user14735: I've checked Biology SE on the area51 site and it's been in beta phase for 1196 day as of today. I was wondering when will this site become a full site? What are the requirements?

user791: Soon!
...ish.
The "soon" part: Biology is a strong site with great participation, great content, and a great community. As such it's been added to the list of sites we want to graduate.
The "ish" part: There are ten sites ahead of Biology in the queue, and it moves slowly because we currently wait for a custom design to be built before graduating the site. There are sites that have been in the queue since 2013 -- yeesh. 
But there's hope! 
We are running an experiment on Network Engineering to see how it goes when we graduate a site - bump up the privilege levels, hold elections, all the other fun stuff that comes with graduation - without waiting for a unique design. If this works, graduated sites will still get a special design -- they just won't have to wait until it's ready to graduate. 

14735: <p>I've checked Biology SE on the area51 site and it's been in beta phase for 1196 day as of today. I was wondering when will this site become a full site? What are the requirements?</p>
 791: <p>Soon!</p>

<p>...ish.</p>

<p>The "soon" part: Biology is a strong site with great participation, great content, and a great community. As such it's been added to the list of sites we want to graduate.</p>

<p>The "ish" part: There are ten sites ahead of Biology in the queue, and it moves slowly because we currently wait for a custom design to be built before graduating the site. There are sites that have been in the queue since 2013 -- yeesh. </p>

<p>But there's hope! </p>

<p><a href="https://networkengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/q/425/8">We are running an experiment on Network Engineering</a> to see how it goes when we graduate a site - bump up the privilege levels, hold elections, all the other fun stuff that comes with graduation - <em>without waiting for a unique design</em>. If this works, graduated sites will still get a special design -- they just won't have to wait until it's ready to graduate. </p>
