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DiSHA EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2027

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All 25 awards

Explore the full portfolio across seven award families. Twenty-three awards have an open nomination route. Distinguished Contribution uses an invitation route, and the Grand Project honour has no separate entry.

25 awards shown

Individual Professional Excellence

4 awards
01
Project Management Professional of the Year

Recognises an outstanding project professional who combines exceptional delivery, leadership, stakeholder influence, ethical judgement and contribution to the profession.

Application-based category
02
Emerging Project Leader of the Year

Recognises an early-career project professional demonstrating measurable impact, leadership potential, learning agility and contribution to the future of project management.

Application-based category
03
Project Leadership Excellence Award

Recognises exceptional leadership of a complex project or programme, particularly where outcomes depended on alignment, influence, resilience and team leadership.

Application-based category

Project of the Year

4 awards
05
Project of the Year – Large

Recognises an outstanding large-scale project that demonstrates measurable value, professional project management excellence, innovation and responsible leadership.

Application-based category
06
Project of the Year – Medium

Recognises an outstanding medium-scale project where professional project management delivered compelling outcomes and value.

Application-based category
07
Project of the Year – Small

Recognises an outstanding small-scale project and demonstrates that excellence and impact are not dependent on project budget or team size.

Application-based category
08
Grand Project of the Year 2027

Selects the single project that, in the Grand Jury’s judgement, best represents DiSHA 2027’s standard of project excellence, value and impact.

Automatic consideration

Social Impact and Sustainability

4 awards
11
Social Impact Project of the Year – Small

Recognises high-impact grassroots or focused social projects where disciplined project management creates meaningful outcomes despite modest resources.

Application-based category
12
Sustainable Project of the Year

Recognises a project that integrates environmental, social and economic sustainability into decisions and outcomes and demonstrates measurable long-term value.

Application-based category

Technology AI and Transformation

4 awards
13
AI Innovation Project of the Year

Recognises an AI-enabled project that created measurable business, customer, operational or societal value through responsible implementation.

Application-based category
14
Digital Transformation Project of the Year

Recognises a technology-enabled transformation that materially changes organisational capability, customer experience, operating model or business outcomes.

Application-based category
15
Agile & Hybrid Delivery Excellence Award

Recognises exceptional use of agile, adaptive or hybrid delivery approaches chosen and tailored to the context to improve value, responsiveness and stakeholder outcomes.

Application-based category
16
Project Turnaround & Recovery Excellence Award

Recognises exceptional leadership and project-management discipline in recovering a distressed, delayed, over-budget, failing or severely challenged initiative.

Application-based category

Organisational Excellence

3 awards
17
PMO Excellence Award

Recognises a PMO/EPMO/VMO that demonstrates strategic alignment, measurable organisational value, governance excellence and sustained capability improvement.

Application-based category
18
Programme Management Excellence Award

Recognises outstanding management of a programme comprising interdependent projects and change initiatives to realise strategic benefits.

Application-based category

SIG and Domain Excellence

3 awards
20
Automotive & Manufacturing SIG Excellence Award

Recognises outstanding project or initiative delivery in automotive, manufacturing, Industry 4.0, product development, supply chain, operations or related industrial environments.

Application-based category
21
Construction & EPC SIG Excellence Award

Recognises outstanding project delivery in construction, infrastructure, EPC, capital projects, energy, transportation, real estate or related sectors.

Application-based category
22
AI & GCC SIG Excellence Award

Recognises exceptional project or capability-centre excellence within the AI and Global Capability Centre ecosystem.

Application-based category

Knowledge Academia and Community

3 awards
24
Student Project Excellence Award

Recognises a student or student team that demonstrates strong project thinking, execution, innovation and measurable outcomes.

Application-based category
25
Project Management Community Leadership Award

Recognises an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to strengthening the project-management community through mentoring, learning, volunteering, inclusion, outreach or professional development.

Application-based category

Before applying, check the final nomination window, geographic eligibility and fee or waiver terms. Category scoring criteria and weightings will be frozen before nominations open.

PREPARE YOUR ENTRY

Seven editable submission templates

Choose the PowerPoint template for your award family and use the applicant guide, written nomination and evidence checklist to prepare a consistent submission.

Preparing these materials does not submit an entry. Grand Project and Distinguished Contribution retain their separate nomination routes.