Editing Prague (section)

==Science, research and hi-tech centres==
{{category see also|Science and technology in the Czech Republic}}
[[File:Praha Holešovice EUSPA 1.jpg|thumb|[[European Union Agency for the Space Programme|EUSPA]] Headquarters of the [[Galileo (satellite navigation)|Galileo]] system in Prague's [[Holešovice]]]]

The region city of Prague is an important centre of research. It is the seat of 39 out of 54 institutes of the [[Czech Academy of Sciences]], including the largest ones, the Institute of Physics, the Institute of Microbiology and the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. It is also a seat of 10 public research institutes, four [[business incubator]]s and large hospitals performing [[research and development]] activities such as the [[Motol University Hospital]] or [[Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine]], which was the largest transplant center in [[Europe]] as of 2019.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |url=https://www.praguemorning.cz/europes-largest-organ-transplant-center-is-in-prague/ |title=Europe's Largest Organ Transplant Center is in Prague |last=B |first=Petr |date=27 January 2020 |website=Prague Morning|access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127140931/https://www.praguemorning.cz/europes-largest-organ-transplant-center-is-in-prague/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Universities seated in Prague (see section ''Colleges and Universities'') also represent important centres of science and research activities.

{{As of|2008}}, there were 13,000 researchers (out of 30,000 in the country, counted in full-time equivalents), representing a 3% share of Prague's economically active population. Gross expenditure on research and development accounted for €901.3&nbsp;million (41.5% of country's total).<ref>J. Pechlát (2010).''"[http://teorievedy.flu.cas.cz/index.php/tv/article/view/46/39 Prague as a knowledge city-region] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305221227/http://teorievedy.flu.cas.cz/index.php/tv/article/view/46/39 |date=5 March 2012}}"'' In: Teorie vědy, XXXI/3–4 2009, The Institute of Philosophy of the AS CR, pp. 247–267.</ref>

Some well-known multinational companies have established research and development facilities in Prague, among them [[Siemens]], [[Honeywell]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Microsoft]] and [[Broadcom Inc.|Broadcom]].

Prague was selected to host administration of the EU satellite navigation system [[Galileo (satellite navigation)|Galileo]]. It started to provide its first services in December 2016 and full completion is expected by 2020.