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Awards

Research Institution Sectors Compete Separately

​The Freezer Challenge recognizes top award-winning organizations and laboratories in each of four sectors:
  • Academia
  • Biotech and Pharma
  • Government
  • Clinical, hospital, private research, or other
After registering for the Freezer Challenge, you must select which sector is most relevant to your lab on the first page of the scoresheet. This step is important in determining who you compete against in this challenge. If you have any questions about which sector you belong in, please email programs@mygreenlab.org 

For more details on how to win and how scoring for the Freezer Challenge works, go to "How Scoring Works"
FIND THE WINNERS OF THE 2022 CHALLENGE

Top Laboratory Awards

Labs are asked to indicate on their scoresheet their lab group size based on the number of people who work within the lab space. Include everyone who regularly works in the lab, not just the number of people that supported Freezer Challenge actions. This allows better grouping of laboratories, so labs of a similar size compete for Top Lab Awards. The idea behind grouping labs in this way for the Top Awards is that more people in a lab means more possible 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:
  • 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. Furthermore, Lab Winners are recognized at the annual I2SL conference.

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.
The Freezer Challenge is a program coordinated by the non-profit organizations
​My Green Lab
® and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories, and sponsored by various companies with an interest in promoting the most energy efficient cold storage options.
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  • Register
    • Site Coordinators
  • the challenge
  • Sponsors
  • Resources
  • Awards
    • Award Winners 2022
    • Award Winners 2021
    • Award Winners 2020
    • Award Winners 2019
    • Award Winners 2018
    • Award Winners 2017
  • Contact
  • MGL Home