Participate in the VIRTUAL Competition!
May 2023 | CHEM & PME
Virtually compete for awards, fame, and excellence in the JRSI’s Peer Lab Walkthrough Competition! All labs throughout the Department of Chemistry and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering can sign up to participate, win fabulous prizes, and secure bragging rights. The premise? Simple: A group of your peers will virtually tour your lab looking both for safety mishaps and clever ingenuity—safest lab (normalized to your science) wins!
The Prizes
You have to play to win!
1 Grand Prize
Up to
$1,000
$80
per Grad Student & Post-Doc
Awarded to the single safest lab, spanning both Chemistry and PME.
2 Runner Ups
Up to
$500
$40
per Grad Student & Post-Doc
One prize guaranteed to each department
NEW Subdiscipline Prizes
Up to
$250
$20
per Grad Student & Post-Doc
8 prizes available
About Lab Walkthroughs
This year, the JRSI will be holding the Peer Lab Walkthroughs virtually!
Our peers are often our best resources. This competition is primarily a collaborative educational opportunity for our labs to trade safety knowledge, creative fixes, and learned lessons. They do not carry any regulatory authority, and do not involve any reporting. Scoring will be normalized for your lab’s hazard categories and will involve both positive points for innovative, proactive solutions and negative points for inevitable mishaps. We will work hard to make sure that your walkthrough is scheduled for a day and time that does not interrupt your lab’s science.
Sign up today for your chance to win the grand prize!
Labs do not need to provide their own volunteer judge to participate in the competition.
Competition Timeline
May 2023
APRIL 29
Deadline to Register Your Lab
Want fabulous prizes? Get your lab to participate!
April 29
Deadline to Volunteer
No prior knowledge required; training will be provided. Oh yeah, and you’ll be showered with SWAG.
May 9-11
Virtual Volunteer Training Options
Only one day of training is needed. Three days are offered for training. If you can’t attend any of the three days, we will work it out. Training will be virtual.
May 18-27
Virtual Walkthroughs
Participating labs will be contacted to ensure that the walkthroughs take place at a convenient time for all. Walkthroughs will be conducted virtually.
Early June
Hybrid Award Ceremony
Prizes, prizes, and more prizes! And some SWAG, too!
Past Participating Labs
PME
CHEM
Huang Group
Rowan Group
Patel Group
Liu Group
Bernien Group
Esser-Kahn Group
Mimee Group
Wang Group
Nealey Group
Amanchukwu Group
Dickinson Group
Anderson Group
Hopkins Group
King Group
Tokmakoff Group
Moellering Group
CHEM
Dickinson Group
Engel Group
Anderson Group
Tokmakoff Group