Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO)

Administers Czech industry, trade, energy, entrepreneurship, and economic competitiveness programs.

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO) is Czechia's federal industry ministry, responsible for business R&D, innovation, digitalization, energy efficiency, and clean energy. It channels funding through OP TAK, the National Recovery Plan, and national R&D routes, and its 2026 budget chapter rose sharply on nuclear reactor commitments, OP TAK and NPO co-financing, and energy transition spending.

MPO backs SMEs, large enterprises, and research consortia through grants across industrial R&D, technology deployment, and energy savings. The named routes include OP TAK Aplikace, Inovace, Technologie, and Úspory energie, plus TWIST and TREND; the NPO water-saving line reaches up to CZK 10 million. The ministry also oversees CzechInvest, CzechTrade, and API, which delivers part of the EU-funded pipeline.

Its position is that of a state modernization ministry rather than a single program office: OP TAK is administered by API, NPO calls are handled by MPO's Project Office 21300, and TREND runs through TAČR. That split gives applicants a mix of direct calls, EU structural funds, and national R&D programs, with strategic attention to AI, quantum, semiconductors, manufacturing, materials, robotics, climate, and energy.