Lack of guidance hinders technology readiness level monitoring

30 Sep 2025 | News
R&D Funding

European Commission report highlights the challenges of evaluating the maturity of EU research and innovation projects

By Martin Greenacre

Photo credits: Guillaume Cortade / European Union

Technology readiness levels (TRLs) are a valuable tool for tracking funding in the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, but more guidance is needed for project officers to make accurate assessments, says a report recently published by the European Commission’s directorate general for research and innovation.

Project officers generally consider TRL to be a good measure of technological advancement, according to the report. However, they face challenges in verifying TRL levels due to “limited resources, tools and expertise.”

The nine-point TRL scale, first developed by NASA in the 1970s, provides a standardised framework for assessing the maturity of technologies.

“By providing a…

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