The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic informs about the preparation of the 16th public competition in the Program for the Support of Applied Research and Innovation SIGMA –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ partial objective 4, Bilateral cooperation.

Planned announcemnt of this public competition: on 22. 4. 2026.

Preliminary parameters of the competition here.

Objectives

The public competition of the SIGMA Program –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ DC4 is aimed at supporting international cooperation in applied research of Czech companies and research organizations.

TA ČR expects cooperation with the following foreign organizations:

Republic of Korea - Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT)
Republic of Korea - Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)
Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany - Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Action (SMWA)
State of Israel - Israel Innovation Authority (IIA)
Taiwan - Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA)
Taiwan - National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)

Call topics according to participating countries:

IIA: Thematic focus will be specified in the tender documentation.
KETEP: Nuclear energy; Energy storage system (ESS).
KIAT: Future Mobility; General Machinery and Photonics; Advanced Materials; ICT (including cybersecurity); AI; Robotics and cybernetics; Disaster Resilience, Response and Recovery; Circular Economy; Semiconductors.
MoEA: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drone); Smart Manufacture Technologies (Laser, Robotics, Automobile, Machinery); Artificial intelligence; Biotechnologies and Biomedical; Green Energy Technologies; Semiconductor (IC design, Test, Equipment).

NSTC: Green Energy; Artificial intelligence applications; Health Care and Biomedicine; Cyber ​​Security; New Agriculture (incl. Smart Agriculture); Aeronautical and Aerospace Technology; Disaster prevention; Laser technology.
SMWA: The thematic focus will be specified in the tender documentation.

Limitations

Call DL 24. 6. 2026

Project duration: 12-36 months

Start: 1-2/2026

The main applicant must be a company, a research organization can be another participant.

Max support per project 20 million CZK

Max support rate: 75%