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Definition of groundbreaking technology

In this call, groundbreaking technology refers to technology that is based on new research breakthroughs or significantly further developed research results and that has the potential to lead to utilisation through radical changes in products, processes, services or systems.

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Groundbreaking technologies are characterized by the fact that they can enable new capabilities or provide leaps and bounds in performance, often with the potential to radically improve entire application areas, value chains, or societal functions.

Groundbreaking technologies are typically characterized by the following characteristics:

  • New functional principle or product design: based on new concepts, materials, methods or system solutions that open up for something that was previously not possible.
  • Leaps and bounds: lead to technological leaps in the form of better results, or changes fundamental limitations. For example, it can be about speed, precision, energy consumption or robustness.
  • Long-term sustainability: a technology that is to be groundbreaking in the long term must be sustainable from a societal and ecological perspective.

Clusters can be focused on research that has low technological maturity, which means risk-taking and that the outcome and impact are uncertain. In order for these to be granted, the potential for success must be great.

Last updated 5 March 2026