TA ČR - List of Calls for Proposals for 2026

MARCH

4th Call for Proposals: Environment for Life (PP1+PP2)

Topics: Environment, climate protection, and sustainable development (specific topics will be specified in the call for proposals itself)

• Subprogram 1 – Projects in the Public Interest (policy development, simplification of public administration, promotion of circular economy and sustainable development principles for public administration)
  • Participants: primarily research organizations; application guarantor: Ministry of the Environment
  • Support rate: up to 100% per project; 100% for MU
• Subprogram 2 – New technologies and procedures for environmental protection that will be implemented in practice after the project’s completion
  • Participants: research organizations and businesses
  • Support rate: up to 80% per project, 100% for MU

M-ERA NET 4

Support for international projects in the field of materials research and innovation.

Call themes for 2026:

1. Materials for energy storage and distribution systems
2. Materials for energy conversion
3. Innovative surfaces, coatings, and interfaces
4. Innovative functional materials with defined architectures
5. Materials addressing environmental challenges
6. Next-generation materials for electronics
   
   

• International consortia composed of at least three eligible partners from at least three participating countries (Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Croatia, Italy, Israel, South Africa, South Korea, Canada – Québec, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Germany, Norway, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey)
• Participants: businesses and research organizations
• Funding rate:
  • up to 80% per project, 100% for MU
  • Maximum funding per project: EUR 350,000 (for Czech applicants)
• Each partner in international consortia is funded separately by their national agency
  
  More information HERE.

LUKE

The goal is to strengthen the involvement of research teams from Ukraine in international cooperation in the fields of research, development, and innovation.

Call topics:

1. Energy: Sustainable and renewable energy and energy security
2. Cybersecurity: Cyber resilience of critical infrastructures and adaptive cybersecurity systems
3. Medical and health research: Telemedicine, biomedical research
   1. Adoption of telemedicine for remote healthcare solutions
   2. Innovative research on cellular signaling pathways for biomedical applications
4. Social sciences and humanities: Social reconciliation, sustainable social development, and human capital restoration
   
   

• International consortia composed of at least three eligible partners from at least three participating countries; each consortium must include a partner from Ukraine (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, the Republic of Moldova, Germany, Poland, Austria, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine)
• Participants: businesses and research organizations
• Funding rate:
  • up to 80% per project; 100% for MU
  • The maximum funding amount per project is not set (for Czech applicants), but is expected to be approximately 200,000 EUR per project
• Each partner in an international consortium is funded separately by their national agency.
  
  More information HERE.

APRIL

SIGMA DC4 - bilateral cooperation

The call is not thematically focused; each foreign organization determines its own topics independently.

• At least one applicant from the Czech Republic and at least one foreign partner from the location where the foreign partner organization is based (Republic of Korea, Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany, State of Israel, Taiwan)
• Participants: enterprises (lead or additional participant); research organizations only as additional participants
• Funding rate: up to 75% per project; 100% for MU
• Each partner in international consortia is funded separately by its national agency

RAMP partnership (Raw Materials Partnership for the Green and Digital Transition)

Support for international projects in the field of non-agricultural mineral resources (a continuation of the former ERA.MIN program).

• New program; a total of 7 calls for proposals are planned
• Participants: businesses and research organizations
• Funding rate: up to 80% per project; 100% for MU
• Each partner in international consortia is funded separately by its national agency

MAY

4. 4th Public Call for Proposals: TRANSPORT 2030

The objective is to develop the transport sector and all modes of transport in a way that reflects societal needs in the following areas:

1. Sustainable, accessible, and safe transport,
2. Automation, digitalization, and technologically advanced transport,
3. Low-emission and eco-friendly transport
   
   

• Participants: research organizations, businesses, government agencies, local governments
• Funding rate: up to 70% per project, 100% for MU
  
  Preliminary information HERE.

JUNE

CET partnership (Clean Energy Transition)

Support for international projects in the field of energy transition.

Potential topics in which Czech applicants may participate:

• Call Module 1: Integrated energy system resilience in a changing environment
• Call Module 2: Energy system flexibility in a high renewable energy sources (RES) scenario: energy generation, storage, and system integration
• Call Module 4: Industrial carbon management
• Call Module 5: Hydrogen and renewable fuels
• Call Module 7: Integrated regional energy systems
• Call Module 10: Clean energy integration in the built environment
  
  
• international consortia composed of at least three eligible partners from at least three participating countries (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, India, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, South Korea, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom – Scotland) – the list will be updated as of the call’s announcement date
• participants: businesses and research organizations
• funding rate:
  • up to 80% per project, 100% for MU
  • maximum funding per project: 250,000 EUR (for Czech applicants)
• Each partner in international consortia is funded separately by its national agency

JULY

SIGMA DC2 Industrial Chairs

Strengthening excellent applied research at Czech research organizations and ensuring strategic links with industry by inviting foreign experts (Chairs).

• Requirements for Chairs:
  • Demonstrable experience in the applied sector
  • 5 years abroad (Czechs are eligible, but they must not return to their home institution)
  • Must build a team of at least 3 young researchers (under 35 years of age)
  • Workload at the research organization: at least 0.5 FTE; at the partner (company): at least 0.3 FTE
  • At the research organization, must be involved in strategic management with an impact on a culture of open knowledge transfer and the practical application of results
• Participants: research organizations (main) and at least one company
• Support: up to CZK 42 million over 5–7 years
• Support rate: up to 60%; 100% for MU

SIGMA DC1 (PoC)

Applies only to CTT MU.

EUROSTARS partnership

Enhancing the competitiveness of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through international cooperation.

