Netherlands
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 302 (rank 5 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 190
- Organisations in these projects
- 77
- EU contribution
- EUR 260.9 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 Netherlands, 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 Netherlands, 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
- Rijksbrede Quantumstrategie (government-wide quantum strategy) · Horizon 2035
- Quantum Delta NL (Nationaal Groeifonds project) · 2021-2028 · EUR 614.9 million as announced (source)
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (92 shared projects), France (70 shared projects), Italy (64 shared projects), Spain (54 shared projects), Denmark (42 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- Technische Universiteit Delft (66 EU quantum projects), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (21 EU quantum projects), Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO (18 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 39 companies, 15 research organisations and universities, 1 other organisations (of 77 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- EuroHPC quantum computers: EuroSSQ-HPC (EuroHPC quantum computer in the Netherlands)
- EuroQCI national quantum communication project: QCINed, QuCT NL (Quantum Communication Testbed)
- National platforms and testbeds: TNO quantum testing hub at House of Quantum, Quantum Inspire, TNO Quantum Sensing Testbed
- National post-quantum cryptography guidance
- National guidance or roadmap found, 2 documents · checked 2026-10-21
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 3; other courses and schools: 0 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 0 open positions in this country on the portal
- More about Netherlands
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Netherlands, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Netherlands, 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.
Lead ministries and agencies
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy: NWO states that the Quantum Delta NL research programme, whose calls it publishes, is funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy within the National Growth Fund; proposals must fit the research lines of the National Agenda for Quantum Technology.Source: NWO: Quantum Delta NL (National Growth Fund research programme), retrieved 2026-10-22; Partners; Purpose and objectives
National centres and institutes
- QuTech: QuTech is the interfaculty quantum technology research institute of Delft University of Technology, launched as a partnership in 2015 with TNO, two Dutch ministries, NWO and TKI Holland High Tech; its mission is scalable prototypes of a quantum computer and a safe quantum internet.Source: TU Delft: QuTech, retrieved 2026-10-22; Introductory text under page title QuTech (institute, partner covenant, mission)
- QuSoft: QuSoft, founded in 2015 by the University of Amsterdam and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), is the Dutch research center for quantum software and technology and takes part in Quantum Delta NL.Source: QuSoft: About, retrieved 2026-10-22; THIS IS OUR FOUNDATION; Quantum Delta NL section; footer
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: Dutch Research Council (NWO); Quantum Delta NL (QDNL).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 | 18,130,208 | 2026 | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 1,170.58 billion | 2025 | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 2.37% | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 26.44 billion | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 16.7 | 302 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 14.39 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 222,918 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025 |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.105% | Yearly averages: EU contribution over the 13 start years 2015 to 2027, GERD over 10 years with figures, 2015 to 2024; includes values flagged break in time series |
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 Netherlands. 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 | 76 |
| Quantum communication | 31 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 40 |
| Enabling technologies and supply chain | 8 |
| Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) | 7 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 32 |
190 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 80 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
- 422 (+32.3% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 92
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 Netherlands, 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 20 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 Netherlands by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from Netherlands 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 Netherlands | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 0 | 5 | 0% | - |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 19 | 117 | 16% | Quix Quantum BV |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 2 | 24 | 8% | - |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 15 | 82 | 18% | Qphox BV |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 13 | 76 | 17% | Orange Quantum Systems Operational BV |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 4 | 72 | 6% | - |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 17 | 201 | 8% | Q* Bird BV |
| Quantum sensors and metrology devices | 9 | 111 | 8% | Single Quantum BV |
European quantum supply chain · Technology map: supply-chain view
Organisations on this portal
Published on this portal: 55 of the 77 organisations from this country in these projects (Company 39, Higher education 12, Research organisation 3, Other 1). With the most EU quantum projects:
- Technische Universiteit Delft Higher education 66 EU quantum projects
- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Higher education 21 EU quantum projects
- Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO Research organisation 18 EU quantum projects
- Single Quantum BV Company · SME 17 EU quantum projects
- Universiteit van Amsterdam Higher education 15 EU quantum projects
- Quix Quantum BV Company · SME 10 EU quantum projects
- Stichting Radboud Universiteit Higher education 10 EU quantum projects
- Universiteit Leiden Higher education 9 EU quantum projects
- Universiteit Twente Higher education 8 EU quantum projects
- Stichting Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten Research organisation 7 EU quantum projects
Quantum infrastructure
- EuroSSQ-HPC (EuroHPC quantum computer in the Netherlands): Semiconductor spin qubits; at least 16 physical qubits in the initial phase (In procurement: the EuroHPC JU launched the procurement for EuroSSQ-HPC on 15 September 2025 (submissions due 24 October 2025); no contract award was announced by 27 October 2026. Hosting agreement signed (announced 18 December 2024); to be integrated with the national supercomputer Snellius.)
