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title: "Project ProxiMeta: 2019 Metagenomics Award"
description: Go beyond binning &16S and win a chance to collaborate with us on a metagenomics project of your choice using ProxiMeta Metagenome Deconvolution.
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### Submit Your Project Proposal  

Win a chance to collaborate with Phase Genomics on a metagenomics research project. The grand prize winner will receive a full-service [ProxiMeta Metagenome Deconvolution](https://www.phasegenomics.com/products/proximeta/) project, including proximity-ligation and shotgun library prep, sequencing, and analysis. Characterize a microbial community of your choice and assemble hundreds of  bacterial and eukaryotic genomes, associate plasmids and phage with hosts, and discover novel microbial life.

**Submit your proposal by August 1, 2019** **August 8, 2019.** The four project finalists will be announced on **September 4, 2019** via [twitter](https://twitter.com/PhaseGenomics) based on scientific merit, novelty, and impact. After a week of public voting, the project with the most votes will be named the 2019 Metagenomics Award winner and will receive a full [ProxiMeta service project](https://www.phasegenomics.com/products/proximeta/). 

With ProxiMeta, you can explore the microbiome with confidence. Only high-quality microbial genomes can provide true insights into the dark matter of the microbiome. Submit your proposal for the 2019 Metagenomics Award today!

#### KEY DATES

DEADLINE EXTENDED   
**8 August** 1 August                     Deadline for Entries

4 September                               Finalists Announced

5-12 September                          Vote for Projects [@PhaseGenomics](https://twitter.com/PhaseGenomics) Twitter

12 September                             2019 Metagenomics Award Announcement

#### RESOURCES

- Watch the Video: [How it Works: ProxiMeta Metagenome Deconvolution ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba8O6rSoU8A)
- Paper: [Linking the Resistome and Plasmidome to the Microbiome](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-019-0446-4), ISME Journal (May 30, 2019) 
- View [Example ProxiMeta Reports](https://proximeta.phasegenomics.com/example-reports/)
- Review [Contest Rules](https://info.phasegenomics.com/hubfs/Project%20ProxiMeta%20-%202019%20Metagenomics%20Award%20UPDATED.pdf) 
- [Standard ProxiMeta Project Guidelines](https://phasegenomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ProxiMeta_Standard_projects.pdf)

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### 2019 Metagenomics Award

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