The David Helfand, PAR '20 and Leslie Bluhm, PAR '20 Zell/Lurie Real Estate Fund was created in 2019 from a generous gift by David Helfand and Leslie Bluhm. With this gift the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center created the Helfand/Bluhm Career Support Fellowship Program. The fellowship program distributes individual grants to students with financial need to help defray the cost of qualified expenses for real estate career search activities including travel, networking, interviews, conferences, and other related concerns. As of June 1, 2020, the fellowship had awarded over 60 grants.

Students can learn more about the fellowship on the Zell/Lurie website.