France
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 649 (rank 2 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 288
- Organisations in these projects
- 162
- EU contribution
- EUR 390.4 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 France, 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 France, 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
- Stratégie nationale quantique (national quantum strategy, France 2030) · 2021-2030 · EUR 1 billion as announced (source)
- PROQCIMA programme for universal quantum computers · At least 10 years from 2024 · EUR 500 million as announced (source)
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (126 shared projects), Italy (93 shared projects), Spain (78 shared projects), Netherlands (70 shared projects), United Kingdom (56 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS (148 EU quantum projects), Commissariat A L Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives (52 EU quantum projects), Sorbonne Universite (44 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 71 companies, 54 research organisations and universities, 10 other organisations (of 162 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- EuroHPC quantum computers: Ruby, Lucy
- EuroQCI national quantum communication project: FranceQCI
- National platforms and testbeds: France Hybrid HPC Quantum Initiative (HQI) platform
- National post-quantum cryptography guidance
- National guidance or roadmap found, 2 documents · checked 2026-10-21
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 8; other courses and schools: 0 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 2 open positions in this country on the portal
- More about France
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in France, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of France, 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
- PEPR Quantique (Programme et équipements prioritaires de recherche Quantique; Priority Research Programme and Equipment for Quantum): Upstream research part of the national quantum strategy, funded with 150 millions d'euros under France 2030, co-piloted by CEA, CNRS and Inria and operated by ANR; launched on 4 March 2022, it covers solid-state and cold-atom qubits, quantum algorithms and quantum communication.Source: PEPR Quantique: home page, retrieved 2026-10-22; Le PEPR Quantique; En dates (2022); Piloté par / Financé par / Opéré par logos
National quantum communities
- Le Lab Quantique (LLQ): French not-for-profit founded in 2018 that federates the French quantum ecosystem, with 50+ members and partners and a 400+ student community, and represents French quantum interests in governance, outreach and international ties.Source: Le Lab Quantique: About, retrieved 2026-10-22; By the numbers; mission and behaviours; Le Lab Quantique: home page, retrieved 2026-10-22; Headline and three areas of activity
- Les Maisons du Quantique (Quantum Houses): Initiative supporting quantum communities, begun as a workspace at Station F and supported by HQI since 2025; its Île-de-France branch Quorum is backed by CEA, Le Lab Quantique, Pôle Systematic and Teratec, and it aims to co-locate hybrid quantum computing ecosystems in French regions.Source: Le Lab Quantique: Les Maisons du Quantique, retrieved 2026-10-22; Introduction; Quorum section; missions
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: French National Research Agency (ANR).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 | 69,112,309 | 2026, provisional | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 2,991.06 billion | 2025, provisional | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 2.18% | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 64.13 billion | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 9.4 | 649 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026, provisional |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 5.65 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026, provisional |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 130,531 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025, provisional |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.0549% | 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 France. 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 | 121 |
| Quantum communication | 36 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 56 |
| Enabling technologies and supply chain | 16 |
| Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) | 9 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 56 |
288 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 135 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
- 1,055 (+22.7% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 282
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 France, 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 30 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 France by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from France 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 France | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 0 | 5 | 0% | - |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 18 | 117 | 15% | Quandela |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 4 | 24 | 17% | Silent Waves |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 21 | 82 | 26% | Thales |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 12 | 76 | 16% | ALICE & BOB |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 12 | 72 | 17% | Airbus Operations SAS |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 18 | 201 | 9% | Nokia Networks France |
| Quantum sensors and metrology devices | 15 | 111 | 14% | Exail |
European quantum supply chain · Technology map: supply-chain view
Organisations on this portal
Published on this portal: 135 of the 162 organisations from this country in these projects (Company 71, Higher education 41, Research organisation 13, Public body 6, Other 4). With the most EU quantum projects:
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS Research organisation 148 EU quantum projects
- Commissariat À L Énergie Atomique et Aux Énergies Alternatives Research organisation 52 EU quantum projects
- Sorbonne Université Higher education 44 EU quantum projects
- Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique Research organisation 23 EU quantum projects
- Thales Company 21 EU quantum projects
- Quandela Company · SME 13 EU quantum projects
- Exail Company 12 EU quantum projects
- Université Grenoble Alpes Higher education 11 EU quantum projects
- Université París-Saclay Higher education 10 EU quantum projects
- Bull SAS Company 9 EU quantum projects
Quantum infrastructure
- Ruby: Neutral atoms; analogue/digital quantum simulator (Procured under the HPCQS project and inaugurated at the end of 2025 in France, per the EuroHPC JU. Listed by the EuroHPC JU as located in Bruyères-le-Châtel.)
- Lucy: Photonic; digital quantum computer (Inaugurated on 14 April 2026 in Bruyères-le-Châtel, the fourth EuroHPC quantum computer to be inaugurated.)
