Graduate students may receive support under the program as assisting members of the staff, and, in some cases, as independent field directors. Fieldwork may be from any discipline but must involve techniques that can be learned by the participants. The UREP Project Leader is responsible for the overall project management and the on-site field activities. UREP encourages the inclusion of U.C. staff or students as project assistants, and where possible, host country personnel. The number of participants varies considerably according to the project needs.
Most UREP projects require at least six to ten participants to cover costs for a two-week session.
Usually Project Leaders have two consecutive two-week sessions. The majority of projects are during the summer months, and UREP will only consider projects at other times of the year on a special basis. The official project dates should be from the day you meet participants to the day you return them to the assembly point. For example, if your official project dates were June 1-14, you would meet participants on June 1 and cover their lodging through the night of June 14 with the participants then departing on June 15. Two weeks is the average period of time participants join a project.