The Innovation Programme
On Wednesday, 26 September 2018, the acceptance of the applications for a subsidy under the programme Innovation (Innovation project) will be launched. This programme focuses on the support of projects implementing new or innovative products, technologies or services in production and on the market. Supportable activities include, eg, product innovation activities such as strengthening the technical and utility values of products, technologies and services and process innovation activities such as the increase of the effectiveness of the process of production or provision of services.

Who can apply for the subsidy?

• Small, medium-sized and large enterprises. However, large enterprises only if the presented project has a positive environmental impact.

What the subsidy applies to:

• Project documentation costs.
• Construction costs.
• Costs of the acquisition of production technologies, machinery and equipment.
• Software and data costs.
• Costs of the rights to use intellectual property.
• Costs of certification of products.
• Marketing innovation costs.

Amount of subsidy per one project:

• CZK 1 million – CZK 40 million.

Level of support per one project:

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

Acceptance of applications:

• 26 September 2018 – 27 November 2018.

Applications accepted as part of the call are assessed on an ongoing basis. The project has to be implemented in the Czech Republic, outside the capital of Prague where the actual real place at which the project is realised is decisive. Projects that are realised in districts showing a share of unemployed persons higher than the average share per the Czech Republic receive bonification.

The Potential Programme
On Monday, 1 October 2018, the period for filing applications for a subsidy under the Potential programme that supports projects focused on the construction and development of centres for industrial research, development and innovations starts running. Support is given to the purchase of land, buildings, machinery/equipment and other equipment for the research and development centre.

Who can apply for the subsidy?

• Small, medium-sized and large enterprises. However, large enterprises only if the presented project has a positive environmental impact or the main aim of the project is cooperation of a large enterprise with a small or medium-sized one on a particular research and development project.

What the subsidy applies to:

• Costs of the acquisition of tangible fixed assets necessary for the performance of research and development activities and equipment of the research and development centre such as the purchase of land, machinery and another equipment. However, these have to be depreciable assets (except for land).
  • Costs of the purchase of land only up to 10% of total actual eligible investment costs.
  • Costs of the acquisition of building/new building up to 40% of total eligible investment costs.
• Intangible fixed assets meeting the conditions of the call, up to 50% of total eligible investment costs of the project.
• Costs of obligatory publicity.

Amount of subsidy per one project:

• CZK 2 million – CZK 30 million.

Level of support per one project:

• Up to 50% of eligible costs for all types of enterprises (in terms of size).

Acceptance of applications:

• 1 October 2018 – 15 January 2019.

Applications accepted as part of the call are assessed at once within a round. The project has to be implemented in the Czech Republic, outside the capital of Prague where the actual place at which the project is realised is decisive. Projects that are realised in districts showing a share of unemployed persons higher than the average share per the Czech Republic receive bonification.

The Property Programme
In late October, specifically on 22 October 2018, the period for filing applications for a subsidy under the Property programme that supports projects focused on the reconstruction of technically unsuitable buildings or readjustment of the structures of a brownfield type to the structures intended for doing business starts running.

Who can apply for the subsidy?

• Small and medium-sized enterprises.

What the subsidy applies to:

• Costs of the acquisition of tangible fixed assets such as the reconstruction, modernisation, construction or demolition of buildings, land adjustment, utility networks, roads to buildings etc.
• Other costs related to the building such as project and engineering work or studies and documents that will be included in tangible fixed assets.

Amount of subsidy per one project:

• CZK 1 million – CZK 30 million.

Level of support per one project:

• Up to 45% of eligible costs for small enterprises.
• Up to 35% of eligible costs for medium-sized enterprises.

Acceptance of applications:

• 22 October 2018 – 22 May 2019.

Applications accepted as part of the call are assessed on an ongoing basis. The project has to be implemented in the Czech Republic, outside the capital of Prague where the actual place at which the project is realised is decisive. Projects that are realised in districts showing a share of unemployed persons higher than the average share per the Czech Republic receive bonification.

The article is part of dReport – October 2018, Tax news; Grants and investment Incentives.