Deadline: 19-Jul-22
The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) has announced the 4th call of the Programme for applied research, experimental development and innovation DELTA 2.
The programme is focused on supporting joint projects in applied research based on international cooperation between Czech enterprises and research organisations and their foreign counterparts.
The objective of the call is to increase the number of specific outputs/results of applied research. These outputs/results will be successfully introduced into practice, thus strengthening the competitiveness of the participating enterprises and research organisations. Bilateral cooperation will improve the access of teams from the Czech Republic to international knowledge, know-how and foreign research capacities and facilitate the entry to foreign markets. The synergistic effect is also the transfer of „best practice” from abroad to the Czech Republic.
The call will support joint projects of applicants from the Czech Republic and applicants from abroad. Funding will be provided to projects aimed at acquiring new knowledge and skills for the development of new or substantially improved products, processes or services, and for a new product, process or service. The selected projects must respond to the current or future needs of the countries concerned. Therefore, the call is not specifically thematically focused by the TA CR, the selection of topics is determined with each foreign organization separately and reflects the priority areas of applied research of the participating countries and regions.
Focus Areas
The call is aimed at supporting international cooperation in the field of applied research through joint projects of Czech entities supported by TA CR and foreign partners with expected support of foreign institutions. Its main objective is to increase the quantity of outputs and results in areas that are promising for the future of the participating countries.
- The objective of the call is also to promote the transfer of international knowledge, share good practice and facilitate the penetration of foreign markets.
- At least one foreign applicant from the location where the partner foreign organisation is based must participate in the project together with a Czech applicant.
- The foreign partner must submit a complementary project proposal to one of the listed foreign organisations. The project proposal of the applicants on the Czech side will be funded by TA CR only if the complementary project proposal of the foreign partners is at the same time approved by the foreign organisation.
- TA CR provides funding only to the Czech part of the consortium. Foreign participants are financed from foreign sources.
- The programme does not have a thematic focus, the selection of topics is determined with each foreign organisation separately and reflects the priority areas of applied research of the participating organisations.
- The project proposal shall be submitted in English.
Funding Information
Expected amount allocated to the call CZK 250 million
Duration
- Minimum project duration 12 months
- Maximum project duration 36 months
Outcomes
- In this call, TA CR can only fund project proposals where practical exploitation of outputs/results is expected. At least one main output/result must be chosen in each project proposal.
- The main outputs/results are generated into the binding parameters and thus constitute a part of the project contract. According to the General Terms and Conditions, all main outputs / results must be achieved by the time of the project completion.
Eligibility Criteria
The main applicant may:
- be only an enterprise that has its registered office, establishment or branch in the Czech Republic;
- implement the project independently or in cooperation with other partners;
- submit an unlimited number of project proposals.
- Other project partner may be an entity domiciled in a Member State of the European Union (including the Czech Republic), in another state constituting the European Economic Area or in the Swiss Confederation.
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