We would like to inform you about the announcement of the 16th public call for proposals by TAČR under the SIGMA program—Sub-objective 4, Bilateral Cooperation.

The call aims to support international cooperation in applied research through joint projects between teams from the Czech Republic and selected foreign partners on specified topics.

These topics include the following:

1. Cybersecurity (Republic of Korea, Taiwan)

2. Circular Economy (Republic of Korea)

3. AI (Republic of Korea, Taiwan)

Proposals must be submitted via the SISTA system in English. Mandatory attachments to the project proposal are the Common Proposal and a market survey.

More information, along with the Call for Proposals and the Specific Conditions of individual foreign organizations, is available on the TAČR website at this link.

Deadline for notifying the Science Department of your intention to submit a project: June 1, 2026

Deadline for submitting the project proposal along with the required attachments to the Science Department: June 15, 2026