Awards
Research Institution Sectors Compete Separately
The Freezer Challenge recognizes top award winning organizations and laboratories in each of four sectors:
For more details on how to win and how scoring for the Freezer Challenge works, go to "How Scoring Works"
- Academia
- Pharmaceutical and biotech
- Government
- Clinical, hospital, private research, or other
For more details on how to win and how scoring for the Freezer Challenge works, go to "How Scoring Works"
Top Laboratory Awards
New in 2021, labs were asked on their scoresheet to indicate their lab group size based on the number of people who work within the lab space. This allowed better grouping of laboratories, so labs of a similar size were competing for Top Lab Awards. In 2021 we gave out more Lab Awards than ever before. The idea behind grouping labs in this way for the Top Awards is that more people in a lab means more helping hands to implement cold storage best practices over the course of the challenge. In addition, this allows the chance for smaller lab groups to also earn achievements through this competition. Below are the lab group descriptions to pick from in the Freezer Challenge scoresheet:
Top Laboratory Award winners earn a certificate for their achievements and will have their lab name and photo published in an online publication (TBD still for 2022, will announce soon). Furthermore, Lab Winners are recognized at the annual I2SL conference, which in 2022 will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States in mid-October.
- A laboratory with fewer than 10 lab members
- A laboratory with 11 - 25 lab members
- A laboratory with more than 25 lab members
- A shared cold storage resource, core facility, or biorepository
- An entire department, R&D facility, or branch of an organization --> groups that select this option cannot win a Top Lab Award
Top Laboratory Award winners earn a certificate for their achievements and will have their lab name and photo published in an online publication (TBD still for 2022, will announce soon). Furthermore, Lab Winners are recognized at the annual I2SL conference, which in 2022 will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States in mid-October.
Top Organization Awards
Organizational Awards reward those research institutions that have encouraged many laboratories to make the greatest difference during this challenge. Individual lab points and energy savings are aggregated to determine one Organizational Winner for each sector.
Top Organization Award winners earn a commemorative plaque for their achievements and will be recognized in an online publication in the Lab Manager magazine. An institutional representative will be invited to attend the annual I2SL conference to receive recognition, which in 2022 will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States in mid-October.
Top Organization Award winners earn a commemorative plaque for their achievements and will be recognized in an online publication in the Lab Manager magazine. An institutional representative will be invited to attend the annual I2SL conference to receive recognition, which in 2022 will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States in mid-October.
