Medal Criteria
Bronze
All criteria must be met
| Number | Name | Explanation | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Competition Deliverables | Complete the following Competition Deliverables: Wiki, Presentation Video, Judging Form, and Judging Session | Wiki (opens in a new tab), Project Presentation Video (opens in a new tab), Judging Form (opens in a new tab), Judging Session (opens in a new tab) |
| 2 | Project Attributions | Describe what work your team members did and what other people did for your project using the standardized form. | Attributions (opens in a new tab) |
| 3 | Project Description | Describe how and why you chose your iGEM project documented with standard URL. | Project Description (opens in a new tab) |
| 4 | Contribution | Make a useful contribution for future iGEM teams documented with standard url | Contribution (opens in a new tab) |
Silver
All Bronze and Silver criteria must be met
| Number | Name | Explanation | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engineering Success | Demonstrate engineering success in a technical aspect of your project by going through at least one iteration of the engineering design cycle documented with a standard URL | Engineering Success (opens in a new tab) |
| 2 | Human Practices | Explain how you have determined your work is responsible and good for the world documented through a standard URL | Human Practices (opens in a new tab) |
Gold
All Bronze, Silver and Gold criteria must be met
Gold Medal Special Prizes
| Name | Explanation | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Best Model | Models and computer simulations provide a great way to describe the function and operation of BioBrick Parts and Devices. Synthetic biology is an engineering discipline and part of engineering is simulation and modeling to determine system behavior before building your design. Designing and simulating can be iterated many times in a computer before moving to the lab. This award is for teams who build a model of their system and use it to inform system design or simulate expected behavior before, or in conjunction with, experiments in the wetlab. | Modelling (opens in a new tab) |
| Best Entreprenurship | The entrepreneurship prize recognizes exceptional effort to build a business case and commercialize an iGEM project. This award can go to a new project or to a previous project that a team aimed to commercialize. Have you filed a provisional patent on your project/device/process? Have you raised money to build and ship products? Have you pitched your idea to investors and received money? Complete the entrepreneurship section on the Judging form and impress the judges with what you did! | Entreprenurship (opens in a new tab) |
| Inclusivity Award | The Inclusivity Award recognizes exceptional efforts to include people with diverse identities in scientific research. Who is allowed to have a voice in iGEM, synthetic biology, and science more broadly? How have you developed new opportunities to eliminate barriers and allow more people to contribute to, participate in, and/or be represented by these communities? To compete for this prize, activities do not have to be directly related to your team’s project. Document your approach, how you improved inclusivity, and what was learned. | Inclusivity (opens in a new tab) |