Research and Development in the Czech Republic is regulated by the following legal regulations:
- Act No. 341/2005 Coll. on Public Research Institutions
- Act No. 342/2005 Coll. on the Amendments of Some Related Acts in connection with the Adoption of the Act on Public Research Institutions
- Act No. 130/2002 Coll. on State-Funded Research and Development Support and on the Amendment of Some Related Acts (the Act on the Support of Research, Experimental Development and Innovations)
- Government Regulation No. 397/2009 Coll. on an Information System for Research, Experimental Development and Innovation
- Act No. 283/1992 Coll. on the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in the wording of Act No. 220/2000 Coll. and Act No. 342/2005 Coll.
- Community Framework for State Aid for Research and Development and Innovation (2006/C 323/01)
- Statute of the Czech Republic Government´s Research and Development Council (Annex to Government Resolution No. 82 + A of 19th January 2005)
- Statute of the Czech Research Foundation (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic) (Annex to Government Resolution No. 770+A of 7th August 2002, in the wording of Government Decree No. 305/2009 and Government Decree No. 1234/2009