June 1 Is the Deadline to Sign up for the Method Development Olympics
Visit the CoSMoS website and, using the free submission form, notify the organizing committee of your interest in participating
EAS & CoSMoS are teaming up to bring you the Method Development Olympics
Are you interested in a challenge? Would you enjoy designing experiments and competing against other state of the art laboratories developing an analytical method to characterize an unknown sample? If so, the EAS/CoSMoS Method Development Olympics (MDO) 2016 is the challenge for you! Judges will evaluate results based on accuracy and amount of ancillary information discovered as well as the creativity of the method development approach.
How Does It Work?
Visit the CoSMoS website and, using the free submission form, notify the organizing committee of your interest in participating.
Participants will be provided a sample, defined objectives for the analytical challenge, as well as criteria to guide the method development process. Based on the submitted solutions, three finalists' methods will be selected by the EAS/CoSMoS MDO organizing committee for presentation based on creativity, uniqueness and accuracy of the approach. The top 3 finalists will be invited to present their work at EAS which will be held in Somerset, NJ November 14-16, 2016. The audience will vote to determine who is awarded the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals and associated honoraria.
Submission and Key Dates:
Sign up for participation - Deadline June 1
Samples sent to participants - August 1
Method results due to Committee for Finalist Selection - October 1
Finalists selected - October 15
Finalists presentations at EAS - November 14
Medals awarded at EAS - November 15
Contact for questions: info@CoSMoScience.org