• International consortia composed of at least two eligible partners from at least two participating countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Croatia, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, South Africa, South Korea, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom) – the list will be updated as of the call for proposals
• participants: enterprises, research organizations only as additional participants
• funding rate:
  • up to 80% per project, 100% for MU
  • maximum funding per project: 250,000 EUR (for Czech applicants)
• each partner in international consortia is funded separately by its national agency

AUGUST

4th THÉTA 2 Public Competition

The aim is to contribute to the transformation and modernization of the energy sector, both through the development of innovative technologies, technical solutions, and approaches applicable in the energy sector, and through the creation of analyses to support decision-making in the energy sector and the improvement of the regulatory framework (specific topics will be specified in the call for proposals itself).

• Subprogram 1 – Research in the Public Interest
  • Participants: research organizations and/or companies
  • Funding rate: up to 90% per project, 100% for MU
    
    
• Subprogram 2 – Energy Technologies for Competitiveness
  • Participants: research organizations and at least 1 enterprise (mandatory)
  • Support rate: up to 60% per project, 100% for MU
    
    
• Subprogram 3 – Technologies to Ensure the Long-Term Sustainability of the Energy Sector
  • Participants: research organizations and/or enterprises
  • Support rate: up to 90% per project, 100% for MU

SEPTEMBER

SIGMA DC1 Support for Commercialization

This is not relevant to Masaryk University.

DUT partnership (Driving Urban Transitions)

Support for international projects aimed at helping cities transition to a more sustainable economy and way of functioning.

• Potential topics in which Czech applicants may participate:
  • Transition Pathway 15-Minute City (15mC)
    • Next steps for multimodal urban mobility, building on the travel experience
    • Mobility policymaking in the context of radical contestation
  • Transition Pathway Positive Energy Districts (PED)
    • Ensuring positive socio-economic impact: PEDs in local economies and energy markets
    • PEDs in urban heating and cooling strategies
      
      
• international consortia composed of at least three eligible partners from at least three participating countries (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Croatia, Italy, South Korea, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey) – the list will be updated as of the call’s announcement date
• participants: enterprises and research organizations
• funding rate: up to 80% per project, 100% for MU, maximum funding per project: EUR 175,000 (for Czech applicants)
• Each partner in international consortia is funded separately by its national agency

Water4All

Support for international projects in the field of water resource management.

The theme for the upcoming call is “Sustainable water management” (excluding extreme events and circularity), with a particular focus on the sub-themes “River basin management” and “Groundwater management”.

• International consortia composed of at least three eligible partners from at least three participating countries (Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, South Africa, Latvia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Moldova, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Romania, the Slovak Republic, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Greece) – the list will be updated as of the call’s announcement date
• Participants: businesses and research organizations
• Funding rate:
  • up to 80% per project, 100% for MU
  • Maximum funding per project: 160,000 EUR (for Czech applicants)
• Each partner in international consortia is funded separately by its national agency

Partnership for Biodiversity

Promoting biodiversity and protecting ecosystems.

• International consortia composed of at least three eligible partners from at least three participating countries (Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Moldova, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Romania, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey) – the list will be updated as of the call announcement date
• participants: businesses and research organizations
• funding rate:
  • up to 80% per project, 100% for MU
  • maximum funding per project: 170,000 EUR (for Czech applicants)
• Each partner in international consortia is funded separately by its national agency

OCTOBER

14th TREND Public Competition

The goal is to increase the international competitiveness of businesses, primarily by expanding their markets abroad, entering new markets, or moving up the global value chains.

Thematic focus on:

• Advanced manufacturing technologies
• Advanced materials
• Nanotechnology
• Industrial biotechnology
• Micro- and nanoelectronics
• Photonics
• Artificial intelligence
• Security and connectivity

Subprogram 1: Technology Leaders

• Applicants: companies (with experience in research and development) and research organizations
• Funding rate: up to 70% per project, 90% for MU

PRODEF PP1

For those interested in the European Defense Fund. Facilitating compliance with the conditions set forth in EDF calls for proposals (in accordance with the EDF Regulation) or the follow-up program.

Implementation will take the form of national co-financing of activities by Czech entities in EDF calls for proposals.

Subprogram 1: Support for Czech applicants in EDF calls for proposals

FOREST partnership (Forests and Forestry for a Sustainable Future Partnership)

Support for healthy, biologically diverse, and resilient forests (Sustainable Management: Ensuring key ecosystem services; Climate Action: Mitigating climate change through carbon sequestration; Bioeconomy: Ensuring a continuous supply of materials and services for sustainable development).

• New program, with a total of 7 calls planned
• Participants: businesses and research organizations
• Funding rate: up to 80% per project, 100% for MU
• Each partner in international consortia is funded separately by their national agency

NOVEMBER

3rd Public Call for Proposals PRODEF PP2

The aim is to strengthen the development of Czech VaVaI in the defense industry. Specific topics/objectives will be specified in the call for proposals.

• Subprogram 2: National Public Competitions in Defense Research
• Applicants: research organizations and/or companies
• Implementing Agency: Ministry of Defense
• Funding rate: up to 70% per project, 100% for MU

SIGMA DC5 – Current needs

The thematic areas have not yet been specified, nor is there any experience from previous competitions regarding the terms and conditions.

DECEMBER

SIGMA DC2 – Young Researchers

The goal is to increase the participation of early-career researchers and to level the playing field for women and men in the competition for applied research funding. Specific topics and objectives will be outlined in the call for proposals.

• Participants: research organizations and companies
• Applicant: a researcher under 35 years of age, a student, or a recent graduate
• Funding rate: up to 85%; 100% for MU for 1–2 years

1st KAPPA 2 Public Competition

Advancing knowledge and research through international cooperation between entities in the Czech Republic and partners in Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland.