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
| 1st | Incubatore del Polo Tecnologico di Navacchio | Italy |
| 2nd | Unitec Tecnosinos | Brazil |
| 3rd | Madan Parque Science Park | Portugal |
| 1st | COBIS A/S | Denmark |
| 2nd | Technopark TBI | India |
| 3rd | ESA Business Incubation Centre Bavaria | Germany |
| Joint | ATP Innovaitions Pty Ltd | Australia |
| 1st | The ICEHOUSE | New Zealand |
| 3rd | JIC Innovation Park | Czech Republic |
| 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
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