SWISS-PROT funding crisis of 1996

In 1996, SWISS-PROT experienced a severe funding crisis which indirectly lead to the creation of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) and to the current funding scheme.

Documents relevant to this crisis
Announcement of the crisis on May 10, 1996 Developments of June 1996 Developments of December 1996 Hebdo, June, 6 1996- An article about the crisis in the Swiss Magazine, "L'Hebdo" The SWISS-PROT Funding Crisis - A nice summary of the crisis writen by Iddo Friedberg, a student at the Summer 1996 GNA-VSNS Biocomputing Course