is anyone who holds a leading role in the development and delivery of primary care education, and who supervises and supports one or more team members in the running of their programme or course.
An Academic Supervisor (AS) is anyone with formal responsibility for supervising, mentoring or supporting academic trainees or early career researchers, and who plays a significant role in their academic development, wellbeing and progression.
2025, Dr Rachel Johnson, Bristol
2024 Professor Hugh Alberti, Newcastle
2023 Professor Blair Smith, Dundee
2022 Dr Charlotte Albury, Oxford
2021 Professor Kate Walters, UCL
2020 Professor Miriam Santer, Southampton
2019 Professor Christian Mallen, Keele