The Ballard Fund for Real Estate Excellence Award is one of the named student awards from Wharton’s Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center in Philadelphia.
It is presented each year at the Center’s Spring Members’ Meeting. The Center does not publish an open call; recipients are listed after the awards are given.
Benefits & funding
- The Center does not publish the award amount or what it covers.
Eligibility
- Current University of Pennsylvania students in real estate; 2025–26 recipients came from the Wharton MBA, Wharton undergraduate program and Penn Carey Law School.
- No nationality or residence rule is published.
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Application process
- 1The Center publishes no application form or nomination route; students should ask the Center or their real estate club how candidates are considered.
Program timeline
Spring, annually
Awards presented at the Spring Members’ Meeting.