- QCINed: Quantum key distribution (QKD) networks: automated QKD services in the Utrecht area, a pre-staging testbed in the Eindhoven area and a governmental QKD testbed in the Amsterdam–The Hague area (Three quantum-encrypted networks are operational for testing and training, per Quantum Delta NL. The source says the testbeds are open for testing, training and collaboration and asks interested organisations to contact the team.)
- QuCT NL (Quantum Communication Testbed): Field-deployed QKD, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and classical networking over dedicated fibre links and a free-space optics link, with network monitoring and test instrumentation (Launched at a public event at TU/e on 26 August 2025. The source says the testbed is open for cooperation and offers test and evaluation services to industry, research and academia: testing of QKD systems, evaluation of protocols and use cases and demonstrations, with validation and certification planned.)
- TNO quantum testing hub at House of Quantum: Testing and characterisation of quantum computing hardware, from chips (QPUs) to control electronics, including qubit tuning and characterisation (Announced by TNO on 14 April 2025: the new hub is set to double TNO's quantum testing facilities. The source says quantum start-ups and scale-ups can use TNO's expertise and testing facilities there.)
- Quantum Inspire: Online platform with superconducting transmon QPUs, a neutral-atom emulator and simulators; a Spin-2+ electron spin QPU is listed as archived (The platform shows live system status. Registration is quick and free and gives access to the hardware backends; companies and institutes interested in cooperation are invited to contact QuTech.)
- TNO Quantum Sensing Testbed: NV centres in diamond: scanning-probe NV microscope, compact vectorial magnetometer and wide-field magnetometer for magnetic fields, currents, rotation and temperature (TNO describes an open test facility where it develops and tests quantum sensors with universities, companies and end users; companies get support on use cases and proofs of concept, with a free intake and costs on request.)
These 6 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.
- Quantum Delta NL (Nationaal Groeifonds project) · National strategy or programme · 2021-2028
- Rijksbrede Quantumstrategie (government-wide quantum strategy) · National strategy or programme · Horizon 2035
- QphoX selected for EIC STEP Scale Up investment · EIB Group and EIC Fund financing · 2025-11-19
- QuantWare selected for EIC STEP Scale Up investment · EIB Group and EIC Fund financing · 2026-04-27
Open procurement notices
Public tenders for quantum technology from buyers in this country, from TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) and, where one is connected, the national procurement bulletin, soonest deadline first. Check the notice at its source before bidding.
- QDNL Innovation Impact Challenge: Quantum solutions for Water, Infra and Energy · Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat, Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) · deadline 2027-01-25
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.
NWOpen API (Dutch Research Council)
Source: Dutch Research Council (NWO). Licence: CC0 1.0 (NWOpen API data). Read weekly, last read 30 Oct 2026 (5 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
National awards in the last read, as the source states them: EUR 141,998,657 for 183 awards. Records without an amount in a stated currency: 157. National funding, never converted and never added to the EU figures on this page.
336 projects from this source on the portal, newest first:
- Accelerating the discovery of Quantum Materials: AI-powered first principles · 2026
- 2nd International Conference on Applied Quantum Methods in Computational Science and Engineering 2026 · 2026
- MINT: Mitochondrial Integrity through Nanoscale quantum Tools for cryobiology · 2026
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning in Quantum Systems (KR2iQS) · 2026
- Quantum Markov semigroups: from geometry to classification · 2026
- Levitated magnets with a twist and a spin: towards macroscopic quantum superpositions · 2026
- A next-generation quantum network using coupled quantum emitters · 2026
- One ink to rule them all: Integrated Short-Wave Infrared Photodetectors and Light Emitting Devices Based on III-V Quantum Dots for Wearable Photonic Technologies (ONE INK) · 2026
- Quantum Spin Flips in Space Chemistry: Does HCO⁺ Defy the Rules of Chemistry? · 2026
- Photoaddressable Quantum Photonics · 2026
TenderNed (Netherlands), announcements API
Source: TenderNed, PIANOo (Ministry of Economic Affairs), Netherlands. Licence: CC0 1.0 (data.overheid.nl: Aankondigingen van overheidsopdrachten - TenderNed). Read daily: the last three days of announcements (at most 8 list pages of 50) and at most 10 notice details, last read 3 Nov 2026 (1 day ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
National awards in the last read, as the source states them: none stated. Records without an amount in a stated currency: 1. National funding, never converted and never added to the EU figures on this page.
1 open notice from this source on the portal:
- QDNL Innovation Impact Challenge: Quantum solutions for Water, Infra and Energy · deadline 2027-01-25
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 (7 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
2 Kohesio projects located in this country on the portal, newest first:
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 | 4 records, amounts as announced, not disbursed | 2026-10-27 |
| Quantum infrastructure | Infrastructure catalogue (EuroHPC, EuroQCI and official pages) | Current status of each entry | 6 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 | 1 of 1 source checked is read by the portal | 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.