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APM Project Management Awards

Monday 17 November 2025 | Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London
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APM Project Management Awards

The Awards this year will take place at Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, on Monday 17 November 2025. 

Project organisations, individuals, and projects from a broad range of sectors across the globe will be recognised and celebrated for their incredible achievements over the past year.  

Entries are now open.

View our categoriesrules of entry and timeline. Entries close 21 May 2025 (midnight BST).   

View Awards categories and enter      Judges recruitment now open   .

Sponsorship opportunities

Engage and network with APM's project professionals through sponsorship opportunities.

APM Awards 2025 Timeline V2

Award categories

Entries are now open. Browse our award categories and view the category criteria for each.
Looking for inspiration? View our APM Awards 2024 winners.

Tier ❶ Project Organisations

Open to all companies and consultancies globally across all sectors who are committed to excellence in project delivery and outcomes.

Tier ❶ Project Organisations 

Open to all organisations across the globe with fewer than 250 employees who are committed to excellence in project delivery and outcomes.

Tier ❶ Project Organisations

Open to all not-for-profit organisations across the globe committed to excellence in project delivery and outcomes. This category is aimed at charity organisations or commonly referred to as ‘third sector’.

Tier ❶ Project Organisations

Open to all government and public sector organisations across the globe committed to excellence in project delivery and outcomes.

Tier ❷ Projects and Programmes 

Recognising and rewarding excellence in projects that deliver physical assets including infrastructure, transport and energy.

Tier ❷ Projects and Programmes

Recognising and rewarding projects with the specific aim of developing solutions that deliver benefits to society and communities, whether they are local, regional, national or global.

Sponsored by CITI

Tier ❷ Projects and Programmes

Recognising and rewarding projects that progress technology and communication change across all sectors to deliver considerable benefit to end users.

Sponsored by QinetiQ

Tier ❷ Projects and Programmes

Recognising and rewarding organisational and cultural change projects across all sectors that deliver significant benefit through project delivery excellence. 

Tier ❷ Projects and Programmes

Our Programme of the Year Award is presented to the team that has achieved excellence in delivery of a programme which has achieved successful outcomes.

Tier ❸ Sustainability

A unique award recognising organisations or individual projects that demonstrate environmental sustainability practices in the development and delivery of their projects. 

Sponsored by CITI

Tier ❹ PMOs 

Rewarding the commitment of portfolio, programme and project management offices (PMOs) to developing not only their organisation across all facets of project management but also their emerging industry through innovative and thoughtful ways of working.

TIER ❺ Individuals

Recognising talent in all sectors in those aged 29 years or under, or who have less than three years’ experience in their project management career. 

Tier ❺ Individuals

Recognising project professionals in all sectors making a significant contribution to the outcomes and benefits of their project(s) and/or programme(s) through excellent project delivery.

Tier ❺ Individuals

The Chartered Project Professional of the Year Award celebrates excellence in professional development, project delivery and contribution to society.

Hosted category

This category aims to recognise a project, programme or organisation whose approach to project management demonstrates clear commitment and results to safety, as well as protecting people and/or the environment in project management.

Sponsored by Shell

Non-entry award

A unique award recognising projects or programmes that demonstrate progressive, diverse and innovative approaches to project delivery. All entries are automatically put forward for this award, there is no need to submit any additional material to ensure your entry is included.

Nominations only category

The most prestigious of our individual awards, the APM Outstanding Achievement Award is given to an individual who has made a significant, impactful, positive contribution to the project profession.

Non-entry category

This award, the pinnacle of the ceremony, is chosen at the discretion of our Awards Steering Group from the four winners of the Project of the Year categories (Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure; Digital and Technology; Transformation; and Social).

Hints and tips for a winning entry

Watch our webinar on what elements make a winning APM Award entry.

Submit an entry

Got your entry ready? Submit your entry by 21 May 2025 (midnight BST).

Awards sponsorship opportunities 2025

Opportunities are available to join us as a sponsor of the APM Awards 2025.

Celebrate excellence and support the profession by sponsoring a category that aligns with your organisation’s values. Benefits include:

  • the chance to announce the category winner on the night
  • association with the sponsored category in all promotion

To find out more please contact Tej Daffu, sponsorship manager.

Sponsorship opportunities
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Last year we celebrated 20 years of APM Awards

Judges recruitment now open

It is essential to APM that the entries for the Project Management Awards are scrutinised and judged by well-respected professionals with the relevant level and type of experience. To ensure the judging panels for each category fit this description, an eligibility policy will be applied to judge applications.

Why apply?
Judging the APM Project Management Awards is an elite voluntary role that exemplifies your experience throughout the Project Profession. It is a fantastic way to give back to the profession whilst gaining a unique insight into the most recent projects and programmes to have come to fruition. Judges are also entered into a ballot where a number of complimentary tickets have been allocated for judges to attend the prestigious APM Project Management Awards ceremony in November. 

Your role
Each category has a dedicated panel of no less than five judges. It is the role of the judge to allocate time to score each entry submitted under their given category or categories.

Eligibility

To be eligible, judges must meet one or more of the following requirements:

  • Full Membership of APM
  • Fellowship of APM
  • Honorary Fellowship of APM
  • APM Project Management Award winner in 2023 or 2024

Judges are encouraged to apply for more than one category if possible, but will not be disregarded if unable to.

How to apply
Once you have checked that you are eligible please review the Judges code of conduct and apply.

Judges applications close on 1 May 2025.

Judges' application form

Hints and tips for a winning award entry

Ahead of the APM Awards*, our expert panel held a webinar on what elements make a winning APM Award entry.

Delegates learned how to choose the category best suited to them or their company and got the answer to those all-important questions:

  • What importance does the criteria hold?
  • What are the judging panel looking for?
  • How should I structure my entry?
  • What additional evidence is acceptable?
  • What will give my entry an edge?

*This webinar was recorded in 2024 and some categories changes may have changed for 2025.

 

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