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PMIEF Introduction For professional development scholarship judges www.pmief.org
PMIEF Introduction
For professional development scholarship
judges
www.pmief.org
• Public charity under US tax law
• Philanthropic arm of PMI
The PMI Educational Foundation
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PMIEF Focus: Project Management for
a World of 7 Billion People
PMI Focus: 20 Million
Practitioners and Their Employers
Leading the Way: Improving Society Through Project Management
Improving responses to tragedies
Helping college students realize their dreams through education
Giving youth and communities a better chance of success
PMIEF Builds Bridges to PM Profession
Teachers
Non-Profits /NGOs
Disaster Relief
College Students
Young Learners
PMI
Growth of All Types of PMIEF Grants(Scholarships, Awards and Other Grants)
Types of Scholarships
• Academic – for college and university students studying project management and related fields
• Project management training – for primary and secondary school teachers as well as nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations
• Professional development – for project management practitioners
Professional Development Scholarships
• Donated by PMI Chapters, PMI Registered Education Providers, and individuals
• Scholarship money to go towards a project management-related course administered by a PMI Registered Education Provider
• Many scholarships are for unemployed and underemployed project management practitioners to augment their skillset and increase their marketability and chances of finding employment
Biannual Professional Development Scholarships
• Application deadlines are April 1 and October 1• Evaluations take place during April and October• A completed evaluation sheet is due two weeks
after it is sent to you; the timeline can be extended if there’s an unusually large amount of applicants
• The scoring for each applicant is done using a scoring scale and criteria categories
Scholarships You Will Be Evaluating
• Jerry King Memorial Scholarship for Project Management Excellence – donated by the Friends of Jerry King (April and October)
• George Patton Memorial Scholarship – donated by the PMI Washington, DC Chapter (April and October)
• PMI San Diego Chapter Professional Development Scholarship – donated by the PMI San Diego Chapter (April only)
About the Volunteer Team Manager
• Hi, my name is Andy Stitt, and I am an Associate here at the PMIEF
• I hold PMI’s Certified Associate in Project Management certification
• I am a first-year graduate student at the Florida Institute of Technology pursuing a Master of Business Administration with a Marketing concentration
Thank You for Serving as a Volunteer!
• Volunteers are critical to PMIEF’s success• You will help deserving project management
practitioners get access to learning opportunities• You will give back to the project management
community and the profession• We could not run our scholarships and awards
program without you!
