RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

in the Czech Republic

Welcome to the information gateway to the Czech RDI environment brought to you by the State agency CzechInvest. We offer a concise overview of local research and development to all foreign investors and partners. We hope that you will be able to navigate smoothly through the outstanding innovative space that is the Czech Republic!

R&D System

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R&D System

Research & Development Environment

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  • The innovation environment of the Czech Republic is further enhanced by the Czech government and EU support.
  • In 2004 the country became a member of the European Union, which spurred a fundamental increase of support for science and research.
  • Along with its access to EU Structural Funds, the country has been able to surpass the EU average investment in R&D, reaching 2% of GDP in 2014.
  • Comprehensive national policies are another key element of the country’s excellent R&D environment.

Research & Development Funding

In the Czech Republic

  • Czech R&D is not driven only by the country’s history of excellent science, but also by extensive state support. Financial aid comes from national and European resources and is administered by a number of mostly national institutions (Czech Science Foundation, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, seven Czech ministries; with the exception of Horizon 2020).
  • The main forms are target-oriented funding (mostly as grants, assigned in the form of subsidies and loans) and institutional funding (which mostly supports institutions and their development, but also includes indirect support in the form of tax deduction of R&D-related costs).
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Czech Republic

  • Located in the heart of Europe
  • EU-member state since 2004
  • Skilled workforce
  • High share of secondary and tertiary education
  • 10.5 million inhabitants

Czech RDI

  • 85 bil. CZK into R&D
  • 2% of GDP is spent on R&D, which is the most in CEE region,
    increasing every year
  • 64 thousand R&D personnel
  • R&D personnel amounts to 12,6 per 1000 FTEs (full time equivalents)
  • 77 out of every 10 thousand publications
  • 0,77% of the world’s scientific papers are written in the Czech Republic
    (for about 0,14% of the world’s population)

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