MIT iGEM 2027

Last updated: 2025-12-07

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January 2026: Team formation, project ideation
End of January 2026: Project proposals due
Early February 2026: Selected project teams released
February – mid-March 2026
- Demonstrate lab skills and grasp of synthetic biology fundamentals
- Propose long-term and short-term project roadmap
- Plan list of initial experiments
  - Materials
  - Protocols
  - Experimental conditions and controls
  - Data analysis
- Connect with subject matter experts
Late March 2026: Teams with sufficient progress are approved for summer funding (materials only)
Early September 2026: Summer team progress review; teams interested in continuing and presenting at the Jamboree submit plan to complete project by spring.
Early December 2026: Team progress review
Early March 2027: Final team progress review