Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) is an organizational unit of the state that was created in 2009. The establishment of TA CR was one of the important steps for implementing the reforms of the system of research, development and innovation in the Czech Republic. The main objectives were to simplify and streamline the system of targeted support of applied research and experimental development in the Czech Republic that had previously been scaterred among a large number of providers. The annual budget of TA CR for 2015 is about 3.2 billion CZK.