Scholarship Award - Donald S. Barrie Award By PMI Educational Foundation (PMIEF), USA

Description
The Donald S. Barrie Award is presented annually at the PMI Global Congress—North America by the Project Management Institute Educational Foundation in conjunction with the former PMI Design-Procurement-Construction Specific Interest Group (DPC SIG). The selection of the recipient(s) for the award will be done by a panel of knowledgeable industrial and academic professionals recommended by the leadership of the former DPC SIG and approved by the PMI Educational Foundation.

The winner of the scholarship award receives $500 (US) and prominent publicity at a session of the North America Congress as well as publicity in PMI Today and the DPC newsletter.

Eligibility
The panel will recommend the award for the paper which best meets the following criteria:

• The paper advances the PMBOK® Guide in the field of design, procurement and/or construction by providing a useful contribution to the engineering and construction industry.
• In general, the paper should present a pragmatic approach to engineering Degree and construction issues.
• The paper is to be focused on one or more of the following areas: engineering and construction means and methods,  project organizations and delivery systems, engineering and construction performance,   cost, schedule, and progress controls

Application Procedure
Full papers should be submitted to PMI Educational Foundation, 14 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA 19073 USA; or electronically to pmief@pmi.org.

Submission Deadline
15 December 2012.

Website Link
http://www.pmi.org/pmief/scholarship/award-dsba.asp