The Benjamin Franklin Award is an annual award for Open Access in the Life Sciences presented by Bioinformatics.org to an individual who has, in his or her practice, promoted free and open access to the materials and methods used in the life sciences.[1]
| 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. |
| Sponsored by | Bioinformatics.org |
| First awarded | 2002 |
| Website | www |
Laureates edit
Source: bioinformatics.org
- 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
- 2016 - Benjamin Langmead
- 2017 - Rafael Irizarry
- 2018 - Desmond G. Higgins
- 2019 - Eugene Koonin
- 2020 - Xiaole Shirley Liu
See also edit
Sources edit
- ^ "Benjamin Franklin Award - Bioinformatics.org". Retrieved 19 July 2014.