1. 1 Making Czech Research, Development and Innovation Infrastructure ready for HORIZON 2020 Tomáš Hruda Vice-Minister for Higher Education and Research

2. 2 1.European Centres of Excellence 2.Regional Centres for Research and Development 3.Large Infrastructures for Research, Development and Innovation 4.Czech Research, Development and Innovation Infrastructure (overview)

3. 3 Centres built 2007-2015 by using EU structural and investment funds through the Operational Programme “Research and Development for Innovation” (Priority Axis 1) 85 % of costs covered from European Regional and Development Fund 15 % of costs co-financed from public funds of the Czech Republic 6 European Centres of Excellence - investments over 50 mil. EUR (each) National Sustainability Programme II (2016-2020) Up to 60 % of operating costs to be covered from public funds of the Czech Republic within NSP II At least 30 % of operating costs to be covered from international and private funds Total expenditures of 500 mil. EUR / 250 mil. EUR from public funds of the Czech Republic 1. European Centres of Excellence

4. European Centres of Excellence

5. 5 Vestec near Prague Institute of Molecular Genetics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 100 mil. EUR BIOCEV

6. 6 Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre Vestec near Prague (Central Bohemia Region) Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Institute of Molecular Genetics (coordinator) Institute of Biotechnology Institute of Microbiology Institute of Physiology Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Institute of Experimental Medicine Charles University in Prague Faculty of Life Sciences 1st Faculty of Medicine

7. 7 BIOCEV BIOCEV research programmes Functional Genomics Cellular Biology and Virology Structural Biology and Protein Engineering Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Development of Diagnostics and Therapeutic Procedures Investments nearly 100 mil. EUR

8. 8 BIOCEV Strategy partners European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Max-Planck-Institut Pasteur Institute Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Participation in ESFRI Roadmap projects Instruct - Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure for Europe Euro-BioImaging - European Biomedical Imaging Infrastructure Infrafrontier - European Infrastructure for Phenotyping and Archiving of Model Mammalian Genomes

9. 9 Brno Masaryk University Brno University of Technology 200 mil. EUR CEITEC

10. 10 CEITEC Central European Institute of Technology Brno (South Moravia Region) 2 sites Masaryk University (coordinator) - Life Sciences Brno University of Technology - Material Sciences Partners Mendel University in Brno University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Brno Veterinary Research Institute Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

11. 11 CEITEC CEITEC research programmes Advanced Nanotechnologies and Microtechnologies Advanced Materials Structural Biology Genomics and Proteomics of Plant Systems Molecular Medicine Brain and Mind Research Molecular Veterinary Medicine Investments over 200 mil. EUR

12. 12 CEITEC Strategy partners European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Imperial College London Austrian Institute of Technology Elettra Synchrotron Light Laboratory ENMat - European Network of Materials Research Centres Université de la Mediterranée Vienna University of Technology Participation in ESFRI Roadmap projects Instruct - Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure for Europe Euro-BioImaging - European Biomedical Imaging Infrastructure ELIXIR - European Bioinformatic Infrastructure EATRIS - European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine

13. 13 CEITEC Achievements CEITEC among 10 leading members of EU-LIFE ERC “Starting Grant” - Structural Study of Human Picornaviruses (Pavel Plevka, 2013) Pilot Study Award from U.S. foundation Marsha Rivkin Centre (Dalibor Blažek, 2013) „Science“ → discovery of a new genetic factor decisive for mechanism of repairs to damaged DNA used for more effective treatment of hereditary breast and ovary cancer (Michal Zimmermann, 2013) „Journal of Chromatography A“ → unique method for rapid diagnosis of methanol poisoning by determining levels of formic acid in blood serum (František Foret´s Group, 2013) EMBO Installation Grant (Lukáš Trantírek, 2012) EMBO Gold Medal (Jiří Friml, 2012) Novartis Discovery Award (Boris Tichý, 2012)

14. 14 Dolní Břežany near Prague Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 260 mil. EUR ELI Beamlines

15. 15 ELI Beamlines Extreme Light Infrastructure ELI = a pan-European infrastructure (ESFRI Roadmap) ELI Beamlines (Dolní Břežany near Prague, Czech Republic) ELI Attosecond (Szeged, Hungary) ELI Nuclear Physics (Măgurele, Romania) ELI Ultra-High Intensity (site to be determined) ELI DC = ELI Delivery Consortium (International Association) ELI Beamlines = Dolní Břežany near Prague (Central Bohemia Region) Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Consortium ELI-CZ (14 research organisations) The most modern laser facility in the world

16. 16 ELI Beamlines ELI Beamlines research programmes Lasers X-ray Sources Driven by Ultrashort Laser Pulses Particle Acceleration by Lasers Applications in Molecular, Biomedical and Material Sciences Plasma and High Energy Density Physics Exotic Physics and Theory Investments over 260 mil. EUR

