Judging/Medals

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iGEM Medals

All teams must convince the judges they have achieved each of the medal criteria. Simply ticking a box does not guarantee you will awarded a medal. Medal criteria will be simpler in 2016, but teams will need to meet all the deliverables in section 3 of the 2016 requirements page. Please see the Requirements Page for more information.

All teams can earn a medal. Teams can only win one medal in a given iGEM year. Teams must nominate themselves using the Judging Form. Please see our Judging Form info page for more information. Please note the deadline for judging forms will be the same as the wiki freeze, the 18th of September. Please see the Calendar of events for more information on iGEM deadlines.

The three levels of medals, from lowest to highest are Bronze, Silver, and Gold. We do not limit the numbers of each medal. Teams are only competing with themselves to achieve the medal criteria.

Medal

Criteria explanation

Criteria for Standard Tracks

Criteria for Special Tracks
Bronze All Criteria must be met
1 Register your team Register for iGEM, have a great summer, and attend the Giant Jamboree. Register for iGEM, have a great summer, and attend the Giant Jamboree.
2 Achieve all deliverables in section 3 of Requirements page Meet all deliverables on the Requirements page (section 3). Meet all deliverables on the Requirements page (section 3), except those that specifically mention parts.
3 Create a great project attribution page on your team wiki Create a page on your team wiki with clear attributon of each aspect of your project. This page must clearly attribute work done by the students and distinguish it from work done by others, including host labs, advisors, instructors, sponsors, professional website designers, artists, and commercial services. ? Create a page on your team wiki with clear attributon of each aspect of your project. This page must clearly attribute work done by the students and distinguish it from work done by others, including host labs, advisors, instructors, sponsors, professional website designers, artists, and commercial services. ?
4 Convince the judges you have documented and submitted your part/device/section/other of project Document at least one new standard BioBrick Part or Device central to your project and submit this part to the iGEM Registry (submissions must adhere to the iGEM Registry guidelines). You may also document a new application of a BioBrick part from a previous iGEM year, adding that documentation to the part main page. Document at least one new substantial contribution to the iGEM community that showcases a project made with BioBricks. This contribution should be equivalent in difficulty to making and submitting a BioBrick part.
Silver All Criteria must be met
1 Convince the judges of your validation and data demonstrating that something you made works. Put this data on the appropriate wiki page. Send the part to the Registry Experimentally validate that at least one new BioBrick Part or Device of your own design and construction works as expected. Document the characterization of this part in the Main Page section of that Part’s/Device’s Registry entry. Submit this new part to the iGEM Parts Registry. This working part must be different from the part documented in bronze medal criterion #4. Validate that something you created (art & design, hardware, software, etc) performs its intended function. Provide thorough documentation of this validation on your team wiki.
2 Convince the judges that you have helped another 2015 iGEM team in a substantial way. Convince the judges you have helped any registered iGEM team from high school, a different track, another university, or another institution in a significant way by, for example, mentoring a new team, characterizing a part, debugging a construct, modeling/simulating their system or helping validate a software/hardware solution to a synbio problem. Convince the judges you have helped any registered iGEM team from high school, a different track, another university, or another institution in a significant way by, for example, mentoring a new team, characterizing a part, debugging a construct, modeling/simulating their system or helping validate a software/hardware solution to a synbio problem.
3 2015 Human Practices Silver iGEM projects involve important questions beyond the lab bench, for example relating to (but not limited to) ethics, sustainability, social justice, safety, security, and intellectual property rights. Demonstrate how your team has identified, investigated, and addressed one or more of these issues in the context of your project. Your activity could center around education, public engagement, public policy issues, public perception, or other activities (see the human practices hub for more information and examples of previous teams' exemplary work). iGEM projects involve important questions beyond the lab bench, for example relating to (but not limited to) ethics, sustainability, social justice, safety, security, and intellectual property rights. Demonstrate how your team has identified, investigated, and addressed one or more of these issues in the context of your project. Your activity could center around education, public engagement, public policy issues, public perception, or other activities (see the human practices hub for more information and examples of previous teams' exemplary work).
Gold At least two (2) criteria must be met
1 2016 Human Practices Gold iGEM projects involve important questions beyond the lab bench, for example relating to (but not limited to) ethics, sustainability, social justice, safety, security, and intellectual property rights. Expand on your silver medal activity by demonstrating how you have integrated the investigated issues into the design and/or execution of your project. ALTERNATIVELY, demonstrate an innovative human practices activity that relates to your project. This typically involves educational, public engagement, and/or public perception activities; see the human practices hub for information and examples of previous teams' comprehensive and innovative activities. iGEM projects involve important questions beyond the lab bench, for example relating to (but not limited to) ethics, sustainability, social justice, safety, security, and intellectual property rights. Expand on your silver medal activity by demonstrating how you have integrated the investigated issues into the design and/or execution of your project. ALTERNATIVELY, demonstrate an innovative human practices activity that relates to your project. This typically involves educational, public engagement, and/or public perception activities; see the human practices hub for information and examples of previous teams comprehensive and innovative activities.
2 Convince the judges that you have demonstrated and recorded making a previous iGEM project or part better. Improve the function OR characterization of an existing BioBrick Part or Device and enter this information in the Registry. Please see the Registry help page on how to document a contribution to an existing part. This part must NOT be from your 2016 part number range. Improve the function OR characterization of an existing iGEM project (that your team did not originally create) and display your achievement on your wiki.
3 Convince the judges you have demonstrated a working prototype of your system. This should go beyond making a single part work and demonstrate a functional prototype or system under real-world conditions (biological materials may not be taken out of the lab) Demonstrate a functional prototype of your project. Your prototype must consist of a BioBrick Device; a single BioBrick part cannot constitute a prototype. Your prototype can derive from, IMPROVE UPON OR MAKE FUNCTIONAL a previous iGEM project by your team or by another team (biologial materials may not be taken outside the lab). Demonstrate a functional prototype of your project. Your prototype can derive from, IMPROVE UPON OR MAKE FUNCTIONAL a previous iGEM project by your team or by another team. Show this system working under real-world conditions (biologial materials may not be taken outside the lab).
4 Showcase your work at iGEM Show your project working under real-world conditions (insert explanatory question mark box here). To achieve this crtierion, you should demonstrate your whole system, or a functional proof of concept working under simulated conditions in the lab (biologial materials may not be taken outside the lab). Bring your prototype or other work to the Giant Jamboree and demonstrate it to iGEMers and judges in your track showcase (biologial materials may not be taken outside the lab).
Standard Tracks Special Tracks