Czechia
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 59 (rank 17 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 44
- Organisations in these projects
- 26
- EU contribution
- EUR 27.5 million
Definitions: Participations by country; Rank of a country by participations; Projects and organisations by country; Net EU contribution to participants by country
How projects are counted: the figure above is the number of EU-funded quantum projects in CORDIS with at least one participant in Czechia, the definition used across the country pages. National projects are counted separately below. The projects listing filtered by country shows the records whose own country (coordinator or host) is Czechia, EU and national together, and the map counts portal records the same way, so their numbers differ.
Quantum at a glance
- National strategy and programmes
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (34 shared projects), France (29 shared projects), Italy (25 shared projects), Spain (25 shared projects), Netherlands (19 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- Amires the Business Innovation Management Institute zu (6 EU quantum projects), Univerzita Palackeho V Olomouci (6 EU quantum projects), Ceske Vysoke Uceni Technicke V Praze (5 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 6 companies, 13 research organisations and universities, 4 other organisations (of 26 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- EuroHPC quantum computers: VLQ
- EuroQCI national quantum communication project: CZQCI (Czech National Quantum Communication Infrastructure)
- National post-quantum cryptography guidance
- National guidance or roadmap found, 1 document · checked 2026-10-21
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 1; other courses and schools: 0 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 0 open positions in this country on the portal
- More about Czechia
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Czechia, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Czechia, read on their official pages (checked 2026-10-22). Each item links to the page it was read on; the list is not exhaustive and not an endorsement.
National programmes and initiatives
- Národní iniciativa pro kvantové technologie (National Initiative for Quantum Technologies): A national initiative for quantum technologies was created in Czechia in 2016, launched in connection with the preparation of the EU Quantum Flagship, to promote and support the development of quantum technologies.Source: Office of the Government of the Czech Republic: Národní strategie ČR pro kvantové technologie 2026–2030 (PDF), retrieved 2026-10-22; Section 4.5 Situace v České republice, p. 14, first paragraph
Lead ministries and agencies
- Úřad vlády České republiky (Office of the Government of the Czech Republic) and Zmocněnec pro kvantové technologie (Government Commissioner for Quantum Technologies): Implementation of the national quantum strategy falls under the Office of the Government and the minister for science, research and innovation; a commissioner for quantum technologies coordinates activities, and a steering group chaired by that minister is to be set up.Source: Office of the Government of the Czech Republic: Národní strategie ČR pro kvantové technologie 2026–2030 (PDF), retrieved 2026-10-22; Section 5.2 Řídicí struktury, pp. 46-47
National quantum communities
- Český optický klastr, z.s. (Czech Optical Cluster): The Czech Optical Cluster, founded in 2017, has optical quantum technologies as one of its pillars; with 43 members it links research, education and industry and supports international cooperation with clusters abroad.Source: Office of the Government of the Czech Republic: Národní strategie ČR pro kvantové technologie 2026–2030 (PDF), retrieved 2026-10-22; Section 4.5 Situace v České republice, p. 14, first paragraph
QuantERA research funding network
- QuantERA III consortium partner: Research funding organisations of this country in the QuantERA III consortium, a network of research funding organisations that launches joint calls in quantum science and technologies: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS); Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR).Source: QuantERA: Consortium (QuantERA II and QuantERA III partner lists), retrieved 2026-10-22; QuantERA III tab, country entry
Context: population, economy and research spending
| Indicator | Value | Year | Eurostat dataset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population on 1 January | 10,915,839 | 2026 | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 347.26 billion | 2025 | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 1.82% | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 5.84 billion | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 5.4 | 59 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 2.52 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 79,212 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025 |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.0479% | Yearly averages: EU contribution over the 13 start years 2015 to 2027, GERD over 10 years with figures, 2015 to 2024 |
Method: the CORDIS figures are totals over all EU-funded quantum projects in the catalogue (projects starting 2015 to 2027); population and GDP are the latest single year Eurostat publishes for Czechia. Figures per inhabitant and per unit of GDP therefore set cumulative quantum funding against one year of population or output: they correct for the size of the country, not for time. The share of GERD compares yearly averages instead: the EU quantum contribution divided by the number of project start years, against the average yearly GERD over the years of the same span that have a figure. The time windows of the two sources differ, so read these as indicators of relative scale, not as budget shares. Provisional and estimated values are marked as Eurostat flags them. A dash means no figure or no EU contribution; "less than" marks a positive figure too small to show at this precision.
Source: Eurostat, datasets tps00001, nama_10_gdp, rd_e_gerdtot (retrieved 2026-10-21), reused under the Eurostat copyright notice. The normalised figures are calculated by this portal from Eurostat and CORDIS data; Eurostat is not responsible for them.
Quantum areas
| Quantum area | Projects |
|---|---|
| Quantum computing and simulation | 14 |
| Quantum communication | 6 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 12 |
| Enabling technologies and supply chain | 3 |
| Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) | 1 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 8 |
44 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 21 projects are placed by the taxonomy rules on their titles or a keyword suggestion, pending review (they have no reviewed technology tag). Pillars follow one method across the portal: the confirmed classification of a project where there is one, else the taxonomy rules on its title, else the snapshot keyword suggestion when a keyword matched; a project that matches none of them is "Not placed in a pillar" and is counted apart, not under enabling technologies. A project in several pillars is split evenly between them; post-quantum cryptography is shown apart.
Research output
- Quantum publications in 2025
- 169 (+29% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 0 (partial: 84% of the publication months read so far)
Publications: OpenAlex (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-25; patent families: EPO Open Patent Services. A work or family with several countries counts for each. All countries, method and the patent independence bands
Funding over time
EU-funded quantum projects with at least one participant from Czechia, by start year and application pillar. The last two years are still being filled. Besides the CORDIS projects (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe), this chart includes 9 quantum projects of other EU programmes from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.
