A university, college, department, or school can form as many teams as it likes. However, each team must have the following characteristics:
2. The team members must represent a minimum of three disciplines that grant three different degrees, one of which must be a non-design-related discipline. For example, a team could consist of the following:
3. Each student team member must be a currently enrolled full-time graduate student in a degree-granting program. Exception: A part-time student may participate if the student is enrolled in a program that is offered only as a part-time or work-study program.
4. Students from different institutions may form a single team, as long as all other individual and team requirements are satisfied. So, for example, if your university does not offer a landscape architecture program and you’d like to have that discipline represented, you can work with another university to achieve the mix you’re looking for. The 2009 winning team was composed of four students from MIT and one student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
5. Students enrolled in dual degree programs must designate which degree program they represent on the team. For example, a student who is enrolled in a joint M.R.E.D./M.Arch. program must state which discipline he or she is representing on the team.
6. The only exceptions to the above formulas for team formation are at universities where the graduate degree itself is considered a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary degree. This is very rare, but if you think this might apply to your team, please e-mail udcompetition@uli.org before the December 4, 2009 deadline.
7. Each team must designate one student member ("team leader") who will act as a contact person with ULI.
8. Each team must establish a team e-mail address which ULI will use to communicate with teams. Password access to the team e-mail address should be shared with all team members and advisers. Please make sure that you set the inbox settings to accept e-mails from udcompetition@uli.org and udcompapply@uli.org.
9. Each team must create a four-digit code that will be its identifier throughout the competition. This competition is judged anonymously; thus, this four-digit code must be the only identifying mark on any materials submitted (except during the application stage).
10. Each team must have a faculty adviser from its university. The faculty adviser can be either from the design program(s) or from the real estate/business program(s). The adviser is expected to be just that—an adviser and not an active team participant or a direct participant in the production of any competition materials and will be required to sign a statement to that effect when materials are submitted to ULI.
11. Each team must have its application signed by the program head, e.g., the program director, the department chair, the dean, etc. The individual who signs the application does not have to be the faculty adviser. By signing the application, the program head confirms that all team members are full-time graduate students enrolled for spring 2010 and that the university is committed to supporting the team's efforts.
12. Each team has the option of using one outside professional who agrees to act as a secondary adviser. The purpose of this adviser is to provide a different area of expertise than the faculty adviser. For example, if the faculty adviser is an architecture professor, the secondary adviser should be a real estate professional. If the faculty adviser is a real estate professor, the secondary professional adviser should be a practicing architect or landscape architect or other design professional.
In the case of the real estate professional—although ULI prefers that it be a local ULI member, it is not a requirement. If you have a local real estate contact you want to work with, feel free to contact him or her directly.
If you need help finding a local real estate professional, you may contact your local ULI District Council to see if they can help you. Go to the ULI District Councils page and you will find links to all local Web sites. Find the one nearest you, click on "Contact Us," and send an e-mail with your question. If you need any further assistance in finding a real estate adviser, please send an e-mail to udcompetition@uli.org.If outside design professionals are sought and not available through the local ULI District Council, we recommend you contact your local chapter of the American Institute of Architects or the American Society of Landscape Architects, etc.
The secondary adviser, like the faculty adviser, must function as an adviser and not as an active team participant.
13. Once the team has been registered with ULI, that team must remain intact throughout the whole process. Replacements among students or advisers are allowed only in the case of extraordinary circumstances as adjudged by ULI and then by written approval from ULI. Thus, if a member of a registered team decides not to continue, the team must replace the departing member while satisfying the requirements for team composition (see numbers 1-6 above).
14. Team members—students, faculty, outside professionals—are not required to be members of ULI. |
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