PMI Young Researcher Award Nomination

The PMI Young Researcher Award celebrates emerging leaders in the academic field of project, program, and/or portfolio management with potential to make a significant impact on the field and practice.

PMI Young Researcher Award Nomination

The PMI Young Researcher Award celebrates emerging leaders in the academic field of project, program, and/or portfolio management with potential to make a significant impact on the field and practice.
Selection criteria
  • Nominee’s research contributes to the theory of project, program, and/or portfolio management. This can be demonstrated through published works, particularly those subjected to peer-review; examples include journal articles, conference papers, books or book chapters, peer-reviewed keynote presentations, and invited contributions.
  • The nominee’s research is motivated by real problems and contributes to project management knowledge and practical impact in project/program/portfolio management
Key dates
3 February 2025 - Nominations open
18 April 2025 - Nominations close
November 2025 - Winners announced

The nominees for the PMI Young Researcher Award:

  • Must be 35 years old or younger in the year they’re nominated
  • May self-nominate or be nominated
  • May come from a discipline other than project management, but their research must contribute significantly to the development of project, program, and/or portfolio management
  • Must come from an accredited college/university or academic research institution 

However, some individuals are ineligible for the award.

  • Current PMI team members
  • Current members of PMI’s Academic Insight Team (AIT)
  • Anyone who has received this award within the last 10 years
  • Individuals who have failed to comply with PMI policies and procedures, including PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Current members of PMI/PMIEF’s Board of Directors may neither be nominated, nor participate in nomination or evaluation.

The nomination package must contain:

  • Basic information about the nominator and the nominee, including contact information, education, as well as length and nature of their relationship
  • A statement (up to 750 words) of the nominee’s achievements and their potential to impact the academic field of project management
  • A statement (up to 750 words) on how the nominee's research relates to real problems and can contribute to project, program, and/or portfolio management practices
  • Nominee’s curriculum vitae
  • Two letters of recommendation, from people other than the nominator, identifying the rationale and significant potential of the nominee’s research
  • (Optional) Statement on the successful application of the nominee's research outcomes in practice, or contribution to knowledge through extraction of learning from practice

Incomplete, late, or non-English nominations will not be reviewed. 

Final selection of the winning nomination will be based on the application package and will be made by a panel of senior researchers in project management.

These experts will place emphasis on the potential of the nominee’s research to make a significant impact on the field and practice of project management.

Award recipients will be notified via email.

PMI reserves the right not to present an award on the basis of the nominations received.

The PMI Young Researcher Award will be presented at PMI’s Awards Gala taking place at that year’s Global Summit

The award recipient will be publicized through PMI communication channels and external media after the presentation of the award. The recipient may also coordinate additional publicity with PMI.

Only one PMI Young Researcher Award will be granted annually.

PMI will not reimburse any expense for nomination or presentation materials.

PMI reserves the right within its sole discretion, and at any time up to presentation of the award, to determine that a candidate is or has become ineligible. If this happens, PMI will notify the candidate as soon as possible.

Please send all inquiries to [email protected] FAO Daniel Nicholls.

The nominees for the PMI Young Researcher Award:

  • Must be 35 years old or younger in the year they’re nominated
  • May self-nominate or be nominated
  • May come from a discipline other than project management, but their research must contribute significantly to the development of project, program, and/or portfolio management
  • Must come from an accredited college/university or academic research institution 

However, some individuals are ineligible for the award.

  • Current PMI team members
  • Current members of PMI’s Academic Insight Team (AIT)
  • Anyone who has received this award within the last 10 years
  • Individuals who have failed to comply with PMI policies and procedures, including PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Current members of PMI/PMIEF’s Board of Directors may neither be nominated, nor participate in nomination or evaluation.