The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic has announced the eleventh public call in the Programme for Support of Applied Research and Innovation SIGMA – sub-objective 4, bilateral cooperation. The programme 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 the support of foreign organizations. The main objective of this call for proposals is to increase the number of outputs and results in areas that are promising for the future of the participating countries. Another objective is also to promote the transfer of international knowledge, share good practices, and facilitate the penetration of foreign markets.

• Only enterprise can be the main applicant, research organisations can act as partners
• The project proposal must be submitted entirely in English
• Mandatory annexes include a market survey and confirmation of the commitment of the foreign partner to the project
• The project proposal must include the involvement of a foreign partner (list on the TACR website)

The project proposal is submitted in the new SISTA system, which requires logging in with a citizen identity and then assigning your account to the Masaryk University main account.

All information on this competition can be found on the provider's website and in the call documentation.

The end of the competition period is 9th July 2025. We kindly ask those interested in submitting a project proposal for this competition to contact the Project Support Department as soon as possible. No later than 6th June 2025.