ISCB announces its 14th annual international competition to improve the coverage on Wikipedia of any topic relating to ISCB’s Bioinformatics Core Competencies.
A key component of the ISCB's mission to further the scientific understanding of living systems through computation is to communicate this knowledge to the public at large. Wikipedia has become an important way to communicate all types of science to the public and the ISCB aims to further its mission by increasing the quality of Wikipedia coverage of related topics, and by improving accessibility to this information via Wikipedia.
The competition is open to students and postdocs, either as individuals or as groups.
The prizes for the best Wikipedia articles in any language provided by the ISCB will be:
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KEY DATES | |
| Competition entries open | 01 September, 2024 | |
| Competition ends | 29 April, 2025 | |
| Judging panel shortlisting | May - June, 2025 | |
| Announcement of winners | July, 2025 (at ISMB/ECCB 2025) | |