Ph.D. dissertations completed during the 2011 - 2012 academic year are eligible for consideration. Dissertations must have been successfully defended between January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.

Eligible topic areas include all areas within the range of interest of Association members as exemplified by papers published in the Association journal, Real Estate Economics.

The Homer Hoyt Institute sponsors a cash award to the candidate of the award-winning dissertation.

1. Sample of Your Research:
   -- Candidate must submit a sample of what they consider bests represents the quality of their research. This can include an essay or chapter from your dissertation depending on the dissertation style.

   -- The committee would like the best opportunity to evaluate the candidate’s individual work. Accordingly, if the dissertation includes essays or chapters that are derived from co-authored papers, the candidate should submit an alternative chapter or essay that is sole-authored.

   -- DO NOT submit your entire dissertation.

2. Letter from Advisor:
   -- A letter from your dissertation chair verifying the successful defense of your dissertation.

   -- The letter must also include a statement from your advisor verifying that the submitted work has been written by the Ph.D. student and is taken from the completed dissertation.

3. Application Form & Package Delivery:
   -- Students must complete and return the application form with their submission package.

   -- The submission items should be compiled and saved as one PDF file and electronically submitted to each award committee member.

   -- DO NOT send hard copies of your documents to the committee members.

   -- Submissions are to be electronic only.

   Applicant Expectations

   Students are expected to read and complete all three levels of the required item, as applicable. Failing to follow the directions for submission could result in your submission being disqualified from consideration.

   Students are expected to attend the Annual Presidential Luncheon that is hosted during AREUEA’s Annual Conference held in conjunction with the ASSA meetings in January.

Chairperson: Dr. Jay Hartzell Department of Finance University of Texas at Austin jay.hartzell@mccombs.utexas.edu	Dr. Katherine O'Regan Wagner Graduate School New York University Katherine.oregan@nyu.edu
Dr. Donald Haurin Ohio State University Haurin.2@osu.edu	Dr. Henry Munneke Department of Real Estate University of Georgia hmunneke@uga.edu
Dr. Daniel Fetter Economics Wellesley College Dfetter@wellesley.edu

The winner(s) of the Doctoral Dissertation Award will be announced at the Association's Annual Meeting in January 2012.