STEP – Non-university research infrastructure

Strong application-oriented research institutions are partners of the economy. For companies, they are essential to gain new insights and develop approaches that diffuse into the innovation ecosystem and enable companies to remain competitive in the development and production of critical technologies and associated services, and to transform the latest technologies into marketable solutions, products and services in the shortest possible time. In this way, they enable marketable innovative technology approaches, strengthen European value chains and make an important contribution to reducing or preventing the Union's strategic dependencies.