PMI Fellow Award Nominations

Our most prestigious individual honor, the PMI Fellow Award recognizes the leaders in PMI who most embody our spirit and cultural values.
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PMI Fellow Award Nominations

Our most prestigious individual honor, the PMI Fellow Award recognizes the leaders in PMI who most embody our spirit and cultural values.
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PMI Fellow Award

The PMI Fellow Award is the highest and most prestigious individual award presented by Project Management Institute.

The PMI Fellow Award recognizes the exceptional achievements of PMI Members who exemplify extraordinary and impactful leadership, and meaningful and widely recognized contributions to the profession of Project Management and to PMI.

This distinction aims to inspire others and reinforce the values and mission of the organization, in the following areas:

Excellence in Leadership: Reflects broad professional influence and strategic achievements.

Excellence through Impact on the Project Management Profession: Wide-reaching effects of an individual's work or contributions across various areas, sectors, or communities.

Excellence in Volunteer Service Commitment to PMI: A relational and selfless approach to leadership, emphasizing the well-being and development of others.

Why submit a nomination

Confer PMI’s highest individual honor

The PMI Fellow Award is the highest and most prestigious individual award presented by Project Management Institute for service to the Institute and the project management profession. This award recognizes PMI members who have made significant contributions to the advancement of both the profession and the PMI community.

Recognize a role model

The PMI Fellow Award recognizes the leaders in PMI who most embody our spirit and cultural values. Recipients demonstrate passion for the project management profession and PMI, and altruistic motivations for their work and its outcomes. They are role models in ethics, leadership, inclusiveness, and willingness to generously share their knowledge. Their contributions have impact well beyond their own local organizations and chapters.

Key dates
3 February 2025 - Nominations open
4 April 2025 - Nominations close
On or before 5 May - Finalist Candidates notified
August 2025 - Honorees notified
November 2025 at Global Summit - PMI Fellow Award presented

Nominee Eligibility

  • Nominees must have demonstrated measurable and meaningful expertise in project management, contributing to PMI for at least ten of the past fifteen years.
  • Nominees must be a PMI member in good standing at the time of nomination.
  • Current Board of Directors, Nomination Committee, BVAC members, PMI team members, PMI contractors, and/or PMI consultants are not eligible to be nominated for this award.

Nominator Eligibility

  • Nominators must be current PMI Region Mentors, Global Volunteer Leaders (including designated project teams), or current PMI Fellows.
  • PMI team members, Board of Directors, and Nomination Committee, and BVAC members are not eligible to nominate an individual for this award.
  • Current PMI team members, PMI contractors, and/or PMI consultants are not eligible to act as a nominator for this award.
  • PMI Fellows serving on the candidate review committees are not eligible to be a nominator or write a letter of reference.

Nominee Eligibility

  • Nominees must have demonstrated measurable and meaningful expertise in project management, contributing to PMI for at least ten of the past fifteen years.
  • Nominees must be a PMI member in good standing at the time of nomination.
  • Current Board of Directors, Nomination Committee, BVAC members, PMI team members, PMI contractors, and/or PMI consultants are not eligible to be nominated for this award.

Nominator Eligibility

  • Nominators must be current PMI Region Mentors, Global Volunteer Leaders (including designated project teams), or current PMI Fellows.
  • PMI team members, Board of Directors, and Nomination Committee, and BVAC members are not eligible to nominate an individual for this award.
  • Current PMI team members, PMI contractors, and/or PMI consultants are not eligible to act as a nominator for this award.
  • PMI Fellows serving on the candidate review committees are not eligible to be a nominator or write a letter of reference.