RTOs – Research and Technology Organisations

From the lab to your everyday life. RTOs innovate to improve your health and well-being, your safety and security, your mobility and connectivity. RTOs’ technologies cover all scientific fields. Their work range from basic research to new products and services development. RTOs are non-profit organisations with public missions to support society. To do so, they closely cooperate with industries, large and small, as well as a wide array of public actors.

EARTO Innovation Awards

The annual EARTO Innovation Awards is a competition open to all EARTO members. It rewards innovations with significant social and/or economic impact, produced or expected, with a major contribution from an EARTO member. An independent jury evaluates entries and selects the winners. The prizes are awarded at a special ceremony in Brussels in October with wide political and stakeholder participation.

Fraunhofer – Targeting better cancer care

CEA – Energy transition on the move

TNO – The new Ion Age

FEDIT – CIT UPC – One step ahead

RISE – End of the tunnel for firefighting system

TECNALIA – The seed of a good idea

CIRCE – Innovative combustion diagnosis based on flame images

RISE – The wood-cutting industry is moving to the digital age

CETMA – The new ANTIseismic device based on Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)

ATIGA – The flying radar that saves lives

SCCH (UAR) – Artificial Intelligence puts an end to traffic incidents

PCCL (UAR) – Opening up new horizons in the electronics’ world

HELMHOLTZ – New solar tower technology is offering 24/7 sunshine

FEDIT – 3D-printed shoes that will fit your feet perfectly

FEDIT – A hybrid robot revolutionises the manufacturing industry

EURECAT – 3D audio system adds music to your ears

RISE – The mining industry is getting cleaner

REDIT – Enjoy a ride at the right temperature in electric vehicles

ATIGA – Innovative video analytics system to prevent drone attacks

Fraunhofer – Creating dynamic 3D models of real persons for virtual worlds

EURECAT – Personalised e-diet at the tip of your mouth

WOOD (UAR) – Brand new biobased materials made of lignin

TNO – Unbreakable and curved X-ray systems

Fraunhofer – New teeth are made of glass ceramics

CIDETEC – Damaged skin? Not anymore

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RTOs’ Impact Delivered!

Because the RTO sector is not recognised in official OECD or EUROSTAT data, little systematic information about the sector is available. To help fill this gap, EARTO commissioned several fact-finding studies on the impact of RTOs over the years.