Research Grants

APREF is pleased to support academic research exploring topics critical to the Australian Property Industry. Each year APREF releases defined call topics open to Australian researchers to apply for research grants. In 2025 defined call topics will be released in May and applications for grants will close on 31 August 2025.

For any enquiries please contact [email protected].

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Published Research

 

Announcing our APREF Research Grant winners

Thanks to all participants who submitted research topics for consideration.  APREF are proud to announce our two new Research Grant winners:

Congratulations Dr Leah Li and Dr Woon-Weng Wong (RMIT University), Dr. Jianlong Zhou (UTS), Jane Wyndham (M3 Property) and Brendon Wood (M3 Property) on being awarded an APREF research grant for “Building trust: Exploring AI and ethical practices in the property profession”.

Congratulations Professor Chyi Lin Lee (UNSW), Dr. Sharon Yam (WSU) and Associate Professor Connie Susilawati (QUT) on being awarded an APREF research grant for “Future-Proofing Property Education: Integrating Emerging Technologies to Meet Industry Expectations”.

We look forward to viewing your Research results in the coming year.

For any enquiries, please contact APREF.

Past Awardees - Research Grants 2023
  • RMIT (Dr Neville Hurst and Dr Dulani Halvitigala) Developing a toolkit to estimate the value implications of sustainable characteristics on residential property valuations.
  • Curtin University (Amity James and the Curtin Research team) Industry-ready property graduates – A critical skills pulse check for Australian Universities.
Past Awardees - Research Grants 2022
  • University of NSW (Associate Professor Chyi Lin Lee) Future Workforce for the Property Industry – Are We Ready for the Change?
Past Awardees - Research Grants 2021
  • Deakin University Housing market resilience in Australia: 2000 – 2021
  • RMIT Towards more inclusive equality and diversity for the Australian valuation industry
  • University of New South Wales and University of South Australia Towards understanding the dynamics of the regional property markets of Australia: Spatio-temporal analysis, predictive modelling, and visualising of sales in regional SA and NSW
Past Awardees - Research Grants 2020
  • QUT Big Visual Data Analysis using Artificial Intelligence for Mass Valuation of Residential Properties in Australia
  • QUT and University of Melbourne Valuation @ Risk
  • University of Melbourne Urban densification through private land assembling in inner and middle suburbs for decentralised mixed/single-use build to rent development
  • RMIT Black Swan Events, Quantitative Easing and the Australian Residential Property Market

Published Research

Scholarships

The Australian Property Research and Education Fund offers tertiary education scholarships to support students in accessing and completing their desired property economic and valuation degrees.

Awards

The Peter Barrington Gold Medal Award encourages research and excellence in the study of land economy.

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