14th Annual AURP Awards of Excellence

The Association of University Research Parks invites you to declare and celebrate the very best in the profession by nominating exceptional parks, firms, and individuals for the 14th Annual AURP Awards of Excellence.

Awards winners will be honored at the AURP Annual Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Career Achievement Award
The Career Achievement Award recognizes individuals who have made research and science parks a central focus of their careers, have a minimum of 10 years in a senior research park role, have achieved success with one or more parks over a substantial period of time, and have received peer recognition for advancing the field of research/science parks.

Outstanding Research/Science Park Achievement Award
The Outstanding Research/Science Park Award recognizes the parks that excel in bringing technology from the laboratory to economically viable business activities, thus promoting the growth of businesses, jobs, and public revenue. These parks actively participate in the university and federal lab community, creating an important positive effect on research funding and on recruitment of superior students, faculty, and researchers.

Emerging Research/Science Park Award
The Emerging Research/Science Park Award is presented to an emerging park that has been in operation less than five (5) years. Applicants will have excelled in bringing technology from the laboratory to economically viable business activities, thus promoting the growth of businesses, jobs, and public revenue. These parks actively participate in the university and federal lab community, creating an important positive effect on research funding and on recruitment of superior students, faculty, and researchers.

Innovation Award
The Innovation Award can be approached in two different ways. It can recognize the achievements of research park leadership that has produced innovative and effective programs to help parks perform their functions more effectively. Alternatively, it can recognize a research park company that has produced a substantial and meaningful innovative product or service.

Leadership Award
The Leadership Award recognizes a leader from a university, the business world, or government who has made an outstanding contribution to the success and total impact of a research/science park.