Czech Republic

EUP OHAMR joint transnational call 2026: National rules and requirements for applicants from the Czech Republic.

The information below of the national rules and requirements is only a summary. Please visit the national website and contact the national contact person for full details.

Agentura pro zdravotnicky vyzkum (AZVCR) and Ministerstvo Zdravotnictvi Ceske Republiky (MZCR)

Eligible institutions

• Research Organisations
• Enterprises

All eligibility rules and criteria can be found on the Czech Health Research website. It is recommended to contact the responsible person at the Czech Health Research Council prior to submission regarding the eligibility criteria.

Conditions for patients organisations funding

Patients organisations can receive direct funding if they take an active role in the project’s research activities. This means they must contribute to specific research objectives (for example, by being involved in one or more work packages). These types of research activities must be clearly described in their statues.

Eligible experimental approaches and disciplines

The Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (MZCR) is not permitted to finance projects focused exclusively on basic research. It may, however, support projects that combine basic and applied research, provided that applied research plays the principal role. 

Eligibility criteria for the Principal Investigator

The Principal Investigator (PI) must hold a Ph.D. degree. MZCR/AZVCR sets a criterion for the maximum workload, which must not exceed 1.00 FTE across all funded projects. There is no minimum workload requirement for the PI in relation to European Partnerships in health-care area imposed by the national funding authority (MZCR).

Eligible costs

All eligibility of costs, types and their caps can be found on the Czech Health Research Council website. It is recommended to contact the responsible person at the Czech Health Research Council prior to submission regarding the eligibility criteria.

Submission of the proposal at the national level

Prior to submission of the pre-proposal to EUP OHAMR, Czech researchers need to submit to the Czech Health Research Council the following documents:

1. Sworn Statement of a Legal Entity / Natural Person (mandatory)
2. Sworn Statement for a Research Organisation (if relevant)
3. Sworn Statement of composition consortium (only if SMEs or industry are involved in the project proposal from the Czech side)
4. Application Form

Czech partners are required to complete a national Application Form, providing basic information about the applicant and any co-applicant(s), if applicable, including their respective budgets. It is necessary to list all national institutions involved in the project due to funding requirements.

All these documents are available on the website at the Czech Health Research Council AZV ČR:

• Výzva 2026 – AZV ČR.

Prior to submission of the full proposal to EUP OHAMR, Czech researchers need to submit to the Czech Health Research Council the following documents:

1. Documents related to professional competence, depending on the nature of the project, must be provided in the form of a Sworn Statement, which will be available on the website at the Czech Health Research Council AZV ČR.
2. Updated Application Form

Czech partners are required to complete the updated national Application Form, providing basic information about the applicant and any co-applicant(s), if applicable, including their respective budgets. It is necessary to list all national institutions involved in the project due to funding requirements.

According to Czech regulations, the main Czech applicant will sign a grant agreement with the national funding authority (MZCR) and, if there are any other Czech co-applicant(s), will subsequently enter into a cooperatoin agreement with them.

At the international level (pre- or full proposal), it is preferable to list only one Czech partner – the main applicant. If needed, it is possible to list more than one partner (in accordance with the call rules); however, at the national level, there will be one main Czech applicant while the remaining national institutions will act as co-applicants. Together, they must share the allocated project budget among themselves.

The total project budget must not exceed EUR 250 000.

In case the projects of Czech participants are recommended for funding based on the results of the international evaluation and after the approval of the representatives of the funding authorities of the countries participating in the EP PerMed calls, the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic / the Czech Health Research Council may ask the successful Czech participants to submit additional documents in order to issue a decision on the provision of purpose-special support according to the rules established by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic / Czech Health Research Council.