Judging/Rubric categories
Project
- How impressive is this project?
- How creative or novel is the teams project?
- Did the project work?
- How much did the team accomplish?
- Is the project likely to have an impact?
- How well are engineering and design principles used?
- How thoughtful and thorough was the team's consideration of human practices?
- How complete is the team's effort to attribute work?
Track Specific
Track Specific - Standard Tracks
- Did the team design a project based on synthetic biology and standard parts?
- Are the parts functions and behaviors well-documented in the Registry?
Track Specific - Art & Design
- How compelling was the project installation in the art & design exhibition space?
- How well did the project address potential applications or implications of synthetic biology?
Track Specific - Community Labs
- Did the team design a project based on synthetic biology?
- Did the team interact with another iGEM team either through a collaboration or a mentoring relationship?
Track Specific - Hardware
- Did the team demonstrate utility and functionality in their hardware prototype?
- Is the documentation of the hardware system (design files, bill of materials, assembly instructions and/or software) sufficient to enable reproduction by other teams?
Track Specific - High School
- Did the team design a project based on synthetic biology and standard parts?
- Did the team interact with another iGEM team either through a collaboration or a mentoring relationship?
Track Specific - Measurement
- Is the team's measurement protocol likely to be of use to the synthetic biology community?
- Is the protocol well-documented, including the parts functions and behaviors in the registry?
Track Specific - Software
- How useful is the software to the synthetic biology community?
- Is the software designed to be extended and modified by other developers?
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Special Prizes