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In the context of the debate on the role which EU State aid law can have with regard to shaping the policies of research and technological development on the level of the EU Member States, the present article highlights the growing involvement of the Court of Justice of the EU with issues related to the application of EU State aid law in the area of research and technological development. In particular, the present article analyses the recent ruling of the CJEU concerning the definition of research organization and, in this light, explores how far the potential for judicial involvement in this important and sensitive area has materialized so far.