receive a $12,500 cash award to further develop your work
reach a wider audience with your research
have your work featured on the CMHC website
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What is this award?
The Gold Roof Award for Housing Research Excellence is for a significant research contribution that has increased knowledge or understanding in one of the National Housing Strategy’s priority areas.
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The initiative focuses on completed or near completed research activities.
This research:
increases knowledge or understanding in one of the National Housing Strategy’s priority areas
leads to demonstrable impacts within the academic community or the housing sector
A cash award of $12,500 is given to the researcher, the research team, or the organization that undertook the initiative. It is to be used to promote and extend the work being honoured.
Am I eligible?
To be eligible for the Gold Roof Award for Housing Research Excellence, you must be:
a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
Résumé for each of the lead applicants and all co-applicants
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Evaluation process
A multidisciplinary review committee will evaluate all eligible complete applications using pre-established selection criteria and recommend the recipients of the award.
The committee may include individuals from academia as well as the private, not-for-profit and public sectors. CMHC reserves the right to make the final selection of recipients.
Please refer to the Applicant Guide (PDF) for the evaluation process and scoring criteria.
Other conditions you need to know
Funding of the award is conditional on the signing of a recipient award agreement.
The lead applicant of the recipient research project may be asked to attend an award ceremony planned for the fall.
You need to submit a report within 6 months of funding disbursement. It must highlight how you used the award funds to promote and extend your research.
Still have questions about the Gold Roof Award for Housing Research Excellence?
Before starting your application, please take a moment to download, save, and review our application guide. The guide includes information required to create your profile and start the application process successfully.