Activities |
TRL scale levels |
Elements of innovation infrastructure |
Basic research |
TRL-0 |
Higher education institutions, research institutes, scientific foundations |
TRL-1 |
Applied research |
TRL-2 |
Scientific foundations, technology transfer center, shared-use center |
TRL-3 |
Experimental developments |
TRL-4 |
Scientific funds, shared-use center, specialized regional development institutes, prototyping center, business incubators, venture funds, industrial parks |
TRL-5 |
TRL-6 |
TRL-7 |
Pilot production and certification |
TRL-8 |
Certification, standardization and testing centers, special economic zones, industrial and technology parks, specialized regional development institutions |
Production |
TRL-9 |
Industrial and technology parks, clusters, special economic zones, priority development areas, specialized regional development institutions |