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STARTProject Development Toolkit

Assessment of project fundability

Societal Readiness Level (SRL)

The Societal Readiness Level (SRL) evaluates how well a social project, technology, product, process, intervention, service or innovation is adapted for integration into society.

When the SRL of your solution is low, a realistic recommendation for achieving societal adaptation is necessary: the lower the SRL, the more thorough the transition plan should be. SRL 1 is the lowest level and SRL 9 the highest.

Note: SRL is also used by funding bodies, so assessing it as you go helps with future applications.

Not sure where to start?

Use the method guide

SRL levels

Select the level that best describes your project to read what it means.

From seed to harvest

Level 1 is a seed: an early idea. Level 9 is the harvest: fully proven and in place. Pick a level to see what it means and which band it belongs to.

Source: START Triple-I project development tool kit, pp. 31–32.