Judging/Awards

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Note: All Awards & Judging Criteria for iGEM 2008 are currently in draft form. The Awards & Judging details will be finalized in the next few weeks. Please send us any comments or suggestions for awards and judging by email to the judging committee at judging AT igem DOT org.

iGEM 2008 will award medals.

Gold Medal
Silver Medal
Bronze Medal

All teams can earn medals. Please see the Judging page to study the detailed criteria for each type of medal.

iGEM 2008 will award the following prizes based on overall performance and excellence across all aspects of iGEM:

Grand Prize, Winner of the BioBrick Trophy
1st Runner Up, Winner of the PoPS Plaque
2nd Runner Up, Winner of the Synthetic Standard
A small number of additional teams will be recognized as iGEM Finalists

iGEM 2008 hopes to award the following Special prizes, conditional on the accomplishments presented by the teams:

Best New BioBrick Part, Natural
Best New BioBrick Part or Device, Engineered
Best Human Practices Advance
Best Experimental Measurement
Best Model
Best Wiki
Best Poster
Best Presentation

Please see the Judging page to study the detailed requirements for each type of Area or Special prize.

iGEM 2008 also hopes to award the following Area prizes, conditional on the accomplishments presented by the teams:

Best Food or Energy Project
Best Environment Project
Best Health or Medicine Project
Best Manufacturing Project
Best New Application Area
Best Foundational Advance
Best Software Tool

Please see the Judging page to study the detailed requirements for each type of Area prize.