Research, development, and innovation play a crucial role in enhancing the competitiveness of the Upper Rhine Trinational Metropolitan Region (TMO). The project RMTMO RI is dedicated to helping private and public actors make the best possible use of existing research infrastructures and developing them further into a future large-scale research infrastructure, thus making a fundamental contribution to research networks in the region. The project includes a careful analysis of the status quo, an investigation of potential and possibilities, and the development of an initial concept.