Poland
- Participations in EU-funded quantum projects
- 94 (rank 11 of 47 countries)
- EU-funded projects with a participant in the country (CORDIS)
- 65
- Organisations in these projects
- 47
- EU contribution
- EUR 52.9 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 Poland, 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 Poland, 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
- None recorded in the public investment registry yet.
- Top partner countries in EU-funded projects
- Germany (40 shared projects), Italy (38 shared projects), France (37 shared projects), Spain (31 shared projects), Netherlands (28 shared projects) · collaboration in the policy dossier
- Most active organisations
- Uniwersytet Warszawski (12 EU quantum projects), Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk (9 EU quantum projects), Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza Im. Stanislawa Staszica W Krakowie (5 EU quantum projects)
- Organisations on this portal
- 15 companies, 18 research organisations and universities, 4 other organisations (of 47 in EU-funded quantum projects)
- Quantum infrastructure
- National post-quantum cryptography guidance
- None found on official pages, 0 documents · checked 2026-10-21
- Education and training
- Master degrees: 1; other courses and schools: 1 (course directory)
- Open quantum jobs
- 2 open positions in this country on the portal
- More about Poland
- EU Quantum Europe Strategy tracker · Quantum in Poland, in plain words
National quantum landscape
Programmes, agencies, centres and networks of Poland, read on their official pages (checked 2026-10-30). Each item links to the page it was read on; the list is not exhaustive and not an endorsement.
National programmes and initiatives
- Założenia do Polityki Rozwoju Technologii Kwantowych (Assumptions for the Quantum Technologies Development Policy): The Ministry of Digital Affairs published updated assumptions for a national quantum technologies development policy on 13 March 2026, as a step towards a full policy that is still being prepared together with implementation task groups; no budget is stated on the page.Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs (gov.pl): Quantum technologies development in Poland, updated policy assumptions, retrieved 2026-10-30; Publication date and body of the announcement
National centres and institutes
- International Centre for Theory of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT): ICTQT is a joint research unit of the University of Gdańsk, with IQOQI-Vienna as strategic partner, working on quantum foundations, communication and information; it was funded by the Foundation for Polish Science from EU funds under the International Research Agendas programme.Source: University of Gdańsk ICTQT: About, retrieved 2026-10-22; General information; Partners; Funding Agencies
- National Laboratory for Photonics and Quantum Technologies (NLPQT): NLPQT is an investment project to acquire research tools for photonics and quantum technologies, building new laboratories and a national infrastructure run by a consortium of partner institutions.Source: NLPQT: Project Goals, retrieved 2026-10-22; Project Goals page, opening paragraphs and project governance
National quantum computers and testbeds
- ORCA PT-1 photonic quantum computers at PCSS (Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center): PCSS selected ORCA Computing in 2023 to supply two PT-1 photonic quantum computers, installed at its high-performance computing centre in Poznan; PCSS says they were funded by EUROHPC-PL, a Polish national project (not the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking).Source: PSNC: Quantum technologies, retrieved 2026-10-22; ORCA Computing PT-1 section
National quantum communities
- National Laboratory for Quantum Technologies (NLQT): NLQT is a Polish nationwide network of quantum technology laboratories at leading universities and research institutes, created in 2008 on the initiative of the National Centre for Research and Development and LFPPI as a national platform for cooperation in experimental quantum research.Source: Wrocław University of Science and Technology: National Laboratory for Quantum Technologies, retrieved 2026-10-22; Home page description, consortium members and funding paragraphs
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: National Science Centre (NCN), the consortium coordinator; National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR).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 | 36,332,765 | 2026 | tps00001 |
| Gross domestic product, current prices | EUR 923.51 billion | 2025 | nama_10_gdp |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD), share of GDP | 1.40% | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) | EUR 11.96 billion | 2024 | rd_e_gerdtot |
| Measure | Value | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Participations per million inhabitants | 2.6 | 94 participations (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per inhabitant | EUR 1.46 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and population 2026 |
| EU contribution per EUR 1 billion of GDP | EUR 57,267 | EU contribution (CORDIS, projects starting 2015 to 2027) and GDP 2025 |
| EU quantum contribution as a share of GERD | 0.0542% | 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 Poland. 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 | 26 |
| Quantum communication | 6 |
| Quantum sensing and metrology | 20 |
| Enabling technologies and supply chain | 2 |
| Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) | 5 |
| Not placed in a pillar | 7 |
65 distinct projects in all; a project with several areas counts in each. 37 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
- 445 (+24.3% since 2021)
- Quantum patent families, earliest priority 2020 to 2024
- 25 (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 Poland, 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 12 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 Poland by platform, supply-chain segment or kind of organisation, in projects or EU contribution.
