Best Paper on Housing Prize (for Harvard Graduate Students)

The Joint Center for Housing Studies seeks nominations for its annual Best Paper on Housing Prize, which honors exemplary graduate student work on housing, community development, or related urban issues. 

The author(s) of the winning paper will receive $250, can submit their work for possible publication as a working paper, and can also write a short piece about their work for publication on our blog, which is sent to several thousand leading scholars and practitioners. Recipients may also be asked to present their work in our Housing Research Seminar Series. 

Who is eligible?

The prize is given to graduate students from any of Harvard’s professional schools or graduate programs who have written a thesis, Policy Analysis Exercise, capstone project, or major (more than 20 page) research paper on issues related to housing, community development, or related urban topics during the current academic year. 

How to Apply

Nominations must be submitted by a faculty member. To apply, send a short email to [email protected] explaining why the work is notable, as well a copy of the nominated paper. Faculty members should not submit more than two nominations.

The 2023 deadline for applications has passed.