17. 17 ELI Beamlines Strategy partners Central Laser Facility (STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) Centre of Plasma Physics (Queens University Belfast) Max-Born-Institute Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN) Frascati Laser for Acceleration and Multidisciplinary Experiments Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique National Ignition Facility (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Advanced Photonics Research Institute (South Korea) LASERLAB-EUROPE (network of 28 largest European laser research facilities and institutes) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory → a contract worth 34.5 mil EUR to develop and deliver a state-of-the-art laser system for the L3 beamline

18. 18 St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno - International Clinical Research Centre 100 mil. EUR FNUSA-ICRC

19. 19 FNUSA-ICRC St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno - International Clinical Research Centre Brno (South Moravia Region) FNUSA-ICRC research programmes Cardiovascular Programme Neurological Programme Research Platforms Investments nearly 100 mil. EUR FNUSA-ICRC

20. 20 FNUSA-ICRC Strategy partners Mayo Clinic in Rochester University of Minnesota University South of Florida University College London Quintiles (Prime Site Program) Achievements ICRC-ERA-HumanBridge (FP7 - REGPOT, 4.5 mil EUR) Novartis Discovery Award (Zuzana Nedelská, 2013) Young Investigator Award - American College of Cardiology (Ivan Čunderle, 2013) Publications in “Stem Cells”, “Chest”, “Neurology”, “Stroke” FNUSA-ICRC

21. VŠB -Technical University of Ostrava 90 mil. EUR IT4 INNOVATIONS

22. 22 IT4 INNOVATIONS Information Technologies for Innovations Ostrava (Moravian-Silesian Region) VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava (coordinator) Partners Brno University of Technology (main partner) Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic University of Ostrava Silesian University in Opava Supercomputer (1 of the 100 highest performance computers in the world)

23. 23 IT4 INNOVATIONS IT4I research programmes Earth Sciences (modelling and simulations in the field of traffic and hydrology) Engineering (car manufacturing, power engineering, and aviation industries) New Materials (nanotechnology) Life Sciences (biomedicine, intelligent networks, and massively parallel calculations) Audio and Video Processing (methods for processing of multimedia data) Embedded Systems (secure and safe architectures, networks and protocols) Investments over 70 mil. EUR

24. 24 IT4 INNOVATIONS Strategy partners Intel Honeywell Continental T-Systems Fraunhofer Gesellschaft INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique) NAG (Numerical Algorithms Group) Achievements FP7 projects EXA2CT FP7 project HARPA Participation in ESFRI Roadmap projects PRACE - Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe

25. 25 Řež near Prague and Plzeň Research Centre Řež University of West Bohemia 100 mil. EUR SUSEN

26. 26 SUSEN Sustainable Energy Research Centre Řež (Central Bohemia Region) University of West Bohemia (Plzeň) SUSEN research programmes Technological Experimental Loops Structural and System Diagnostics Nuclear Fuel Cycle Material Research Investments nearly 100 mil. EUR

27. 27 SUSEN Fusion Technology for ITER and DEMO A contract for high flux facility for ITER primary first wall component (to be signed) Several contracts with F4E for tritium breeding technology development (running) Participation in EUROFUSION consortium (under negotiation) IV. Generation of Fission Reactors Participation in EU Nuclear Cogeneration Industrial Initiative (NC2I) Involvement in consortium for ALLEGRO/Alliance and ALFERD/Arcadia projects for GFR Participation in EU-China FP7 joint programme on fuel qualification tests for SCWR Hydrogen Technology Participation in EERA Joint Programme on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies 2

28. 28 2. Regional Centres for Research and Development Centres built 2007-2015 by using EU structural and investment funds through the Operational Programme “Research and Development for Innovation” (Priority axis 1 and 2) 85 % of costs covered from the European Regional and Development Fund 15 % of costs co-financed from public funds of the Czech Republic 42 Regional Centres for Research and Development - investments up to 50 mil. EUR (each) National Sustainability Programme I (2013-2020) 42 Regional Centres for Research and Development 32 Research and Development centres in Prague (Operational Programme “Prague-Competitiveness”) Up to 50 % of operating costs to be covered from public funds of the Czech Republic within NSP I Total expenditures of 700 mil. EUR / 350 mil. EUR from public funds of the Czech Republic

29. 29 Regional Centres for Research and Development

30. 30 Regional Centres for Research and Development - Central Bohemia HiLASE: New Lasers for Industry and Research Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (31.3 mil. EUR) CZECH GLOBE: Global Change Research Centre Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (25.4 mil. EUR) UCEEB: University Centre of Energy Efficient Buildings Czech Technical University in Prague (26.4 mil. EUR) NUDZ: National Institute of Mental Health Prague Psychiatric Centre (38.1 mil. EUR)

31. 31 Regional Centres for Research and Development - West Bohemia NTIS: New Technologies of Information Society University of West Bohemia (24.5 mil. EUR) RICE: Regional Innovation Centre for Electrical Engineering University of West Bohemia (32.2 mil. EUR) Regional Centres for Research and Development - North Bohemia CXI: Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technology and Innovation Technical University in Liberec (31.4 mil. EUR) CRSV: Engineering Research Centre in Liberec Research Institute of Textile Machines (29.2 mil. EUR)

32. 32 Regional Centres for Research and Development - Moravia CETOCOEN: Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in Environment Masaryk University (21.3 mil. EUR) NETME Centre: New Technologies for mechanical Engineering Brno University of Technology (30.1 mil. EUR) AdMaS: Advanced Materials, Structures and Technologies Centre Brno University of Technology (32 mil. EUR) BIOMEDREG: Biomedicine for Regional Development and Human Resources Palacký University in Olomouc (34.6 mil. EUR) Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agriculture Research Palacký University in Olomouc (32.6 mil. EUR) CPS: Centre of Polymer Systems Tomáš Baťa University in Zlín (29.6 mil. EUR)

33. 33 3. Large Infrastructures for Research, Development and Innovation Large Infrastructure for Research, Development and Innovation = a unique research facility, including its acquisition and related investment costs and the costs of ensuring its activities that are essential for comprehensive research and development with heavy financial and technological demands and which is approved by the Government of the Czech Republic and established by one research organisation for the use of other research organisations „Open access“ = Large Infrastructure for Research, Development and Innovation offers access to whole research community and provides extern users with research services on the basis of tenders evaluated by experts Roadmap for Large Research, Development and Innovation Infrastructures in the Czech Republic (approved by the Government of the Czech Republic in 2010, updated in 2011)

34. 34 Large Infrastructure for Research, Development and Innovation as a Czech “node” of a pan-European research infrastructure listed in ESFRI Roadmap (e.g.): CZ-OPENSCREEN: National Infrastructure for Chemical Biology BBMRI-CZ: European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructures Internationally overlapping national Large Infrastructure for Research, Development and Innovation (e.g.): CESNET: Czech Education and Scientific Network RECETOX: Research Centre for Environmental Chemistry and Eco-toxicology 34 Large Infrastructures for Research, Development and Innovation Support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports amounting to more than 30 mil. EUR per year

35. 35 Large Infrastructures for Research, Development and Innovation

36. 36 CESNET: Czech Education and Scientific Network (2011-2015) CESNET (54 mil. EUR) Nuclear Research Reactors LVR-15 and LR-0 (2011-2015) Research Centre Řež (7.8 mil EUR) CANAM: Centre of Accelerators and Nuclear Analytical Methods (2012-2016) Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (7.65 mil. EUR) JHR: Jules Horowitz Reactor (2011-2013) Research Centre Řež (7.4 mil. EUR) ESS - European Spallation Source (2010-2015) Nuclear Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (5.9 mil. EUR)

37. 37 4. Czech Research, Development and Innovation Infrastructure (overview) European Centres of Excellence Regional Centres for Research and Development Large Infrastructures for Research, Development and Innovation Public Universities Public Research Institutes Czech Research, Development and Innovation Infrastructure (overview) ERDF Centres / FP7 Funding

38. European Centres of Excellence

39. 39 Regional Centres for Research and Development

40. 40 Large Infrastructures for Research, Development and Innovation

41. 41 Public Universities

42. 42 Public Research Institutes

43. 43 Czech Research, Development and Innovation Infrastructure (overview)

44. ERDF Centres / FP7 Funding Prague116 mil. EUR53,45% Brno48.4 mil. EUR22,32% České Budějovice8.2 mil. EUR3,78% Řež 4.1 mil EUR1,91% Ostrava3.4 mil. EUR1,56% Velká Bíteš2.6 mil. EUR1,22% Pardubice2.1 mil. EUR0,97% Olomouc1.9 mil. EUR0,90% Plzeň1.8 mil. EUR0,83% Průhonice1.7 mil. EUR0,80% Hradec Králové1.6 mil. EUR0,75% Kunovice1.6 mil. EUR0,75% Liberec1.5 mil. EUR0,70% Vestec1.3 mil. EUR0,62% Ondřejov1.3 mil. EUR0,61% Rožnov p. Radhoštěm1.3 mil. EUR0,60% Ústí nad Labem1.2 mil. EUR0,56%

45. 45 Thank you for your attention! Mr. Tomáš Hruda Vice-Minister for Higher Education and Research Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Karmelitská 7, 118 12 Prague 1 Czech Republic Tel.: +420 234 812 101 E-mail: tomas.hruda@msmt.cz