The Environment for Life program is mainly focused on new solutions in the area of the environment, stabilization and expansion of the knowledge base, which will significantly contribute to ensuring a healthy and high-quality environment in the Czech Republic and to the sustainable use of its resources, by minimizing the negative impacts of human activity on the environment, including impacts beyond national borders and will thus contribute to improving the quality of life in Europe and in a global context.

The announcement of this call is planned for 6/28/2023, in the sub-programmes:

Subprogramme 1 Operational research in the public interest (PP1)

Subprogramme 2 Ecoinnovation, technologies and procedures for environmental protection (PP2)

Objectives

Sub-programme 1 is focused on solving topics with local, regional and society-wide impacts, the results of which can be used in public administration (eGovernment, digitization, optimization of regulation, reduction of administrative burden) and for the creation of strategic and conceptual documents. Under sub-programme 1, only research and development projects in the public interest will be supported.

Within sub-programme 2, projects focused on environmental technologies and eco-innovations, projects focused on innovative approaches with practical applicability mitigating the effects of climate change, reflecting the protection of natural resources and trend-oriented on current challenges in the environment will be supported.

Limitations

Preliminary parameters (in Czech) of the 7th public competition of the Environment for Life program:

Project period: PP1 12-33 months, PP2 12-27 months

Enterprise/research organization/organizational component of the state

PP1 - application guarantor required

The priority research objectives of both calls will be specified in the tender documents.

Max support intensity PP1 85%, PP2 80%

DL 13/09/2023