Since 2002, The Technopolicy Network and the Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES) organize the Best Science Based Incubator Awards. This globally leading award is based on a benchmarking study by CSES and an expert jury evaluation. In addition to the Best Science Incubator Award several other prizes are awarded, such as Best New Incubator. The winners are announced during an award ceremony at the Science Based Incubation Conference & Awards. If you would like to nominate an incubator to compete for next year's award, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

In 2011 the prizes were awarded at the 10th Annual Incubation Conference & Awards in Auckland New Zealand. These were the winners as well as the runner-ups in the different categories: