The Robert Olnick Scholars Award is one of the named student awards of Wharton’s Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center in Philadelphia.
It is presented each year at the Center’s Spring Members’ Meeting to students showing strong leadership and academic ability. The Center publishes no open call; recipients are listed after the awards.
Benefits & funding
- The Center does not publish the award amount or what it covers.
Eligibility
- Current University of Pennsylvania real estate students; the 2025–26 recipients were four Wharton undergraduates and one other Penn undergraduate, and the 2020–21 recipients were two Wharton MBA students and one Wharton undergraduate.
- No nationality or residence rule is published.
Application process
- 1The Center publishes no application form or nomination route; ask the Center or your real estate club how candidates are considered.
Program timeline
Spring, annually
Award presented at the Spring Members’ Meeting.