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Judging/Awards
From 2008.igem.org
[Note: All Awards & Judging Criteria for iGEM 2008 are currently in draft form. The Awards & Judging details will be finalized by 1 June 2008. Please send any comments or suggestions for awards and judging by email to endy@mit.edu]
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:
- 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 Software Tool
- 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
Please see the Judging page to study the detailed requirements for each type of Area prize.
