Research and Development
Research and Development
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The "National Research and Development Policy of the Czech Republic" was approved by the Government of the Czech Republic on 5 January 2000.
The R&D policy is a set of information for the EU and OECD bodies showing the full readiness of the R&D authorities, organisations, and workplaces in the Czech Republic to enter the international co-operation in gaining new R&D knowledge, its utilisation and spreading under the conditions of the observance of all standards, processes, and traditions valid in these communities (the protection of the intellectual and industrial rights, etc.).
The main goal of the R&D policy is to increase the outcome and efficiency of the R&D in the Czech Republic, to ensure a flexible renewal of the capacities, including the development of the human potential active in them and to put these resources into the solution of the future needs of citizens, the society and the economy in the Czech Republic.
The preparation of the National Research Programme I (hereinafter referred to as “NRP I”) was based upon the National Research and Development Policy of the CR (NR&DP) the original document was harmonised with newly adopted laws and regulations and assumed international commitments such as association of the Czech Republic to the Sixth Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities for 2001 – 2006.
The National Research Programme is a set of programmes tackling issues of both basic and applied research through projects. Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) is responsible for preparation and implementation of research priorities within this national programme.
Main objectives of the National Research Programme II were defined as follows:
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to improve performance and efficiency of the Czech research
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to ensure a dynamic renewal and development of research capacities in the CR using all opportunities for international cooperation in research;
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to strengthen and advance ties between research and development and community and relieve community fears, if any, about undesirable impacts of research and development;
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to improve professionalism of research work and increase applicability of research results in practice.
National Research Programme (NRP) Council is composed of representatives of ministries and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR) acting in their role as providers, the advisory body to the Government (R&DC) and professional public.
Providers
Ministry of Health (MoH)
Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)
Ministry of Environment (MoE)
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR)
Ministry of Transport (MoT)
Ministry of Agriculture (MoA)
Ministry of Industry and Trade (POKROK) (MIT)
Ministry of Environment (MoE)
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MLSA)
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS)
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR)
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS)
Programmes to support science and research
www.czech.cz/en/economy-business-science/science/support-of-science/programs-to-support-science-and-research/
The list of subsidies and grants for programs supporting science can be found on the website of the official portal for business and export Businessinfo (www.businessinfo.cz/en/) and on the website of the Academy of Sciences.
The Grant Agency of the Czech Republic – Czech Science Foundation
The GACR was formed in 1992 as an independent institution to support basic scientific research in the Czech Republic. The Agency’s task is the provision of grants to the best projects from all scientific disciplines, which are selected every year through a public competition in research and development.
Grant projects
The Grant Agency of the CR announces a public competition for the solution of the grant projects of basic research in specified disciplines and approved programs. The announcement is published in the Commercial Journal and in the information system of research and development; currently announced competitions are also available on the Grant Agency’s website (www.gacr.cz).
E-mail: grantcr@kav.cas.cz or infogacr@kav.cas.cz
Information regarding the public competition, competition documentation and rules can be obtained in the GA CR Office at: Národní 3, Prague 1, 110 00, on any business day between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. during the competition period.
Research centres
There is a wide range of research centres in the Czech Republic, many of which are based on international cooperation.
Some of the most significant research centers are under the umbrella of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AS CR); others are parts of universities or operate on a more or less independent basis.
The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic www.avcr.cz
(AS CR) is set up as a complex of 53 public research institutions with the Academy Head Office as an internal organization unit. The Academy employs about 7,000 employees more than a half of whom are researchers with university degrees.
List of all institutions of the Academy of Sciences, including contacts, can be found here: www.cas.cz/en/institutes.php
The primary mission of AS CR and its institutes is to conduct basic research in a broad spectrum of the natural, technical and social sciences and the humanities.
