The award was established by the Biotechnology Institute to honor high-school educators who are bringing biotechnology to their classrooms and encouraging fellow science teachers to do the same.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"Our target audience originally was high school students, but I think it's also the general public, people who are interested in science in general, and we certainly have had tremendous feedback from both groups.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05