2 weeks left to apply for:

$5000 Safety & Security Grant
and
Beckman Coulter iGEM Challenge!

Both grant opportunity deadlines are on Saturday, June 12 (2 weeks!). Look below for more information, and links to apply.

Safety & Security Grant Opportunity for
iGEM 2021 Teams

$5000 each for 5 iGEM Competition teams

At iGEM, we don’t see safety and security as just a set of rules to follow or a list of dangers to avoid. Rather, we think you can’t know whether you’re engineering biology to be good for the world if you haven’t thought about engineering it to be safe.

But... how, exactly, should you go about engineering it to be safe? How can you creatively accelerate the evolution of synthetic biology towards benefits and away from risks? This is the kind of thorny technical challenge that iGEM teams excel at!

To encourage teams to take on this challenge, we are offering up to 5 grants of up to $5000 to accelerate technical progress in biosafety and biosecurity!

Apply by June 12, 23:59 EDT

Direct Link: https://2021.igem.org/Teams/Grants/Safety

iGEM Challenge by Beckman Coulter

$2500 product vouchers for up to 6 iGEM teams
and SO MUCH MORE!

We are thrilled to welcome Beckman Coulter as a new Partner Sponsor of the iGEM Competition in 2021! This year, they will be supporting iGEM teams through their iGEM Challenge.

Apply to receive one of the following sponsorships from Beckman Coulter:

• 1 of 6 product vouchers of $2500 USD value in Genomics reagents
• Product vouchers of $500 USD value by answering a few questions
• Free EMnetik System for plasmid prep and PCR cleanup
• Access to use an Echo liquid handler, either in person or as a distance virtual activity with the help of a trained technician

Apply by June 12, 23:59 EDT

Direct Link: https://2021.igem.org/Sponsors/Beckman_Coulter

Don't forget... Late registration for the Competition ends today! Your team must be registered for the competition by May 28, 23:59 EDT to participate in the iGEM Competition, and to be eligible for the above grant opportunities.

Bookmark this one... The iGEM Foundation is excited to announce a first-of-its-kind initiative to provide grants of $2,500 to 90 iGEM teams to help them take their projects further than ever before. More information is coming soon - click here to learn more.

Other Upcoming Dates

• May 28 (today!): iGEM Competition Late Registration closes. More... 
• May 29: Coffee with Ambassadors - May Meetup. More...
• May 29: After iGEM Academic Publishing Workshop Series continues. More...
• May 31: Mentorship Program second round applications due. More...
• June 1: Engineering Committee Webinars continue. More...
• June 12: Safety & Security Grant application deadline More...
• June 12: Beckman Coulter - iGEM Challenge application deadline. More...
• June 30: iGEMers from iGEM 2019 and 2020 teams are invited to submit articles for an iGEM Special Issue Journal. All candidates should contact the editorial group with an abstract or outline ASAP. More...
• July 7: Design League registration ends. More...

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