Programme Application

Call VII of programme Application supports projects focused on the realisation of activities of industrial research and experimental development leading to specific outputs in the form of prototypes, industrial or utility models, verified technology or software.

Who can request the grant:

• Small, medium-sized and large enterprises. However, large enterprises only under the condition that the project has a positive impact on the environment or if the primary intention of the project is the cooperation of a large enterprise with a small or medium-sized enterprise on a specific project.

What the grant can be used for:

• Staff costs (costs of salaries and insurance of researchers, technicians etc.).
• Costs of tools, devices and equipment in the form of depreciation of tangible movable fixed assets during the time of work on the project.
• Costs of contractual research.
• Non-investment costs of licences purchased or acquired from third parties during the time of work on the project.
• Costs of research and development (hereinafter R&D) advisory services used exclusively for the purposes of the project.
• Additional overheads and other operating expenses.

Grant amount per project:

• CZK 1 million – CZK 40 million for projects without effective cooperation.
• CZK 1 million – CZK 80 million for projects within effective cooperation or within intervention code 063 or 065 (project with a positive impact on the environment or with the primary intention of cooperation of a large enterprise with a small or medium-sized enterprise).

Aid intensity per project:

• Maximum of 70% of eligible costs per entire project depending on the type of activity and size of enterprise.

Receipt of applications:

• 16 October 2019 – 15 January 2020.

This is a call in rounds. The project has to be realised in the Czech Republic, outside of the Capital City of Prague, depending on the actual place where the project is realised. Project realised in districts with a share of unemployed persons higher than the Czech Republic average receive a bonus points.

Programme Innovation

Call VII of programme Innovation (Innovation Projects) focuses on the support of projects introducing new or innovated products, technologies or services in production or on the market. Supported activities include product innovation activities such as strengthening the technical or utility values of products, technologies and services, process innovation activities such as efficiency increase of the production process or provision of services.

Who can request the grant:

• Small, medium-sized and large enterprises. However, large enterprises only under the condition that the project has a positive impact on the environment.

What the grant can be used for:

• Costs of project documentation, including engineering activities.
• Costs of construction.
• Costs of production technology, machinery and equipment.
• Costs of software and data.
• Costs of rights to use intellectual property.
• Costs of product certification.
• Costs of marketing innovation.

Grant amount per project:

• CZK 1 million – CZK 75 million.

Aid intensity per project:

• Maximum of 45% of eligible costs for small enterprises.
• Maximum of 35% of eligible costs for medium-sized enterprises.
• Maximum of 25% of eligible costs for large enterprises.

Receipt of applications:

• 15 October 2019 – 15 January 2020.

This is a continuous call. The project has to be realised in the Czech Republic, outside of the Capital City of Prague, depending on the actual place where the project is realised. Project realised in districts with a share of unemployed persons higher than the Czech Republic average receive a bonus points.

Programme Potential

Call VI of programme Potential supports projects focused on building centres of industrial research, development and innovation. Support is provided for the purchase of land, buildings, machinery/devices and other equipment of the research and development centre.

Who can request the grant:

• Small, medium-sized and large enterprises. However, large enterprises only under the condition that the project has a positive impact on the environment or if the primary intention of the project is the cooperation of a large enterprise with a small or medium-sized enterprise on a specific R&D project.

What the grant can be used for:

• Costs of tangible fixed assets necessary for performing the R&D activities and equipping the R&D centre such as purchase of land, buildings, machinery and other equipment. These assets have to be subject to depreciation (except for land).
• Intangible fixed assets meeting the conditions of the call, up to 50% of total eligible investment costs per project.

Grant amount per project:

• CZK 2 million – CZK 30 million.

Aid intensity per project:

• Maximum of 50% of eligible costs for all enterprise sizes.

Receipt of applications:

• 1 October 2019 – 16 December 2019.

This is a call in rounds. The project has to be realised in the Czech Republic, outside of the Capital City of Prague, depending on the actual place where the project is realised. Project realised in districts with a share of unemployed persons higher than the Czech Republic average receive a bonus points.

The article is part of dReport – October 2019, Tax news; Grants and investment Incentives.