How to Form a Team

Team Requirements

A university, college, department, or school can form as many teams as it likes. However, each team must meet the following requirements:

1. Each team must have exactly five students.
2. Team members must represent a minimum of three different degree-granting programs, one of which must be a non-design-related discipline. Teams often include members studying urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, real estate, business, and urban planning, but team composition is not limited to these disciplines.


Sample team compositions:


Example 1:
2 architecture (M.Arch.) students
2 landscape architecture (M.L.A.) students
1 business (M.B.A.) student

Example 2:
1 architecture (M.Arch.) student
1 planning (M.C.P.) student
1 historic preservation (M.H.P.) student
1 real estate finance (M.S.) student
1 real estate development (M.R.E.D.) student

Example 3:
2 business (M.B.A.) students
1 planning (M.C.P.) student
1 landscape architecture (M.L.A.) student
1 architecture (M.Arch.) student

Example 4:
3 planning (M.C.P.) students
1 architecture (fifth-year B.Arch.) student
1 business (M.B.A.) student.

3. Each team member must be a currently enrolled full-time graduate student in a degree-granting program. Exception: Fifth-year B.Arch. students and part-time students who have completed at least two semesters may be eligible to compete provided they meet the competition criteria. Please refer to the B.Arch. and part-time student supplemental verification forms available in Submitting Your Application for more information.
4. Students studying at different universities may form a single team, as long as all other individual and team requirements are satisfied.


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. 

5. Students enrolled in dual degree programs must designate which degree program they represent on the team.


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 on the application.

6. 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 graduate students enrolled for spring 2012 who meet the competition criteria, and that the university is committed to supporting the team’s efforts. Teams with part-time and/or B.Arch. students will also require additional signatures on the supplemental verification forms.

Communicating with ULI During the Competition

1. Each team must designate one member (“team leader”) who will act as the contact person with ULI.
2. Each team must create a team e-mail address for the competition that ULI will use for all communications with the team. Password access to the team e-mail address should be shared with all team members and advisers.
3. 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).

Faculty and Professional Advisers

1. 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 should be just that—an adviser and not an active team participant that contributes to the production of any competition materials.  The faculty advise r will be required to sign a statement to that effect when materials are submitted to ULI.
2. Each team has the option of using one outside professional as a secondary adviser. The professional adviser should provide guidance in a different area of expertise than the faculty advisor.
   
   We encourage teams to contact their local ULI District Council to help identify a professional adviser for the competition. 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. The secondary adviser, like the faculty adviser, must function as an adviser and not as an active team participant.

Additional Information

1. 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).
2. Team members—students, faculty, outside professionals—are not required to be members of ULI.