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The IPMA Research Awards aim to promote excellent research to enhance project management. With these annual awards IPMA recognises recent outstanding contributions to the development of the field and profession project management through professionally conducted research
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Step 1
Submit the Application Report
Deadline: 21 March 2022
The research project must have had at least a duration of one year and must be completed, when the application is handed in, that is the basis of the judges’ evaluation.
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Find out the results of the winners in each category
Deadline: 9 May 2022
In the evaluation the Judges consider the research results as well as the research process. The evaluation criteria are: research results achieved, originality and innovation, theoretical foundation.
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Participate in the 10th IPMA Research Conference - Belgrade, Serbia
Deadline: 16-17 June 2022
Present your research results and network with prestigious global Project Management Researchers at the annual IPMA Research Conference.
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Participate in the IPMA Global Awards Gala
Deadline: 24 November 2022
The winners are announced at the IPMA Global Awards Gala event. All finalists are also invited to take part in several events organised during the IPMA World Congress: the Awards Winners Club, a Feedback session, the Awards Market place when they can present their organisation, project and results and network with other prestigious global Project Managers.
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        Get to know our finalists, their projects and achievements, thanks to which they stood on the stage.
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        News

        2022 Finalists in the category IPMA Project Excellence Awards Small-/ Medium- Sized projects announced! 31.08.2022
        2022 Finalists in the category IPMA Project Excellence Awards Small-/ Medium- Sized projects announced!
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        Join the IPMA Global Research Community! 30.11.2021
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        IPMA Global Virtual Ceremony 2021 28.09.2021
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        IPMA honors Prof. Wang Shouqing with the Research Achievement Award 2021 14.05.2021
        IPMA honors Prof. Wang Shouqing with the Research Achievement Award 2021
        2021 IPMA Global Research Award Winners 07.05.2021
        2021 IPMA Global Research Award Winners
        New Platform! 30.03.2021
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        Nominate your student to the prestigious IPMA Graduate Research Award 18.01.2021
        Nominate your student to the prestigious IPMA Graduate Research Award
        2020 IPMA Global Research Award Winners 14.08.2020
        2020 IPMA Global Research Award Winners
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        Testimonials

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        Danijela Toljaga-Nikolić
        IPMA Graduate Research Award Winner 2022
        I am honored to receive the prestigious IPMA Graduate Research Award 2022 for my research on „Integrated model for project success improvement based on sustainability principles". For me, this award represents the accomplishment of the value of my research, which was conducted at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organisational Sciences. I am grateful to IPMA for giving me the opportunity to present the research results to the international research community. This award will encourage me to continue research in the field of sustainable project management.
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        Yichen Sun
        IPMA Graduate Research Award Outstanding Contribution 2022
        I am truly honored to be among the finalists of the IPMA Graduate Research Award Outstanding Contribution 2022 for my research on "Dynamic assessment modelling for project portfolio benefits". It is such a prestigious achievement for me, and it greatly affirms our research on project management. I am very thankful to my master's adviser Prof. Bai and our research team for all the support I received. Also, thank you, IPMA, for organizing this award and creating opportunities for academic exchanges.
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        Yunping Liang
        IPMA Graduate Research Award Outstanding Contribution 2021
        I am trilled and honored to receive the prestigious IPMA Global Graduate Research Award Outstanding Contribution 2021 and join the cohort of past and future winners. I deeply appreciate the support that I received from my Ph.D. adviser and Georgia Institute of Technology. IPMA is an amazing international community for practitioners and researchers around the world dedicated to project management. This award encourages me to explore more interesting topics and contribute more impactful studies in future.
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        Yan Liu
        IPMA Young Researcher Award Outstanding Contribution 2021
        It's my great honor to receive such a prestigious global award. It's also a great opportunity for me to join the distinguished community and interact with more great project management researchers and practitioners. Thank you, IPMA! The recognition will inspire me to continue future research and devote my energies to the project management profession.
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        Jere Lehtinen
        Graduate Research Award Winner 2021
        I am honoured to receive the prestigious 2021 IPMA Global Research Award for my PhD research on “External stakeholder engagement in complex projects”. Winning the “IPMA Graduate Research Award” is very exciting and a true accomplishment as an early career researcher – the award demonstrates the quality and value of my research to the project management discipline and international research community. I am deeply grateful to IPMA and all my international colleagues for this acknowledgement. This achievement inspires me to aim even higher in my future research on project stakeholders.
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        Morten Juel Hansen
        IPMA Graduate Research Award Outstanding Contribution 2021
        I feel very honoured to be among the receivers of the IPMA Graduate Research Award Outstanding Contribution 2021. I find the Award important for the promotion of graduate research of project management as it not only increases the exposure of the research to other scholars of the field but also offers reassurance that the outcome is worth the effort. I would like to thank IPMA for directing attention towards new scholars of project management, and I hope that the competition will continue to stimulate solid, high-quality graduate research.
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        Kaimin Zhang
        IPMA Graduate Research Award Outstanding Contribution 2021
        I’m very pleased and honored to receive the prestigious 2021 IPMA Global Research Award. Winning the Global Research Award is a real achievement, because it represents the contribution of our research work to the field of project management. Our research on “Project portfolio resource risk assessment” has been recognized by the global project management research community as an “Outstanding Contribution”. The award will inspire us to continue the further exploration of risk in project management.
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        Dr. Leandro Bolzan de Rezende
        IPMA Young Researcher Award Outstanding Contribution 2020
        I'm very honoured to receive the prestigious IPMA Young Researcher Award Outstanding Contribution 2020 and join the distinguished group of project management researchers shaping the field. Thank you, IPMA for organising this award and for the continued commitment to the project management profession. This award is a recognition for our current work and also a stimulus for further research.
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        Dr. Diletta Invernizzi
        IPMA Young Researcher Award Winner 2020
        To be awarded the prestigious IPMA young researcher award 2020 is an incredible achievement. I am very thankful to all the research team at the University of Leeds for all the support received, which helped me develop as a researcher and critical thinker. This award is already helping me to increase my self-confidence in supporting others in their research, boosting my network, and demonstrating the important contribution of project management research to practitioners. This award is great recognition, and I am truly honoured to join the distinguished group of winners of the past years. Thank you IPMA!
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        Dr. Roya Derakhshan
        IPMA Young Researcher Award Winner 2020
        I am humbled and honored to receive such a prestigious global award. Being selected as IPMA young researcher award secures that my research will be recognized and seen more. This will also bring me the opportunity to network and interact with the top researchers, as well as practitioners, in project management.
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        Key facts and figures about IPMA Global Awards.

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        Awards PMO operates for 75 countries
        All Awards processes are run by two people - based in Poland, but supported by the IPMA Management Services

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        billion euro
        Is a budget of the all finalists’ projects in the IPMA Global Project Excellence Awards in 2021

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        PE Awards Assessor performed more than 860 times in their role
        PE Award is the most complex international initiative for project evaluation, exchange of experiences, opportunities for learning and continuous improvement, as well as projects recognition

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