PMI Academic Resource Center
Supporting the Future of Project Management
As the leading community for project managers around the globe, PMI is committed to defining and developing the future of project management by supporting the work of scholars through research, teaching, and education programs.
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Whether you're a student, researcher, or educator, PMI has tools and programs to support your work.
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Calling project management faculty and scholars! Join the PMI Academic Network to get industry updates to enhance your work, teaching and research delivered monthly in the Academic Network Newsletter from PMI. Register now (it’s free!) to get:
- The latest trends and research in project management
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- Industry opportunities like events, call for proposal notifications, and awards
- A resource section to share with your students
- …and more!
Resources for Educators and Institutions
Apply For Accreditation
Do you offer a project management or related degree program? Earning Global Accreditation Center (GAC) accreditation assures program quality and reputation while boosting visibility to prospective students and their future employers.
Group Student Membership
Help your students succeed as project professionals by giving them the career tools, exam discounts, and network to connect their ambitions to impact. Free faculty membership included. (For degree-granting programs only.)
Become an ATP
Certify Your Students
Offer your students industry-recognized certification exams and prep courses to enhance graduate career prospects and demonstrate your program's alignment to global project management standards.
Resources for Educators
PMI resources for teachers and educators in project management include class materials, curriculum development guides, award and scholarship programs, and more. Visit the PMI Student Page for student-specific resources.
Curriculum & Class Resources
Designed “by faculty, for faculty,” our flexible curriculum guidelines, case studies, and teaching resources can be used to introduce a basic course or integrate project management topics and concepts into existing courses.
PMI Academic Awards
PMI recognizes and honor excellence in teaching, studies, academic research, and publishing. Nominate yourself, students, researchers or others for a PMI award.
Complete Digital Resource Library
Explore our interactive digital resource library for faculty, researchers, and students. Share the library with your students and use it to discover online project management resources, academic programs, and more.
PMI Scholarships
PMI invests in rising leaders by funding scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study in project management or project management-related fields.
Research Resources
Funding Opportunities
PMI offers Sponsored Research Grants and Thesis and Doctoral Grants to support the projects of researchers working to advance knowledge in project, program, or portfolio management.
Research Summaries
Benefit from abstracts and articles that transfer valuable information from academic research into brief and concise formats for busy project, program, and portfolio managers.
PMI Published Research
PMI has sponsored research projects since 1997. Many of these projects have become monographs, articles and white papers that highlight methodology, PMOs, complexity and more.
Journal & Calls For Papers
Project Management Journal®, the academic and research journal of Project Management Institute, invites authors in project management or related fields to submit papers for Special Editions.
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