Awards and Fellowships

An individual can only be awarded one Microgrant or Inclusivity Grant or Exchange Fellowship.

Whereas, an individual can only be awarded a travel grant a maximum of once every 3 years and can receive no more than 2 travel grants.

  • Biocuration Awards Nominations Open April 20th

    Time to start thinking about nominating your friendly neighborhood biocurator (or yourself) for the ISB Biocuration Career Awards! This year we are awarding the Excellence in Biocuration Early and Advanced Career Awards. The awards come with a monetary prize and a speaking slot at the ISB annual general meeting held virtually in late October. Nominations…


  • ISB AGM Recording

    Thanks to all who attended this year’s Annual General Meeting. Congratulations again to our Early and Advance Career Award Winners, Tiago Lubiana and Kimberly Van Auken! You can find their excellent talks at around the half way point of the recording of the meeting. The meeting recording is up on the ISB YouTube channel if…


  • Ruth Lovering- Recipient of the 2025 Exceptional Contribution to Biocuration Award

    It is our great pleasure to announce the recipient of the 2025 Exceptional Contribution to Biocuration Award:Ruth Lovering, University College London, UK Ruth has been an active member of the Biocuration community for over 25 years, significantly raising the profile of Biocuration and Bioinformatics as a Professor at University College London (UCL). Ruth has contributed…