A representative of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic will present calls prepared within the new TA CR SIGMA program (in Czech).

Venue:

Brno, Komenského náměstí 2, room 300 (registration here)

Zoom Meeting Room (no need to register)

Objectives

On May 18, the Government of the Czech Republic approved a new program of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic called SIGMA, which will enable the support of applied research and innovation projects. The announcement of the first public tenders is planned for the end of this year within the budgetary possibilities.

The main advantages of the program are efficiency, flexibility and variability, timing and connection with EU programs. The SIGMA program is designed as a broad-based tool to support applied research and innovation. This concept will make it possible to fulfill the goals of national strategies and at the same time respond flexibly to current problems in the field of research and innovation. This gives it a significant advantage over programs created so far. The uniqueness of the tool lies in the fact that only the basic parameters are determined at the level of the program approved by the government, and other thematic and technical matters will be determined according to current needs in the preparation of competitions. Thanks to this, the entire process of supporting applied research and innovation will be more flexible and faster. Determining the topics of public competitions will take place with the involvement of relevant departments and regions.

The program is designed with a duration of 8 years and is designed to enable modern support of applied research and innovation leading to the emergence of new results applicable in practice, to address the challenges and needs of society and the economy, and to support the solution of systemic measures of the research and innovation environment.