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International SIB Bioinformatics Awards

Since 2008, the SIB Bioinformatics Awards acknowledge the best work by early career bioinformaticians and ground-breaking resources every other year. The awards are open to researchers from all over the world. There is something for everyone, with three categories to choose from: PhD Paper Award, Early Career Award and Innovative Resource Award.

Deadline to apply: 31 January 2025.

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Description

The SIB Bioinformatics Awards honour excellence in three categories:

  • PhD Paper Award recognizes an outstanding article published by a PhD student as lead author in bioinformatics and/or computational biology, on a special theme for each edition. Works considered include original methodological contributions, as well as innovative in silico analysis of biological sequences, structures, or processes. 2025 theme: “Bioinformatics meets AI: shaping the future of data-driven biology” Terms and conditions Application

  • The Early Career Award recognizes international early career scientists who demonstrate excellence through one or several projects and/or papers in bioinformatics and/or computational biology. This encompasses original methodological contributions, as well as innovative in silico analysis of biological sequences, structures or processes. Terms and conditions Application

  • Innovative Resource Award recognizes a bioinformatics resource (database, infrastructure, code-base, analysis framework, visualisation tool, etc.) that is breaking new conceptual and/or technical ground. The award is open to any new bioinformatics resource or any major new release of a resource. Terms and conditions Application

Top reasons to enter

  • Cash prize: winners of the SIB Bioinformatics Awards receive a cash prize ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 CHF.
  • Opportunity to attend the [BC]2 Basel Computational Biology Conference during which the awards ceremony takes place: a great networking and career development opportunity at one of the major bioinformatics events in Europe. Watch the video to discover the event and the past laureates!
  • Present a plenary talk during the Awards Ceremony at [BC]2 which will be recorded and widely promoted via SIB’s social media channels. Watch the talk of one of a previous year’s laureates, Cédric Notredame.