- France Hybrid HPC Quantum Initiative (HQI) platform: Hybrid HPC–quantum platform coupled to the Joliot-Curie supercomputer: Ruby (analogue neutral-atom system controlling 100 rubidium atoms), Lucy (12-photon photonic QPU) and Qaptiva QPU emulation (The source says HQI serves French and European academic and industrial researchers who want to evaluate quantum computing free of charge on a public infrastructure. Time on Ruby and Lucy is requested through GENCI's DARI allocation process, with at most 100 hours on the quantum partition. Ruby and Lucy also have their own entries.)
- FranceQCI: Advanced national quantum systems and networks for QKD, building on the Paris (ParisRegionQCI) and Nice (Quantum@UCA) regional infrastructures (The source says FranceQCI aims to deploy advanced national quantum systems and networks to test quantum communication technologies and integrate them into existing communication networks in France, evolving towards operational QKD services. The EU Funding & Tenders Portal gives the project period 2023-01 to 2025-10; the period has ended.)
These 4 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.
- Stratégie nationale quantique (national quantum strategy, France 2030) · National strategy or programme · 2021-2030
- PROQCIMA programme for universal quantum computers · National strategy or programme · At least 10 years from 2024
- EIC Fund investment agreement with PASQAL · EIB Group and EIC Fund financing · 2023-03-09
- PASQAL selected for EIC STEP Scale Up investment · EIB Group and EIC Fund financing · 2025-04-03
- Quandela selected for EIC STEP Scale Up investment · EIB Group and EIC Fund financing · 2025-11-19
- Alice & Bob selected for EIC STEP Scale Up investment · EIB Group and EIC Fund financing · 2026-04-27
National sources
Projects and notices from public sources of this country, read automatically and published with their source and licence. They are national data, not part of the EU figures above. Sources and methods: data sources page.
BOAMP (Bulletin officiel des annonces des marchés publics)
Source: Direction de l'information légale et administrative (DILA), France. Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Read daily, last read 3 Nov 2026 (19 hours ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
No open notice from this source is published on the portal right now.
ANR funded projects (data.gouv.fr)
Source: French National Research Agency (Agence nationale de la recherche, ANR). Licence: Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0: ANR, data.gouv.fr; shared alike. Read weekly check; read in full when anr published new files (monthly), at least every 90 days, last read 31 Oct 2026 (3 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
Attribution: ANR, data.gouv.fr, ODbL 1.0. These rows, and any download that includes them, are shared alike under the Open Database Licence.
National awards in the last read, as the source states them: EUR 483,210,305.15 for 511 awards. Records without an amount in a stated currency: 0. National funding, never converted and never added to the EU figures on this page.
511 projects from this source on the portal, newest first:
- CQuESt: A unified Causal modeling approach for Quantum Information in Spacetime: bridging theory and Experiments · 2027
- AMESO: Advanced quantum materials engineering for energy efficient spin-orbitronics · 2027
- TUNINTHALL: Tunable Integer quantum Hall anyons · 2027
- SYMPL: SYMmetric-key cryptography in Post-quantum worLd · 2027
- Simulating HIGHER-Order Quantum Computing: From Causal Structures to Quantum Circuit Implementations · 2027
- QUASARS: QUAntum Sensing using magnetoAcoustic ResonatorS · 2027
- PACMAN: Post-quAntum Cryptography iMplementation with emerging non-volAtile techNologies · 2027
- AQME: Advanced Quantum-Classical Dynamics for Molecular Electronics · 2027
- IMPACT: quantum dIamond Microelectronic devices for Precision rf signAls deteCtion and meTrology · 2027
- Q-META: Quantum-emitters-embedded dielectric light-emitting METAsurfaces · 2027
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.
16 Kohesio projects located in this country on the portal, newest first:
- Qut 34: Emerging Quantum Technologies for Sensors and Information Processing 34 · 2021
- FINDING · 2021
- 2021 – qut 31 – CNRS · 2021
- Innovation in Burgundy by Science and Technology EIPHI 2021 · 2021
- Nano-SWITCH-Nano-source remote switchable light design · 2021
- Innovation in Burgundy through Science and Technology – EIPHI2020 · 2020
- SpaceInt: Spatially controlled structuring of quantum boxes for dynamic study of integrins · 2019
- NANO-CHIRAL: Chiral nanostructures · 2019
- Mathematical methods for physical systems: Integrability, Scattering and Applications · 2019
- Innovative nanosources of light around quantum boxes for bio imaging and Q-LED lighting · 2019
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 | 6 records, amounts as announced, not disbursed | 2026-10-27 |
| Quantum infrastructure | Infrastructure catalogue (EuroHPC, EuroQCI and official pages) | Current status of each entry | 4 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 | 2 of 3 sources checked are read by the portal | 2026-10-24 |
| 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.