Benjamin Franklin Award (Bioinformatics)

Benjamin Franklin Award
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Awarded for	an individual who has, in his or her practice, promoted free and open access to the materials and methods used in the life sciences.
Sponsor	Bioinformatics Organization, Inc.
First awarded	2002
Official website	www.bioinformatics.org/franklin/

The Benjamin Franklin Award is an award for Open Access in the Life Sciences presented by the Bioinformatics Organization.^[1]

Laureates

• 2002 - Michael B. Eisen
• 2003 - Jim Kent
• 2004 - Lincoln D. Stein
• 2005 - Ewan Birney
• 2006 - Michael Ashburner
• 2007 - Sean Eddy
• 2008 - Robert Gentleman
• 2009 - Philip E. Bourne
• 2010 - Alex Bateman
• 2011 - Jonathan Eisen
• 2012 - Heng Li
• 2013 - Steven Salzberg
• 2014 - Helen M. Berman
• 2015 - Owen White

See also

• Awards in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
• Prizes named after people

Sources