Journeying through the skies and to outer space

Greener propulsion technologies – Improved fuel-efficiency, propulsion technologies using renewable energy, etc.

Improved manufacturing & materials for the aerospace industry

• Manufacturing & maintenance solutions
• Advanced materials and innovative equipment 

Autonomous operations & other innovative systems for the benefit of pilots, traffic controllers and technicians – Including communication or security-enabling technologies

Drones/UAV technologies – For transportation of cargo and/or people, monitoring or other innovative uses

New solutions for better aircraft passenger experience

Earth observation & connectivity

• Micro- and nano-satellite constellations, etc.
• Collection and analysis of data to map, monitor and track

Satellite maintenance, deorbiting technologies and handling of space debris

Space exploration & enabling life on the Moon and Mars

• Manned and unmanned interplanetary spaceflight, near-earth asteroid mining, space research
• Air & water recycling and food production in low gravity

Bringing the best out of the binary world while anticipating the quantum revolution

Hardware technologies supporting the sustainable development of the binary world – From new electronic components to energy-efficient data center systems

Quantum systems – Building the bricks of quantum computing

Electronics & photonics – Nano- and micro-technologies powering a faster and greener digital world

New semiconductor materials or technologies that improve semiconductor manufacturing processes – Wide-band Gap Semiconductors, Thermal Interface materials, etc.

Connectivity & communication systems and devices – Secure, energy-efficient and innovative communication systems and network technologies

Data Science: storage, processing and analysis – Software and hardware technologies to collect, store and process data

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning – Breakthrough AI models and AI specific hardware, Edge AI

Cybersecurity & data privacy – Modern technologies to protect sensitive data & digital identity and fight cybercrime 

Electronic consumer devices of the future (e.g. AR/VR, wearables)

Harnessing the power of machines for sustainable growth

Green factories – Cleaner, safer, energy-efficient and effective manufacturing processes

IIoT & ubiquitous sensing – IoT devices and technologies for industrial environments

Symbiosis between humans & machines

• Collaborative environments and improving human workers’ safety & efficiency
• Human Machine Interfaces (AR/VR, holographic, haptic, etc.)

Robotics designed to facilitate industrial environments or people’s everyday life

Breakthrough solutions for the transportation of goods and people – Autonomous & connected solutions on land, water or below

Improving safety and environmental footprint in the transport sector

• Electric vehicles and other green mobility solutions
• New ways of preventing accidents and protecting people

Virtual & data-driven systems for industry – Modelization, simulation and automation systems to improve production, maintenance and security

New materials and technologies to improve the sustainability, security and productivity within the construction & infrastructure industries

Zero-waste and low carbon construction

• Energy-efficient and carbon-neutral architecture, infrastructure and construction techniques
• Advanced or sustainable building materials with improved properties or high resource efficiency
• Transforming waste to recycled or upcycled construction materials

Applied technologies to improve productivity 

• Robotics, digital twin, 3D printing, VR/AR etc.
• Using advanced data analytics and algorithms to optimize construction processes and building performance

Protecting construction workers health and improving overall on site safety

• Autonomous machines and systems that enhance worker safety

Breakthrough technologies and materials driving circularity and supply chain efficiency

• Design for efficient disassembly, reduction of materials, reuse and recycling
• New materials with embedded traceability, recyclability or high material recoverability at end-of-life

Facilitating a low-carbon energy transition

Clean and reliable forms of energy generation

• Developing new means of generating low-carbon and renewable electricity
• Scaling down costs of renewable energy assets operations 
• Providing alternative and low-carbon fuels
• Fostering circularity of energy (waste heat, multiple energy harvesting…)

Energy storage 

• Deploying systems powering our day-to-day lives to long duration and utility-scale storage
• Improving batteries performances and providing alternative materials and processes for battery manufacturing

Critical materials supply chain

• Improving and providing alternative ways to source minerals
• Scaling the recycling of key materials and systems

Power grid and energy management 

• Providing smart and energy-efficient solutions to manage energy
• Improving grid flexibility and digitizing electricity distribution

