What is the Earthwatch model?
Earthwatch pays Principal Investigators a field grant per volunteer on their project. The field grant comes from the financial contribution of the volunteers taking part. A typical field season would comprise several volunteer teams working in the field for a period of between 8 to 15 days. The size of the team will depend upon the type of the data to be collected and the specific field logistics. On average, team sizes vary between 4 – 12 volunteers, providing somewhere between 24 – 60 volunteers per field season on three to six individual teams. Other team lengths and volunteer numbers will be considered. Earthwatch also funds 1 – 14 day Discovery projects based in Australia and targetting uniquely Australian conservation issues. Participants may be standard volunteers or may include school or family groups or special teacher or corporate employee groups.
