2022 Summit

Thank you to all who joined us for BDC Summit 2022! Finalist teams from across the globe presented their projects to a panel of leaders in academia, industry, art, and design before an international online audience. Teams competed for prizes, including the coveted grand prize—the Glass Microbe.

The Challenge

Biodesign Challenge is an education program and competition that is shaping the first generation of biodesigners. We partner high school and university students with scientists, artists, and designers to envision, create, and critique transformational applications in biotech.

See the 2022 Participating Schools.

Our Book

Grow the Future: Visions of Biodesign

We’ve been working for over a year on this compilation of the first five years of BDC. The book is a deep dive into the perspectives shaping biodesign. Thank you to all of our supporters who have already purchased a book and helped to successfully fund our Kickstarter campaign.

BDC Alumni

BDC alumni have gone on to become biodesign instructors themselves, turn their projects into startups, and exhibit in public forums. Over the last 6 years, alumni have raised over $5 million in investment for their startup companies while others have exhibited at the London Design Festival, Gregg Museum, the United Nations, World Economic Forum, RISD, MIT, and elsewhere.

See where BDC alumni have taken their projects.