Prevention, repair and mitigation of human impact & regenerating the environment

Water, waste and natural resources management

• Monitor water quality, reduce water consumption & improve wastewater treatment 
• Treat and upcycle waste 
• Sustainable management of land and sea resources 

Mitigating pollution and restoring a healthy environment

• Measure and monitor pollution levels and decontaminate polluted ecosystems 
• Regenerate soils and seas

Tackling global environmental issues

• Solutions for carbon capture and carbon removal
• Valorization and utilization of CO2 and GHG as feedstocks for the bioeconomy
• Mitigating climate change 

Preserving and restoring biodiversity 

• Ecosystem restoration including transforming marine and terrestrial biodiversity 
• The use of data, Earth observation imagery, or DNA-based tools, e.g. environmental DNA (eDNA), for inventory and monitoring

Feeding the Earth’s population while protecting our planet

Precision agriculture and animal husbandry

• Mobilizing data acquisition and analytics to monitor, understand, and act on farming and rearing
• Empowering farmers for resources management

Regenerative crops and farming

• Improving soil health and overall biodiversity
• Reducing GHG emissions through carbon sequestration and nitrogen management
• Substituting/reducing the use of pesticides and other hazardous chemicals 
• Engineering crops for improved yield, pest resistance, and nutritional value 

Alternative food and feed production 

• Developing new ingredients to leverage for food and nutraceuticals (alternative proteins, functional foods…)
• Developing modern ways of production with reduced carbon footprint (cellular agriculture, precision fermentation…)

Food safety & supply chain

• Improving food production, processing, distribution and quality
• Limiting and upcycling food and agricultural waste
• Ensuring transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain

Designing renewable and advanced materials, compounds and catalysts that benefit our industries & society

Cellular factories, cell-free manufacturing & products thereof

• Organisms (natural or engineered) for the production of high-value materials, compounds & catalysts
• Bio-based compounds and materials
• The application of biocatalysts and enzymes  

Treating waste with recycling, circular or novel biodegradation technologies 

• Biological processes for recycling or upcycling waste streams
• Bioremediation or biodegradation

Developments conveying smart properties in materials

• Metamaterials, quantum materials, nanotechnologies, etc.
• Materials that are designed for recyclability, or ease of biodegradation 

Sustainable materials and use of resources

• Creating renewable materials, improving existing production & recycling processes
• New bio-based, or circular, feedstocks and ingredients

Leveling up digital technologies & medical devices for better healthcare & outcomes.

Medical devices to diagnose, manage diseases, and treat patients 

• (Neuro-)prosthetics and medical implants, as well as patient-centered diagnostics, disease management, and therapeutic devices
• Connected devices such as wearable technologies and sensors to prevent, diagnose, monitor or treat diseases
• Brain-computer interfaces

Digital applications for diagnosis, disease management and treatment 

• Clinical decision support systems, AR/VR interfaces, and innovative processes
• Digital therapeutics – DTx
• Digital patient twins for point of care diagnostics and accelerated/improved clinical trials
• Data-driven healthcare e.g. the application of AI for machine-learning based diagnosis

Biotechnologies and chemistries enabling the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases

Lab-based solutions improving R&D processes for drug discovery and clinical trials:

• Organoids and organ on a chip technologies that mimic physiological conditions.
• Gene editing for precise DNA model creation.
• Advanced computational tools, including artificial intelligence, for in-silico pharmaceutical development.
• New platforms (e.g., organisms, natural or engineered cells, devices) for the production of medically relevant compounds.

Advanced diagnostic and monitoring solutions:

• Microfluidic based approaches for rapid screening.
• New biomarkers for precision medicine.
• Biosensors and lab-on-a-chip technologies.

Next-generation therapeutics for preventive and therapeutic purposes:

• Novel delivery systems to enhance the precision of small molecule and biologic target reach.
• Biologics, including antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines, cell-based therapies, etc.
• Gene and cell therapies, including RNA-based treatments.
• Innovative small molecules and compounds with the potential to replace current gold-standard treatments.
• New molecules, technologies, and therapies. designed to replace current antibiotics and combat widespread antibiotic resistance.