This research, whether highly specialised or interdisciplinary in nature, aims to advance developments in scientific knowledge at the international level, while also taking into account the specific needs of both Czech society and national culture. Scientists of the Academy institutes also participate in education, particularly through doctoral study programmes for young researchers and by teaching at universities as well. The Academy also fosters collaborations between applied research and industry. The integration of Czech science into the international context is being promoted by means of numerous joint international research projects and through the exchange of scientists with counterpart institutions abroad.
The Academy of Sciences is financed primarily from the state budget. The pattern of research funding at the Academy conforms to current international standards. In addition to basic institutional financing of research objectives of Academy institutes, target-oriented financing is being more widely practised to carry out research projects and grants selected on the basis of public competition. AS CR was the first institution in the Czech Republic to establish its own Grant Agency (www.gaav.cz) which financially supports research projects selected through a peer-review procedure involving reviewers from abroad. Individual Academy institutes obtain additional financial resources by participating in national as well as international research programmes.
The Academy has also been assigned financial responsibility for 71 specialised Czech scientific societies associated with the Council of Scientific Societies.
Cooperation with universities develops mainly within joint research projects, whose number reaches 600. Approximately one-third of projects supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic are assignments worked on in cooperation with institutions of the Academy and universities. More than 40 joint research units for long-term cooperation have been established.
In order to speed up the process of transformation of scientific knowledge into practice, the Academy opens The Program of Targeted Research and Develkopment (www.cas.cz/cz/Dokumenty/infoprog.htm).
The Technology Center of the AS CR (www.tc.cz/) is also involved in this area, as it contributes to cooperation with industry mainly through its activities in technology transfers, the search for industry partners for research and development projects and the support of the formation and development of small innovative companies in the area of business. The Technology Center of the ASCR serves as National Information Centre for European Research: provides information and advisory services related to the EU Framework Programmes (www.cordis.lu/), monitores Czech participation in international research cooperation programmes and coordinates and manages methodically the national information network NINET. The Techology Centre has designed, together with several Academy departments, the project of the Scientific Park of the ASCR, whose concept is based on a model well-tried in EU countries.
Most Czech research organisations (including the Institutes of the Academy of Sciences CR) will be placed on the register of public research institutions as of 1 January 2007. During the second quarter of 2007 at the latest all Academy Institutes will begin to function properly as public research institutions in compliance with the valid laws as well as the Statutes of the ASCR.
Research is taking place at universities, e.g.
Czech Technical University in Prague (www.cvut.cz)
Czech University of Agriculture in Prague (www.czu.cz)
Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno (www.mendelu.cz)
Charles University in Prague (www.cuni.cz)
Institute of Chemical Technology Prague (www.vscht.cz)
University of Economics Prague (www.vse.cz)
Masaryk University in Brno (www.muni.cz)
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (www.jcu.cz)
Technical University in Ostrava (www.vsb.cz)
Palacký University Olomouc (www.upol.cz/en)
University of West Bohemia in Plzeň (www.zcu.cz)
University of Pardubice (www.upce.cz)
Brno University of Technology (www.vutbr.cz)
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno (www.vfu.cz)
University of J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem (www.ujep.cz)
Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín (www.utb.cz)
University Hradec Králové (www.uhk.cz)
Silesian University in Opava (www.slu.cz)
Technical University in Liberec (www.tul.cz)
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (www.vsup.cz)
Polytechnical University Jihlava (www.vspji.cz)
Research is taking place in many other institutes, such as
Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Prague (www.ikem.cz)
Research Institute of Biopharmacy and Veterinary Drugs (www.biopharm-research-institute.cz/)
Veterinary Research Institute Brno (www.vri.cz/)
General Teaching Hospital in Prague (www.vfn.cz/)
City Hospital in Čáslav, Prague Psychiatric Centre, Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography in Zdiby, and others.
Scientific programs are also announced by individual ministries of the Czech government from their budgets in areas within their competence.
Czech scientists are also involved in scientific programmes organized by the EU, of which the Czech Republic became a member state in 2004. Programs are announced within the 7th Framework Programme for International Cooperation in Research and Development for the years 2007-12.
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