Science Exchange Wins Two Gold Stevie® Awards in 2017 Stevie Awards for Women in Business

Dr. Elizabeth Iorns Honored as Female Entrepreneur of the Year and Science Exchange as Most Innovative Company of the Year

Palo Alto, CA – November 21, 2017 — Science Exchange, the world’s leading and most secure enterprise platform for outsourced research and development (R&D), today announced that CEO and Co-Founder Dr. Elizabeth Iorns, has been named the winner of the Gold Stevie® Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year. In addition, Science Exchange has been named Most Innovative Company of the Year at the 14th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run. The 2017 awards received over 1500 entries from 25 nations and territories; winners were recognized at a November 17 event in New York City.

Dr. Elizabeth Iorns founded Science Exchange in 2011 and has built a global company that has raised over $58M in venture funding. Dr. Iorns has led Science Exchange to rapid growth with enterprise partnerships with the most innovative R&D focused Fortune 100 companies. Science Exchange provides a technology platform for efficient access to the world’s best external R&D partners. Through Science Exchange, scientists can instantly connect and order outsourced scientific projects from over 2,500 top research facilities available under the Science Exchange contract.

“I am honored to receive the Stevie award and be recognized among other inspiring women and companies around the world,” said Dr. Elizabeth Iorns, co-founder and CEO of Science Exchange. “I am also extremely proud of the teams at Science Exchange that work tirelessly with our clients on their outsourced R&D projects to accelerate scientific discovery.”

“The judges were so impressed with the accomplishments of all of the Stevie Award-winning women and organizations. The 2017 Stevie Awards for Women in Business received a record number of nominations and had a record number of ceremony attendees,” said Michael Gallagher, founder and president of the Stevie Awards. “We congratulate all of this year’s Grand, Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners for their achievements.”

Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.  

How Can My Lab Make More Money?

Some of the Science Exchange team recently went to AAAS – the American Association for the Advancement of Science. While there, I went to several sessions that talked about the composition of research teams and the dedication they have to have applying for grant after grant, and often times not hearing back for months at a time, only to then see those months of hopes dashed when they are denied funding.

The NIH reports that the average research grant success rate for fiscal year 2012 was 18%.  Read the rest of this entry »