This questionnaire is being used to help identify organisations for the ‘Best Science Based Incubator’ award which will be presented at the 2008 conference on ‘Best Practice in Science Based Incubators’ taking place in Paris on 11 and 12 December 2008 (for more details please visit Technopolicy's website or Science Alliance’s website. If you would like to enter, please complete the survey which can be accessed by clicking at the bottom of this page.

The closing date for entries is 14 November 2008. An international jury will review the entries in December with the winners of the ‘Best Science Based Incubator’ award scheme being announced at the conference.

The award scheme, now in its 7th year, has proved extremely popular with entrants from Europe, the Far East and North America. There are six award categories – Return on Public Investment, Self Sustainability, Fastest Growth, Most Promising New Incubator, Good Practice and an overall ‘Best Science Based Incubator 2007’ award. Apart from valuable publicity, the location of the overall winner has in most years been the venue for the following year’s conference.

CSES (Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services), a UK based consulting company, is responsible with Science Alliance for running the Best Science Based Incubator’ award scheme. Details on the firm can be obtained here.

Alternatively, please contact Sonia Cook at CSES for information (+44 1227 713884). A Word version of the questionnaire is also available on request.