Incubator Awards 2011

Since 2002, The Technopolicy Network and Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES) organize the Best Science based Incubator Award. This globally leading incubator award is based on a benchmarking study and jury evaluation.

The theme of the 2011 awards is "High Jumping, Soft landing": The Best Internationally Connecting Incubator.

Award categories include Best Science Based Incubator and Best Upcoming Incubator. Winners were announced during the award ceremony on the second day of the conference.  

2011 Winners

Best Science Based Incubator 2011
1st Incubatore del Polo Tecnologico di Navacchio Italy
2nd Unitec Tecnosinos Brazil
3rd Madan Parque Science Park Portugal

 

Best New Science Based Incubator 2011
1st COBIS A/S Denmark
2nd Technopark TBI India
3rd ESA Business Incubation Centre Bavaria Germany

 

Best Internationally Connecting Incubator 2011
Joint ATP Innovaitions Pty Ltd Australia
1st The ICEHOUSE New Zealand
3rd JIC Innovation Park Czech Republic

 

Best Science Based Incubator 2006-2011
1st Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Oldenurg TGO Germany
2nd IPN Incubadora Portugal
3rd First Flight Venture Centre United States

 

Previous winners of the Best Science Based Incubator Award were:

2010  IPN Incubadora, Portugal                                                  alt                               

2009  @Wales Digital Media Initiative, United Kingdom                                                                              

2008  Incubator d' Impresa di Città della Scienza Spa, Italy

2007  Wallonia Space Logistics, Belgium

2006  First Flight Venture Centre, United States

2005  Symbion Science Park, Denmark

2004  13P (Politecnico di Torino), Italy

2003  Oxford BioBusiness Centre, United Kingdom

2002  Tsinghua Science Park, China

 

 

Previous winners have enjoyed a strong increase in business as a result of this prestigious award and the exposure to our international audience that it generates.

IPN- Incubadora winner of the Best Science Based Incubator Award 2010 and member of WIN

“The Best Science Based Incubator Award gave IPN – Incubadora the feeling of a job well done and we were proud to be recognized internationally. Although our institution already enjoyed broad regional and national prestige, this award has given us visibility and credibility never felt before, with a very positive impact on our team’s motivation, a strong increase in demand for our services, and the emergence of big new opportunities for projects with national and international partners”

Paulo Santos, Executive Director, IPN-Incubadora