Ministry of Education announces recipients of EU Research and Development funds

The Ministry of Education announced Friday that four Czech research projects will receive 2.4 billion crowns from the budget of the EU operational program for research and development. The recipients are technical universities in Liberec and Brno, as well as the Academy of Sciences and the Veterinary Research Institute. The highest subsidy of 800 million crowns will go to the Technical University in Liberec, which will use the funds to create a state-of-the-art research center for nanotechnology. The Technical University in Brno received over 700 million crowns to build the NETME Center, a place where new technologies will be researched and developed. Another four billion crowns are yet to be distributed amongst further applicants.

In related news, in a list of the most successful new member countries that have applied for EU funds between 2004 and 2007, the Czech Republic placed fourth.

Author: Sarah Borufka