Overton Prize
The ISCB Overton Prize is a computational biology prize awarded annually for outstanding accomplishment by a scientist in the early to mid stage of his or her career. Laureates have made significant contribution to the field of computational biology either through research, education, service, or a combination of the three.
| ISCB Overton Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | “outstanding accomplishment to a scientist in the early to mid stage of his or her career” |
| Sponsored by | International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) |
| First awarded | 2001 |
| Website | www |
The prize was established by the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) in memory of G. Christian Overton a major contributor to the field of bioinformatics and member of the ISCB Board of Directors who died unexpectedly in 2000.
The Overton Prize is traditionally awarded at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference.
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