Help the Breaking Good team win $1m Google grant. Vote now
Dr Alice Williamson
A research and scientific outreach team led by the University of Sydney鈥檚 is a finalist in this year鈥檚 .
is a citizen science project that aims to empower high-school and undergraduate students to be active researchers in projects that will improve human health.
鈥淚t鈥檚 all about making molecules that matter,鈥� Dr Williamson said.
As one of 10 finalists the Breaking Good team has won $250,000 to help develop its project.
If chosen as one of four overall winners, the team will receive a total $1 million to roll out its outreach program to public schools across Australia.
You can vote to support Breaking Good .
鈥淭he whole idea is to engage young people in science that makes a difference. We involve students with real research projects as part of our open-source drug-discovery consortium,鈥� Dr Williamson said.
The consortium, led by the University of Sydney, includes , chair of drug discovery at University College London and , who leads the Little Devices Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.
Breaking Good gained two years ago when students from Sydney Grammar School for as little as $2 a dose shortly after 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli hiked the price of the drug to $US750 a dose.
鈥淲e are thrilled to be finalists in the Google Impact Challenge. It really means so much to us,鈥� Dr Williamson said.
Members of the public have until 30 October to vote in the People鈥檚 Choice award.
It is simple to vote and takes .
