The European Commission's programme for the period 2021 - 2027 supporting transnational cooperation.

• SUITABLE FOR ALL FACULTIES AND COMPONENTS (technical and humanities).
• Subsidy area: 9 EU countries (CZE, AUT, POL, HUN, SVK, SLO, HR, partly DE and IT).
• Projects for 30 months, min./max. amount of support not established, recommended amount 1.2-1.9 million EUR/project.
• Principle of lead partner and reimbursement of eligible costs paid.
• Amount of subsidy: 80% from the EUSF plus 10% from the MRD of the Czech Republic. Co-financing from UWB resources in the amount of 10%.
• Applicants: public and private institutions (partners can also be companies)
• Official language: English
• Deadline for submitting applications: once a year

Four program priorities:

• Priority 1: Cooperating for a smarter central Europe. (digitalization, big data, applied research, etc.)
• Priority 2: Cooperating for a greener central Europe.
• Priority 3: Cooperating for a better connected central Europe
• Priority 4: Improving governance for cooperation in central Europe

PRACTICAL INFORMATION/TIPS

Usage at UWB: Great potential in terms of possibilities and financial resources, unfortunately little used so far (only 3 projects implemented).

Average subsidy amount: UWB budgets in the previous 3 projects from 140,000 EUR to ca. 440,000 EUR.

Administrative complexity: online JEMS system, administration in English, six-month monitoring period

Duration of the subsidy process: from application submission to approval approx. 10 months, then it is necessary to wait for additional documents (subsidy contracts), receipt of the subsidy thanks to the lead partnership principle approx. one year from submission of the monitoring report and list of expenses

Similar subsidy programs: INTERREG CZECH REPUBLIC – BAVARIA 2021-2027, INTERREG CZECH REPUBLIC – SAXONY 2021-2027, ČBVA/BTHA, ČNFB