- Not placed in a pillar
- Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography)
- Enabling technologies and supply chain
- Quantum sensing and metrology
- Quantum communication
- Quantum computing and simulation
Explore funding trends for Czechia by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from Czechia taking part in EU-funded quantum projects of each supply-chain segment, and their share of all companies in that segment. Segments are keyword matches on project titles; public project data, not a census of suppliers.
| Segment | Companies from Czechia | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 0 | 5 | 0% | - |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 0 | 117 | 0% | - |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 0 | 24 | 0% | - |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 0 | 82 | 0% | - |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 0 | 76 | 0% | - |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 1 | 72 | 1% | - |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 2 | 201 | 1% | - |
| Quantum sensors and metrology devices | 1 | 111 | 1% | - |
European quantum supply chain · Technology map: supply-chain view
Organisations on this portal
Published on this portal: 23 of the 26 organisations from this country in these projects (Higher education 9, Company 6, Research organisation 4, Other 2, Public body 2). With the most EU quantum projects:
- Amires the Business Innovation Management Institute zu Other 6 EU quantum projects
- Univerzita Palackého V Olomouci Higher education 6 EU quantum projects
- České Vysoké Učení Technické V Praze Higher education 5 EU quantum projects
- Všb - Technical University of Ostrava Higher education 5 EU quantum projects
- Masarykova univerzita Higher education 4 EU quantum projects
- Fyzikální Ústav Av Čr, Vvi Higher education 3 EU quantum projects
- Ministerstvo Skolstvi, Mladeze A Telovychovy Public body 3 EU quantum projects
- Univerzita Karlova Higher education 3 EU quantum projects
- Amires Sro Company · SME 2 EU quantum projects
- Fakultni Nemocnice U Sv Anny V Brne Higher education 2 EU quantum projects
Quantum infrastructure
- VLQ: Superconducting; digital quantum computer (Inaugurated in Ostrava on 23 September 2025, per the EuroHPC JU VLQ page of that day; later EuroHPC JU releases (February and April 2026) say October 2025. Offered in the quantum access pilot call.)
- CZQCI (Czech National Quantum Communication Infrastructure): National quantum communication infrastructure (EuroQCI terrestrial segment) (The EU Funding & Tenders Portal lists the project under the national EuroQCI deployment topic DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL, running 2023-03-01 to 2027-08-31.)
These 2 entries in the filterable catalogue
National programmes and public investment
Strategies, programmes and announced financing for this country, from official sources. Amounts are as announced, not disbursed; the list is not exhaustive.
- Národní strategie pro kvantové technologie 2026+ (National Strategy for Quantum Technologies 2026+) · National strategy or programme · 2026-2030
National sources
No national open-data source of this country is connected yet. Every source the portal reads, with its licence, is listed on the data sources page.
Regional and cohesion funding
Quantum-related projects co-funded by EU cohesion policy (European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund), selected and managed by national and regional authorities and located in this country according to the source. They are not in CORDIS and not part of the EU research figures above. Sources and methods: data sources page.
Source: Kohesio (EU cohesion policy projects), European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). Licence: CC0 1.0 (Cohesion Open Data Platform, dataset 2014-2020 Kohesio projects). Read weekly, last read 28 Oct 2026 (6 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
8 Kohesio projects located in this country on the portal, newest first:
- Preparation of software structure using the principles of quantum physics for real-time optimisation of logistics processes · 2022
- Interdisciplinary cooperation in metrology with cold quantum objects and fibre networks · 2019
- Quantum-classical analogies in limit modes of heat transfer through turbulent flow · 2018
- Quantum dots – characterisation of colloidal dispersions III · 2018
- New research-oriented doctoral programme Quantum Technology · 2017
- Computational and technical infrastructure platform for the implementation of the new quantum technology doctoral programme · 2017
- Laboratories for top Bachelor’s and Master’s fields · 2017
- R & D at the workplace of a specific group of nanoparticles and quantum dots · 2017
Sources and coverage of this profile
Where each part of this profile comes from, the period it covers, how complete it is and when it was last verified. "Unknown" and "none recorded" mean that the portal holds no verified data, not that the figure is zero.
| Part of the profile | Source | Period | Coverage | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU-funded quantum projects | CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union | Projects starting 2015 to 2027 | Every EU-funded quantum project with a participant in the country | 2026-10-16 |
| National quantum landscape | Official pages of ministries, agencies, programmes and centres | As stated on each page | 4 facts, read on official pages; not exhaustive | 2026-10-22 |
| National programmes and public investment | Public investment registry (official announcements) | As announced | 1 record, amounts as announced, not disbursed | 2026-10-27 |
| Quantum infrastructure | Infrastructure catalogue (EuroHPC, EuroQCI and official pages) | Current status of each entry | 2 entries, located in the country | 2026-10-27 |
| Post-quantum cryptography guidance | PQC guide (national cyber security authorities) | Current guidance | National guidance or roadmap found | 2026-10-21 |
| National funding sources | National funding inventory (#426) | Per source | 0 of 2 sources checked are read by the portal; national projects are not shown (unknown, not zero) | 2026-10-23 |
| Population, economy and research spending | Eurostat | Latest year published per indicator | Population, GDP and GERD | 2026-10-21 |
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CORDIS projects whose title, acronym or topic identifier mentions quantum, Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. Catalogue coverage, not a census of the ecosystem. Source: CORDIS, Publications Office of the European Union (retrieved 2026-10-16), reused under the European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). No endorsement by the source is implied.