PMI Project of the Year Award Nominations

The PMI Project of the Year Award recognizes excellence in Project Management practices including superior organizational results, innovation, and positive impacts on society.

PMI Project of the Year Award Nominations

The PMI Project of the Year Award recognizes excellence in Project Management practices including superior organizational results, innovation, and positive impacts on society.

PMI Project of the Year

The PMI Project of the Year Award celebrates outstanding achievements in project management by recognizing initiatives that demonstrate excellence in practices that foster innovation with a strong focus on project success that drive superior organizational results and elevate our world.

Categories

This award includes winners in three different categories, with one overall winner named the Project of the Year:

 

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PMI Engineering/Technology Project Award

Recognizes an initiative focused on the development, implementation, or enhancement of engineering or technology-based solutions. Projects in this category leverage innovative tools, systems or methodologies that address complex challenges, improve efficiency, and drive technological advancement.

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PMI Social Project Award

Celebrates an initiative that delivers measurable positive impacts for individuals, organizations or communities by addressing societal challenges, enhancing quality of life or fostering growth and development. This category encompasses diverse fields, including marketing, education, social innovation, and community-building, among others.

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PMI Construction/Infrastructure Project Award

Honors the successful completion of a construction or infrastructure project that exemplifies excellence in project management practices, showcases innovative approaches, and delivers a significant and lasting impact on the community it serves.

Key dates

3 February 2025 - Nominations open

18 April 2025 - Nominations close

Week of May 5 - Finalists notified

19-30 May 2025 - Finalist presentations

August 2025 - Category winners notified

November 2025 at Global Summit - Awards presentation

There is no fee to submit a nomination for PMI’s professional awards.

Eligibility:

  • Projects of any type, from any industry, in public or private sectors are eligible.
  • Projects may originate from any region.
  • Projects must have been completed no more than 18 months prior to the nomination deadline.
  • The Lead Nominator is not required to have PMI affiliation.
  • Projects that have been previously won or been nominated for the PMI Project of the Year Award are not eligible for submission.
  • Current PMI team members staff, PMI contractors, and/or PMI consultants are not eligible to apply or nominate a project for this award.
  • Current PMI Board members and members of PMI Board Reporting Committees are not eligible to apply for or nominate a project for this award.

Craft a written essay and formal submission.

Nomination:

Candidates must submit their project under one of the three categories.

  • PMI Engineering/Technology Project Award
  • PMI Social Project Award
  • PMI Construction/Infrastructure Project Award

The nomination package must include the following:

Essay: Story of Project Success

“How are you using project success to elevate our world?”

Write an essay (maximum 2,000 words) describing the ‘Story of Success’ of your project. Highlight the project’s customer, the challenge, and the solution.

Use the following guidance to structure your essay:

Project Challenges: What specific challenge did your project address, and why was it significant to your organization or stakeholders?

Project Success: How did your project deliver value that was worth the effort and expense, addressing both execution and outcomes? How did it demonstrate innovative thinking, adaptability, and a focus on aligning value with stakeholder expectations and broader goals?

Strategic Alignment: How did your project align with your organization’s strategic goals, mission, and long-term vision? How did it foster collaboration and partnerships to advance these objectives and strengthen relationships within your organizational ecosystem?

Project Management Excellence: How did your project utilize project management best practices to ensure efficient and structured delivery? How did the team demonstrate excellence in execution, balancing precision, adaptability, and stakeholder satisfaction to achieve project objectives?

PMI Culture in Action: How did your project reflect PMI’s values (Make It Easy, Aim Higher, Be Welcoming, Embrace Curiosity, Together We Can)? How did it promote collaboration, inclusivity, or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) throughout its lifecycle? For additional reference regarding PMI’s Culture values.

Supporting documents:

You may submit up to five (5) images to support your project story in jpg format. Any captions or explanation should be included as part of the image.

Please include a group photo of the Project Team.

Designate a primary contact and sign the PMI Permissions and Release Form

You’ll need to choose a “Lead Nominator” for PMI to communicate with about the nomination, including the status of the nomination at the conclusion of the evaluation process.

Your Lead Nominator doesn’t need to be a member of or affiliated with PMI.

Complete and sign the form confirming whether you did, or did not, use any PMI trademark, logo, or copyrighted content from any PMI publication. 

Usage will require permission from PMI in the form of a permission agreement or license.

Signing of the form also gives PMI the non-exclusive right to use any submitted copyrighted materials for business purposes–press releases, marketing, promotional materials, videos, or case studies. 

If you’re not the nominee, you’ll need to make sure the nominee signs, dates, and returns the form to include in your nomination package. The form will not count toward the stated page count maximum.

Complete finalist interviews, if selected

The Professional Awards Insight Team, a group of PMI volunteers and subject matter experts, will pick finalists who will be notified in May. The nominations, evaluation process, and scores are proprietary to PMI and will not be disclosed to nominators or nominees.

Project finalists will move forward with a virtual presentation followed by a Q&A with members of the evaluation team. PMI will work with you to schedule a one-hour time slot.

Process

Process: PMI Project of the Year Award two-step evaluation process

Step 1: All candidates applying for the PMI Project of the Year award must submit a written essay of a maximum of 2,000 words, adhering to all nomination guidelines. Submissions must be completed through the PMI Professional Awards platform.

A team of PMI volunteers and subject matter experts will review all submissions and select the finalists.

Step 2: Project finalists will proceed to a 1-hour virtual session with members of the Professional Awards Insight Team. During this session, finalists will deliver a 25-minute presentation. PMI will work with you to schedule a 1-hour time slot. This presentation should be a condensed visual representation of the “Story of Success” highlighted in their nomination package, followed by a round of Q&A.

Step 3: From these finalists, one winner for each submission category will be selected. Among those winners, the overall Project of the Year Award recipient will be selected.

There is no fee to submit a nomination for PMI’s professional awards.

Eligibility:

  • Projects of any type, from any industry, in public or private sectors are eligible.
  • Projects may originate from any region.
  • Projects must have been completed no more than 18 months prior to the nomination deadline.
  • The Lead Nominator is not required to have PMI affiliation.
  • Projects that have been previously won or been nominated for the PMI Project of the Year Award are not eligible for submission.
  • Current PMI team members staff, PMI contractors, and/or PMI consultants are not eligible to apply or nominate a project for this award.
  • Current PMI Board members and members of PMI Board Reporting Committees are not eligible to apply for or nominate a project for this award.

Why Apply

Earn industry recognition

Network with key decision-makers and influencers in your area of expertise.

Present at the PMI Global Summit

You may get the chance to present on stage at our most popular annual event.

Get press and media coverage

A well-publicized award win can help you reach a wider audience and attract new customers or clients.

Recent Winners

Congratulations to the 2024 Project of the Year winners. Learn more about these remarkable projects below.

 

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2024 PMI Project of the Year and

2024 PMI Social Project Award

One Price Fuel Program by Pertamina, Indonesia

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2024 PMI Construction/ Infrastructure/ Engineering Project Award

BioCMPC Project by CMPC Pulp, Brazil