The purpose of this award is to recognize the paper that made a significant contribution to project management knowledge and was published in Project Management Journal^® by PMI and Wiley in the previous year.

By honoring the best Project Management Journal^® research paper, the award recognizes significant impact of project management research on practice and the importance of refereed journal articles to the advancement of the project management body of knowledge.

Selection of this awarded paper is peer reviewed, keeping to the tradition of all papers published in the Project Management Journal^®.

Submission Deadline:  26 April 2010

Eligible

›   All papers published in the Project Management Journal ^®in the previous calendar year are eligible for the award. No nomination is required.

Not Eligible

›  All other papers that were not published in the Project Management Journal^® in the previous calendar year are not eligible for this award. 
›  Sitting members of PMIs Board of Directors may not participate in the nomination or evaluation process of this award, nor are members of the Board eligible to receive this award.
›   Individuals or organizations that have failed to comply with PMI policies and procedures, including but not limited to PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

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2009 Award Winners  

Ralf Muller, DBA, MBA, PMP, Tomas Blomquist, PhD, Miia Maarit Martinsuo, D.SC for paper titled “Project Portfolio Control and Portfolio Management Performance in Different Contexts”  

Previous Recipients of the Project Management Journal^® Paper of the Year Award

2008:  Blaize Horner Reich, PhD for paper titled “Managing Knowledge and Learning in IT Projects: A Conceptual Framework and Guidelines”