PMI KICKOFF
Project Management Institute
At a glance
- Cost: Free training
- Format: Online
- Who qualifies: Vets · Service members · Spouses
- Applications: Rolling
Full details
- Cost
- Course and shareable completion badge free.
- Who qualifies
- Project beginners; account required.
- Format
- Online
Check current terms: Individual eligibility, seats and coverage must be confirmed with the provider.
- Credential
- Completion certificate / badgeCompletion badge; not PMP/CAPM certification.
- Exam coverage
- Not includedKICKOFF includes its free completion badge; it does not include a PMP or CAPM certification exam.
Before you decide
- What is free
- Official course page says free; no paid PMI certification exam included.
- Who qualifies
- Project beginners; account required.
- What you get
- Learn project-management basics in under an hour.
- Credential and key limits
- Completion badge; not PMP/CAPM certification. Completion badge is not PMP or CAPM certification.
- Format
- Online
- Duration
- Under one hour
- Location
- Online; eligibility restrictions still apply.
- Deadline
- Active self-paced access.
- Stipend / housing / travel
- A separate stipend, travel or housing allowance is not established unless specified in cost details.
- Notes
- Completion badge is not PMP or CAPM certification.
- Availability
- Rolling
- Details checked
- 2026-10-09
Application and credential details
- How to apply
- Review the official program page, confirm eligibility, costs and current availability, then follow its registration or application instructions.
- Documents to prepare
- Confirm the current document requirements with the provider.
- Application link
- Open official application page
- Credential or outcome
- Completion badge; not PMP/CAPM certification.
- Application details checked
- 2026-10-09
- Application review status
- Checked against the official page. Details can change.
- Sources for these details
- https://www.pmi.org/kickoff — checked 2026-10-09
- https://www.hireheroesusa.org/training-partners/ — checked 2026-10-09
- Availability checked
- 2026-10-09
- Current availability
- Rolling
- Status evidence
- Active self-paced access.
- Availability limits
- A live page or application form does not guarantee seats or acceptance.
- Timing sources