This award, which is awarded globally, recognizes spin-offs that translate original, high-quality scientific research into products and services that address market problems and have a positive impact on society. In the final, Trince eventually beat two American and one British opponent.

Trince received this award from the Nature jury for its groundbreaking research into photoporation, a new and safer method for introducing DNA and other molecules into cells. This new method can play a key role in the future of cell and gene therapy in the treatment of cancer and genetic diseases, and therefore has the potential to save many lives.