• TRACKS:
• ENERGY
• ENVIRONMENT
• FOOD AND NUTRITION
• FOUNDATIONAL ADVANCE
• HEALTH AND MEDICINE
• INFORMATION PROCESSING
• MANUFACTURING
• NEW APPLICATION
  
  
• NEW TRACKS:
• Introduction
• Awards
• Requirements
• ART AND DESIGN
  • Introduction
  • Project brief
  • Requirements
  • Medal Criteria
  • Cross-Track Prize
  • Committee
• COMMUNITY LABS
  • Introduction
  • Track Details
  • Requirements
  • Medal Criteria
  • Committee
• ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• Introduction
• Previous competitions
• Previous teams
• Requirements
• Medal Criteria
• Committee
• MEASUREMENT
• Introduction
• Track Details
• Requirements
• Interlab Study
• Medal Criteria
• Committee
• MICROFLUIDICS
  • Introduction
  • Requirements
  • Medal Criteria
  • Committee
  • References
• POLICY AND PRACTICES
• Introduction
• Track Details
• Exemplar Projects
• Medal Criteria
• Committee
• SOFTWARE
• Introduction
• Track Details
• Resources
• Requirements
• Medal Criteria
• Committee

iGEM 2014 New Tracks

Introduction

We are introducing seven new tracks to the iGEM 2014 competition. On top of our regular tracks such as Foundational Advance and Health and Medicine, we also have the new tracks listed in the menu to the side. Participation is open and we don't intend to limit the number of tracks, with the exception of Microfluidics (due to hardware requirements).

Awards

Awards in iGEM in 2014 are taking on a new dimension. For example: while you will be able to compete in the Policy and Practices track for the P&P track award, there will also be a Policy and Practices prize available across all tracks.

New Track teams have the same eligibility for awards as all other iGEM teams, pending confirmation from the judging committee. For example, this makes them eligible for (but not limited to) the Best Poster, Best Presentation, Best Wiki, Best New Part (Natural) awards as well as the Undergraduate and Overgraduate BioBrick Trophies.

There are four New Track prizes that all iGEM teams are eligible to win. These are:

• Art and Design
• Measurement
• Policy and Practices (Formerly Human Practices)
• Software

This allows us to reward teams who do excellent work in areas beyond their core track. If you make an excellent piece of software, for example, you will now be able to select your team for the software prize, even if you're not in the software track. Another way to explain this is the awards cover the depth of work in the tracks, while the prizes cover the breadth of all tracks in the competition. This new mechanism allows us to reward more great work by iGEM teams. The Graphic below shows award and prize eligibility in more detail:

Requirements

Teams who choose to enter these tracks will need to meet iGEM Requirements unless otherwise stated. Requirements specific to each new track are stated on the new track pagse, as well as on the iGEM 2014 Requirements page.

Questions

If you have any questions about these new awards please visit our corresponding wiki pages or contact HQ [at] iGEM [dot] ORG.

Be sure to check back soon for more details.