Quantum Europe at a glance
The European quantum landscape in a few figures, each taken from a page of this portal and linked to it. The figures describe EU-funded activity and public data; they do not rank or assess anyone.
Headline figures: EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS (Horizon 2020 + Horizon Europe)
- EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS (Horizon 2020 + Horizon Europe)
- 1,256
- Organisations taking part in these projects
- 1,405
- Maximum EU grant agreed for these projects
- EUR 2.66 bn
- Countries with participating organisations
- 48
Source: CORDIS, Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020. CORDIS snapshot of 2026-10-16. Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects in CORDIS only. Not included: national programmes, the Digital Europe Programme, the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and the Chips Joint Undertaking, which fund much of the quantum infrastructure in Europe.
Other figures on the portal use a wider scope and say so: the funding trends series and its total add quantum projects of other EU programmes (Funding & Tenders Portal), and the catalogue counts every project record, incl. national and regional funders.
Definitions: CORDIS quantum projects; Organisations in CORDIS quantum projects; EU contribution to CORDIS quantum projects; Countries with participating organisations (provisional)
More figures from the portal
- €3.11bn
EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS and the Funding & Tenders Portal (Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and other EU programmes such as Digital Europe): EU contribution (maximum grant agreed, EUR; commitments, not payments) to 1,347 quantum projects starting 2015–2027: Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, and 91 projects of other EU programmes such as Digital Europe. Sources: CORDIS and the Funding & Tenders Portal, retrieved 2026-10-16, 2026-10-21.
Funding trends in EU quantum researchDefinition: EU contribution to quantum projects by start year
- +167%
EU contribution (maximum grant agreed, EUR) to projects starting 2021–2026 against 2015–2020; same projects and measure as the total above.
Funding trends in EU quantum researchDefinition: Change between the early and the late period
- Quantum communication
The pillar whose EU contribution grew most between the two periods (×4.7); pillars by the portal method, projects not placed in a pillar left out.
Funding trends in EU quantum researchDefinition: Series that grew fastest between the two periods
- Photonic qubits
The hardware platform whose number of projects grew most between the two periods (×1.6), by project titles.
Quantum computing platforms comparedDefinition: Series that grew fastest between the two periods
- 41%
Share of the 4,497 participations in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe quantum projects (CORDIS) held by Germany, France and Italy, the three most active countries.
Country profilesDefinition: Share of participations held by the three most active countries
- 624
Companies of any country taking part in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe quantum projects (CORDIS); 348 of them (56%) are SMEs. The KPI observatory counts those based in Europe (EU, EFTA, United Kingdom and countries associated to Horizon Europe).
European quantum supply chain in EU-funded projectsDefinition: Companies in CORDIS quantum projects
- 29,486
Publications linked to EU-funded quantum projects in OpenAIRE, for the 1,256 of 1,256 projects checked so far.
Research output of EU quantum projectsDefinition: Publications linked to EU quantum projects
- 19
Opportunities close in the next 30 days: 8 funding calls, 3 public tenders and 8 jobs.
Upcoming deadlines: calls, tenders and jobsDefinition: Opportunities closing in the next 30 days
- 12
Quantum events in Europe and online in the next 60 days.
EventsDefinition: Events in the next 60 days
- 163
Items added to the portal in the last 7 days: news, calls, tenders, jobs, events and documents.
What's new on Quantum EuropeDefinition: Items added in the last 7 days
KPI observatory: the Flagship KPIs with live measures of the portal
Funding figures: the series of the funding trends page (CORDIS and Funding & Tenders Portal), EU contribution as the maximum grant agreed, in EUR. Participations: CORDIS snapshot retrieved 2026-10-16. Counts of the coming days are computed when the page is shown. Every method is described on the page each figure links to.
Download these figures (JSON), with their sources and routes. Cite this page: Quantum Europe portal, "Quantum Europe at a glance", https://quantumeurope.diezao.org/quantum-europe/observatory/at-a-glance, accessed 3 November 2026.