ASC / MRS Technology Award Winner 2009

The ASC is pleased to announce that the ASC / MRS Technology Award 2009 was presented to QSR for their NVivo8 Software. 

The Award was presented at the MRS Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards Dinner held in London on 14th December 2009. Chair of the judging committee AJ Johnson presented the award to Sarah Taylor of QSR. 

The other finalist and runner-up was Cint for Cint Automated Tracker (CAT). Stephen Hughes of Cint was presented with a certificate.

Both award finalists were guests of the ASC, joining the ASC table at the awards ceremony and dinner.

The judges would like to take this opportunity to thank all entrants who showed once again the very high standard of technology available throughout the research

About the Award

This international award, first presented in 2003, is organised annually by the ASC in association with the MRS. It is awarded for outstanding innovation in the application of software or technology to market, opinion and social research in achieving greater effectiveness in research. The award aims to bring deserved prominence and greater recognition to those whose excellence in the application of technology is making an outstanding contribution to research effectiveness. Entry to the award is free and is open to anyone developing survey or statistical software or other technology specifically for market research, opinion research or social research.
The award is judged by a panel of industry experts and is presented to the company or individual considered to have achieved the highest level of excellence in creating technology that promotes and improves research effectiveness.

Entries are invited in June. The shortlist of finalists for the award is published in August and the winner is announced at the annual MRS Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards and dinner held in London in December.