The IPMA Research Awards aim to promote excellent research to enhance project management. With these annual awards, IPMA recognizes recent outstanding contributions to the development of the field and profession of project management through professionally conducted research.

The applicant is no older than 35 years old and can prove that he/she has been involved in research for less than 10 years. As proof, please attach a letter from the university/research institution (e.g. signed by a supervisor).

Young Researchers may come from academia, other research institutions, or industry. Researchers may come from disciplines other than project management but must contribute to the development of project, programme, and portfolio management and the project-oriented companies or any element named in the IPMA ICB, IPMA PEB, or IPMA OCB.