The Student Performance of the Year Award (FSPA)
As in 2004, the PMI Frankfurt Chapter e.V. (PMIFC) grants an award
in 2005 for extraordinary student efforts in the area of project
management according to global Project Management Institute (PMI®)
standards (www.pmi.org).
The Student Performance Award (SPA) is PMIFC's contribution
to promoting project management according to global standards at universities.
This award underlines the benefits of PMI standards for academic research
and supports PMIFC's purpose as stated in its incorporation documents.
The Student Performance Award includes a monetary award
of €2.000,--. In addition, an award certificate is provided to the winner(s).
The award may be split if more than one paper qualifies.
Students of all areas may apply for this award. Papers written by
individual students and student groups are eligible for submission if
they deal with project management.
Submitted papers must comply with the following conditions:
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Submitted at a university (no dissertation), e.g. as a part of
a course or lecture;
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Finalized in 2004 or 2005;
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References to PMI Standards (e.g. A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Organizational
Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3®));
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Maximum age of applicants is 30 years;
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Written in German or English language; and
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The paper has to be written according to academic standards.
For the submission, the following documents have to be included:
(hardcopy and electronic version each, Microsoft® Windows-compatible
format)
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Paper version of the paper with a minimum of 25 pages and
a maximum of 35 pages excluding appendices;
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Abstract (two (2) pages) in English (for distribution in
PMIFC's newsletter);
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Curriculum Vitae of participants; and
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Written agreement of involved company if applicable.
A jury of PMIFC members, academic teachers, and industry representatives
evaluate submitted papers and nominate the winner. The decision is final
and does not include an explanation.
Applicants are not required to be members of PMI or the PMIFC.
Winners are requested to present awarded papers to an audience of
professionals in a PMIFC meeting (the PMIFC will reimburse the travel
costs occurring within Germany). In addition, winners are given the
chance to present their papers (abstract version) in the October 2005
edition of the PMIFC newsletter. Finally, the PMIFC will submit the
awarded papers for participation in the global PMI award, coordinated
by the PMI Educational Foundation.
In order to participate, students are required to send a written
notification prior to submission to the PMIFC by 1 July 2005.
Deadline for submission is 1 August 2005. If you have further questions
or want to take part, please contact the PMIFC at
pmief@pmi.org.
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