Gen9 Prize - winner wins a lot of free bp synthesis

[Mega [Andreas Stuermer]]

https://www.gen9bio.com/resources/g-prize/

FYI:

2014 Gen9 G-Prize

One million base pairs!

As the Next Gen Gene Synthesis Company, Gen9 has developed an exceptional technology to synthesize DNA constructs using our award winning BioFab® technology. Today, Gen9 is manufacturing and shipping our GeneBit (400bp to 1000bp), GeneByte (1kbp to 4kbp) and GeneByte Plus (4kbp to 10kbp) constructs to customers around the globe.

The G-Prize contest, conceived and exclusively sponsored by Gen9, was launched in 2012 to foster creative and innovative approaches for using synthetic DNA.  In previous years the G-Prize contest was only open to academic and nonprofit scientist only.  This year, in order to further spark innovation in synthetic biology, two 500,000 base pair prizes will be awarded, one to a pre-commercial startup and one to an academic/public-benefit organization, for a total of 1 million base pairs of synthesized DNA

The winning teams can select to have their DNA sent as any length from 400bp to 10kbp.  The submission deadline is midnight EST, 31 December 2014.

[Koeng]

"Start-up Track: open to operating, pre-commercialization stage, privately-owned companies actively engaged in research & development who have successfully raised a minimum of $5M in equity investment"

Its also academic/non-profit... I don't think there is a very high chance of a biohacker space winning their prize.

-Koeng