The "Benjamin Franklin Award for Open Access in the Life Sciences" is a humanitarian and bioethics award presented annually by the Bioinformatics Organization to an individual who has, in his or her practice, promoted Open Access to the materials and methods used in the scientific field of bioinformatics.

The ceremony for the presentation of the Award will be held at the 2007 Bio-IT World Conference + Expo in Boston (http://bio-itworldexpo.com). It involves a short introduction, the presentation of the certificate, and the laureate seminar. Ceremony attendance is free with early registration.

Past laureates include Michael Ashburner (2006), Ewan Birney (2005), Lincoln Stein (2004), James Kent (2003) and Michael Eisen (2002).

Franklin Award webpage:
http://franklinaward.org

Nominations may be submitted by members of Bioinformatics.Org using the online form (you must be a member and logged in to use the form):
http://franklinaward.org/nominate/

DEADLINE

Please submit your nomination by January 19, 2007.