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| − | May 2017:</br>
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| − | We started our fundraising efforts by creating a “sponsorship package”. This defined the brand of
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| − | Dalhousie iGEM, explained our project, and outlined reward tiers for sponsors. For example, if an
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| − | organization donated $2000 to our team they would receive prominent feature on our website and t-
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| − | shirts, a resume booklet of our team members, and features on our social media pages. We also
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| − | compiled a contact list of potential sponsors. This list included local biotech companies, large
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| − | corporations known for sponsoring student groups, and members of the university community.</br></br>
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| − | June 2017:</br>
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| − | On June 7 th we held our first fundraising workshop. Teammates got together to learn how to construct a
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| − | request email, the art of the follow up phone call, and how to promote iGEM consistently. Throughout
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| − | June, teammates began to request monetary and In Kind Donations.
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| − | Throughout July we received in kind donations of supplies from BioRad, Qiagen, and NEB. We also
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| − | received a $100 monetary donation from our local counselor Waye Mason. We also began meeting with
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| − | potential partners Genome Atlantic and Biovectra.</br></br>
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| − | July 2017:</br>
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| − | Throughout the summer we began applying for grants. We were awarded a Springboard Grant of
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| − | $13,000 through a partnership with BioNova. Additionally, we received a generous donation of $20,000
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| − | from the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation. Our partners Genome Atlantic and Biovectra became
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| − | silver sponsors of Dalhousie iGEM and we developed a working relationship with the two.</br></br>
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| − | August 2017:</br>
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| − | In August we began to consider the prospect of Crowdfunding. We decided to launch a campaign
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| − | through Project Dal, a crowdfunding platform for Dalhousie University. We filmed a promotional video,
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| − | and met with the University Fundraising team to learn the ins and outs of crowdfunding. We then
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| − | created a communication package describing how to promote iGEM to groups of people.</br></br>
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| − | September 2017:</br>
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| − | We launched our crowdfunding campaign on September 8 th with a goal of $10,000. Press releases were
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| − | sent to all local media with an article appearing in local newspaper The Chronicle Herald. We began
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| − | sharing our campaign with local businesses and members of the Dalhousie Community. We met with the
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| − | Dean of Science, the Assistant Dean of Medicine, and the Faculty of Management. We received $5000
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| − | from the Faculty of Medicine and $2000 from the Dean of Science. So far, we have received $660 in
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| − | funding from friends and family of our teammates. The project Dal campaign will continue until mid
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| − | October and we are currently just $2,460 short of our goal.</br>
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