Judging/Rubric categories

Project

  1. How impressive is this project?
  2. How creative or novel is the teams project?
  3. Did the project work?
  4. How much did the team accomplish?
  5. Is the project likely to have an impact?
  6. How well are engineering and design principles used?
  7. How thoughtful and thorough was the team's consideration of human practices?
  8. How complete is the team's effort to attribute work?

Track Specific

Track Specific - Standard Tracks

  1. Did the team design a project based on synthetic biology and standard parts?
  2. Are the parts functions and behaviors well-documented in the Registry?

Track Specific - Art & Design

  1. How compelling was the project installation in the art & design exhibition space?
  2. How well did the project address potential applications or implications of synthetic biology?

Track Specific - Community Labs

  1. Did the team design a project based on synthetic biology?
  2. Did the team interact with another iGEM team either through a collaboration or a mentoring relationship?

Track Specific - Hardware

  1. Did the team demonstrate utility and functionality in their hardware prototype?
  2. 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

  1. Did the team design a project based on synthetic biology and standard parts?
  2. Did the team interact with another iGEM team either through a collaboration or a mentoring relationship?

Track Specific - Measurement

  1. Is the team's measurement protocol likely to be of use to the synthetic biology community?
  2. Is the protocol well-documented, including the parts functions and behaviors in the registry?

Track Specific - Software

  1. How useful is the software to the synthetic biology community?
  2. Is the software designed to be extended and modified by other developers?

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Special Prizes