Funding
From 2006.igem.org
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Potential sources of funding
At your institution
- Biology, bioengineering and engineering departments or colleges
- Establish yourself as a student club and get money from your student activities association
From local companies
- Try contacting alumni from your institution who work at local biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies
Examples from other schools
- University of Cambridge
- [http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:MIT/Sponsorship MIT]
Expenses
- Student stipends (generally at the standard undergraduate research assistant level for your university)
- Travel costs
- For instructors to attend the Teach the Teachers conference in Spring
- For students to attend the Jamboree in November
- DNA synthesis (~$1.40 per bp synthesized)
- Materials costs for the team
