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| - | Awards in iGEM in 2014 are taking on a new dimension. For example: while you will be able to compete in the | + | 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. |
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| + | The Graphic below shows award and prize eligibility in more detail. There are four New Track prizes that all teams are eligible to win. These are: | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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Revision as of 16:53, 30 January 2014
iGEM 2014 New Tracks
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 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.
The Graphic below shows award and prize eligibility in more detail. There are four New Track prizes that all 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.
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.
