On 18th May, the Government of the Czech Republic approved a new programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic called SIGMA, which will support applied research and innovation projects. The announcement of the first public competitions is scheduled for the end of this year within the budget possibilities.

The main objective of the programme is to support applied research and innovation leading to the creation 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.

Basic information about this programme can be found on the TACR website.