Place in the supply chain
Companies from Poland 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 Poland | All companies | Share | Most active company here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryogenics and cooling | 0 | 5 | 0% | - |
| Photonics, lasers and optics | 4 | 117 | 3% | - |
| Control electronics and cryo-CMOS | 0 | 24 | 0% | - |
| Materials, fabrication and foundry | 1 | 82 | 1% | - |
| Qubit hardware platforms | 3 | 76 | 4% | - |
| Quantum software and algorithms | 0 | 72 | 0% | - |
| Quantum communication and security systems | 6 | 201 | 3% | - |
| Quantum sensors and metrology devices | 2 | 111 | 2% | - |
European quantum supply chain · Technology map: supply-chain view
Organisations on this portal
Published on this portal: 37 of the 47 organisations from this country in these projects (Company 15, Research organisation 9, Higher education 9, Public body 3, Other 1). With the most EU quantum projects:
- Uniwersytet Warszawski Higher education 12 EU quantum projects
- Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk Research organisation 9 EU quantum projects
- Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza Im. Stanisława Staszica W Krakowie Higher education 5 EU quantum projects
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki Public body 5 EU quantum projects
- Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika Higher education 5 EU quantum projects
- Politechnika Wrocławska Higher education 4 EU quantum projects
- Uniwersytet Gdański Higher education 4 EU quantum projects
- Instytut Fizyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk Research organisation 3 EU quantum projects
- Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju Public body 3 EU quantum projects
- Uniwersytet Jagielloński Higher education 3 EU quantum projects
Quantum infrastructure
- Piast-Q: Trapped ions; digital quantum computer (Inaugurated on 23 June 2025 in Poznań, the first EuroHPC quantum computer to be inaugurated.)
- PIONIER-Q: Quantum communication backbone on the PIONIER research network, with use-case scenarios, training and workshops (Per the source (in Polish), PIONIER-Q became Poland's official representative in EuroQCI after a positive evaluation by the European Commission, and will let users and institutions test and verify quantum communication technologies on the PIONIER network. The EU Funding & Tenders Portal gives the project period 2023-02 to 2025-12; the period has ended.)
These 2 entries in the filterable catalogue
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 (5 days ago). The record at the source is authoritative.
55 Kohesio projects located in this country on the portal, newest first:
- Development and market implementation of innovative products and services in the field of quantum cryptography related to the concept of the Quantum Blockchain System. · 2021
- Development of a measurement and calibration system for digital measurements of luminance distributions and autonomous adjustment of photometric and colorimetric parameters of modern LED/OLED lighting and display devices. · 2021
- SMART-IDHUB: Management of centralised and distributed means of identification based on blockchain and using cryptographic postquantum algorithms, integrated with Qualified Trust Services. · 2021
- QDrive – innovative active glass for the automotive industry · 2021
- Innovative PureBlue.dot quantum dot synthesis technology with limited toxicity for high-quality blue light sources. · 2021
- Structural 3D printing service based on multi-layer UV printing, quantum dot printing technology for advertising printing and security. · 2021
- Development and implementation of effective, quantum computer-inspired methods of performing complex calculations on classical (non-quantum) annealers built on specialised integrated circuits (ASICs). · 2021
- Development of export activity of QUANTUM sp. z o.o. through the implementation of promotional activities in the context of the growth of foreign sales of health-promoting application “Dr Barbara – time to eat healthy”. · 2020
- Electronics in response to the challenges of Quantum Technology · 2020
- qCELLa – conduct research and development in the field of analysis of medical photographs using quantum computers. · 2020
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 | 6 facts, read on official pages; not exhaustive | 2026-10-30 |
| National programmes and public investment | Public investment registry (official announcements) | As announced | None recorded (unknown, not zero) | 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 | None found on official pages | 2026-10-21 |
| National funding sources | National funding inventory (#426) | Per source | 0 of 3 sources checked are read by the portal; national projects are not shown (unknown, not zero) | 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.