Czech Republic: TA CR
Programme Profile: |
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) Czech Republic |
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Name of the programme/initiative: |
National research programme EPSILON - The programme for the support of applied research and experimental development | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
programme website |
ERA-NET Cofund schemes (in Czech) ERA-NET Cofund schemes (in English) National research programme EPSILON (in Czech) National research programme EPSILON (in English) |
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Programme owner |
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic |
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Program manager (excecuting funding organisation) |
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contact person |
Name: Iveta Zaparkova; Kristina Nehilcova |
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Phone: +420 234 611 629 |
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e-mail: iveta.zaparkova@tacr.cz; kristina.nehilcova@tacr.cz |
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Type of research eligible for funding: eligible TRL range |
ONLY APPLIED RESEARCH projects can be supported by TA CR. The project has to achieve the result(s) applied in practice. There should be a clear description of the exploitation plan and results in the project proposal. For definitions of the applied research see Framework for State aid for research and development and innovation, 2014/C 198/01 and COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014.) (for definitions, see Framework for State aid for research and development and innovation, 2014/C 198/01 and COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014.) Projects must reflect 3-9 TRL. |
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The aid intensity for each Czech applicant in the project is determined based on the type of entity according to the Regulation (see table below) and at the same time must not exceed the maximum permissible aid intensity for the Czech part of the project, which is 85 % of the total eligible costs.
* Note: An SME is defined in Annex 1 of the Regulation ** Research organisations must satisfy the definition in the Act and the Framework. *** While respecting the maximum permissible aid intensity of 85 % per project |
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Major eligibility restrictions |
Eligible projects for TA CR
Unless the above stated conditions are met, the Czech applicant will not be considered eligible. Eligible applicants for TACR:
TACR excludes the disbursement of individual aid to an enterprise:
Supported results Projects that achieve at least one of the following types of results can be supported in this Call. The type of the result has to be clearly described in the project proposal: P - patent; G - technically realized results - prototype, functional sample; Z - pilot plant, proven technology; R - software; F - results with legal protection - utility model, industrial design; N - Certified methodologies and practices, treatment, conservation methods, procedures and specialized maps with professional expert content; O - Miscellaneous Results not to be recognized by the programme manager as a single result of a given project, but only in combination with at least one other result listed in the list of result types above: H - results reflected in non-legislative directives and regulations binding within the competence of the respective provider and results reflected in the approved strategic and conceptual documents of the state or public administration. Budget & eligible costs The eligible costs are:
These specific categories of eligible costs are defined under Article 17 of the General Terms & Conditions Please note: TA CR can´t fund costs connected with Regenerative medicine in Topic 5 (New strategies for advanced material-based technologies for health applications). Intellectual Property Rights The applicants are required to enter into a contract with their foreign partners (sign a so-called Consortium Agreement) which will define the conditions of cooperation on the project where, among other things, they specify the method of allocating rights to the research results, as well as adjustment and management of the rights imported or created during the project's implementation, which are necessary to address the project. |
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Geographical coverage (national/regional) |
Czech Republic |
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National/regional schedule, cut-off dates, Deadlines |
Mandatory forms to be submitted The Czech applicants are requested to submit:
All documents (to be found on TA CR website) proving the eligibility of the Czech applicant (mentioned above) must be send to TACR data box (ID: afth9xp) within the same deadline as the project pre-proposals. Please fill in the subject line as: „Horizon2020 – M-ERA.Net 2 Call 2020 - prokázání způsobilosti - akronym projektu“. “Guide for the Czech applicants” and “Funding rules for the Czech applicants“ will be available on the TA CR website in Czech. |