Doctoral Research Grant Scholarship By PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF), USA

Description
PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF), a charitable non-profit organization, is proud to announce its new program for Doctoral Research Grants in project, program, and/or portfolio management through funding by an anonymous donor. Applications will be accepted from both full-time and part-time doctoral students at accredited colleges and universities. Requests for proposals will be made and grants awarded twice each year.

Eligibility

• Doctoral Students attending an accredited college/university are eligible for PMI Educational Foundation Doctoral Research Grant funding. Independent consultants or consulting firms and other for-profit enterprises are ineligible.  No grants are made directly to individuals. Candidates must provide the name of the college/university’s accrediting body.
• Part-time and full-time doctoral students are encouraged to apply.
• Grants will be given twice a year.  All proposals will be evaluated using a formal review process before the final selections are made.
• Research must be completed within two years of receipt of the grant.
• Applicants are subject to be checked against the Specially Designated Nationals List of the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control
• Proposed research must advance academic knowledge and have implications for practice.
• Historical research will not be considered.
• Non-doctoral researchers are not eligible to apply for a PMI Educational Foundation doctoral research grant. However, these researchers may be eligible to apply for the PMI Sponsored Research Program Grant, administered by the PMI Academic Resources Department. Click here for more information.  However, students who receive a PMI Sponsored Research Grant are ineligible to receive a PMIEF Doctoral Research Grant Program Award on the same topic in the same year.

Application Procedure
To apply this scholarship research you are required to submit the following documents:

• Doctoral Research Grant Proposal Cover Sheet
• A statement on how the funding will enhance the proposed research in ways that may not have been possible otherwise and how that enhancement will influence the field of project, program, and/or portfolio management.
• Proposal
• Budget
• Bibliography/Work Cited

Please submit proposal electronically with “Response to Doctoral Research RFP” in subject line of the accompanying email to Andrew Stitt, PMIEF Associate at pmief@pmi.org

Further information of the scholarship application can be seen at the official site below.

Website Link
http://www.pmi.org/pmief/scholarship/doctoral-research.asp#appprocess