{
    "status": "source-verified",
    "compiled": "2026-10-20",
    "note": "Reference records of EU and European funding instruments open to quantum-technology work, compiled from the funders' official pages on the date shown. Descriptions are the portal's own wording; amounts appear only where the funder states them. Not financial or legal advice: check the funder for current calls, conditions and deadlines. Pending editorial review.",
    "records": [
        {
            "id": "eic-pathfinder",
            "name": "EIC Pathfinder (Open and Challenges)",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council",
            "managing_body": "European Innovation Council (EIC)",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research",
                "companies"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Pathfinder Open funds consortia of at least three independent legal entities, with at least one established in a Member State and two others in different Member States or Associated Countries. Pathfinder Challenges also accept single applicants and two-partner consortia.",
            "scale": "Grants of up to EUR 4 million per project, more if duly justified, as the EIC states.",
            "quantum_relevance": "Pathfinder Open supports early-stage research in any field of science, technology or application without predefined priorities, while none of the three 2026 Pathfinder Challenges concerns quantum.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pathfinder_en",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pathfinder_en",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "EIC: EIC Pathfinder",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pathfinder_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "EIC: EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2026",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pathfinder/eic-pathfinder-challenges-2026_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "EIC Work Programme 2026 (version of 17 June 2026), section II",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/document/download/52598755-1351-4b54-b46b-e2682d0a3aec_en?filename=EIC-Work-Programme-2026.pdf",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities",
                "Companies, SMEs and start-ups"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "eic-transition",
            "name": "EIC Transition",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council",
            "managing_body": "European Innovation Council (EIC)",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research",
                "companies",
                "individuals"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Single start-ups, SMEs, spin-offs, research organisations including universities, or researchers and inventors who intend to form a spin-off, as well as small consortia; larger companies cannot apply alone. Proposals must build on results of an eligible earlier project that have reached experimental proof of concept.",
            "scale": "Grants of up to EUR 2.5 million, as the EIC states.",
            "quantum_relevance": "EIC Transition Open has no predefined thematic priorities and is open to proposals in any field of science, technology or application.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-transition_en",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-transition_en",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "EIC: EIC Transition",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-transition_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "EIC Work Programme 2026 (version of 17 June 2026), section III",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/document/download/52598755-1351-4b54-b46b-e2682d0a3aec_en?filename=EIC-Work-Programme-2026.pdf",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities",
                "Companies, SMEs and start-ups",
                "Individual researchers and founders"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "eic-accelerator",
            "name": "EIC Accelerator",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council",
            "managing_body": "European Innovation Council (EIC) and the EIC Fund",
            "funding_type": "equity-blended",
            "audiences": [
                "companies",
                "individuals"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Single start-ups and SMEs, including spin-outs, and individuals intending to launch an SME; small mid-caps with up to 499 employees can apply for investment only. An applicant may have only one EIC Accelerator application at a time.",
            "scale": "A grant component below EUR 2.5 million and equity investment of up to EUR 10 million, as the EIC states; support can be grant only, investment only or blended.",
            "quantum_relevance": "The EIC Work Programme 2026 states that the Accelerator Open call remains available to start-ups and SMEs, including for quantum technologies, with specific safeguards on investments in quantum.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "EIC: EIC Accelerator",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "EIC Work Programme 2026 (version of 17 June 2026), sections V.1 and VI",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/document/download/52598755-1351-4b54-b46b-e2682d0a3aec_en?filename=EIC-Work-Programme-2026.pdf",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Equity or blended finance",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Companies, SMEs and start-ups",
                "Individual researchers and founders"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "eic-step-scale-up",
            "name": "EIC STEP Scale Up",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: European Innovation Council, Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP)",
            "managing_body": "European Innovation Council (EIC) and the EIC Fund",
            "funding_type": "equity-blended",
            "audiences": [
                "companies"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Scale-up companies (SMEs and small mid-caps) established in EU Member States or Associated Countries. They need a pre-commitment from a qualified investor for at least 20% of the funding round they aim to raise.",
            "scale": "Equity investments of between EUR 10 million and EUR 30 million per company, as the EIC states.",
            "quantum_relevance": "Quantum technologies are among the digital and deep-tech priority areas, and the EIC Work Programme 2026 says support for quantum start-ups will be pursued in particular through this call.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-frequently-asked-questions/faqs-eic-strategic-technologies-europe-platform-step-scale-call_en",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-frequently-asked-questions/faqs-eic-strategic-technologies-europe-platform-step-scale-call_en",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "EIC: FAQs, EIC Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) Scale Up call",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-frequently-asked-questions/faqs-eic-strategic-technologies-europe-platform-step-scale-call_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "EIC: EIC 2026 work programme",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-2026-work-programme_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "EIC Work Programme 2026 (version of 17 June 2026), section VI",
                    "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/document/download/52598755-1351-4b54-b46b-e2682d0a3aec_en?filename=EIC-Work-Programme-2026.pdf",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Equity or blended finance",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Companies, SMEs and start-ups"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "erc-frontier-grants",
            "name": "ERC Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: European Research Council",
            "managing_body": "European Research Council (ERC)",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research",
                "individuals"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "A single principal investigator of any nationality applies on behalf of a host institution in an EU Member State or associated country. Starting Grants are for researchers 0 to 10 years after their PhD, Consolidator Grants 5 to 15 years after, and Advanced Grants for active researchers with a track record of significant achievements.",
            "scale": "Up to EUR 1.5 million (Starting), EUR 2 million (Consolidator) or EUR 2.5 million (Advanced) for 5 years, with additional funding possible for justified costs, as the ERC states.",
            "quantum_relevance": "The ERC states that applications can be made in any field of research.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/starting-grant",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/starting-grant",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "ERC: Starting Grant",
                    "url": "https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/starting-grant",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "ERC: Consolidator Grant",
                    "url": "https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/consolidator-grant",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "ERC: Advanced Grant",
                    "url": "https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/advanced-grant",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities",
                "Individual researchers and founders"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "erc-proof-of-concept",
            "name": "ERC Proof of Concept Grants",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: European Research Council",
            "managing_body": "European Research Council (ERC)",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research",
                "individuals"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Principal investigators of an ongoing ERC Starting, Consolidator, Advanced or Synergy grant, or of one that ended after 1 January 2025. The proof-of-concept idea must be linked to that ERC project.",
            "scale": "A lump sum of EUR 150,000 for 18 months, as the ERC states.",
            "quantum_relevance": null,
            "how_to_apply": "https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/proof-concept",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/proof-concept",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "ERC: Proof of Concept Grant",
                    "url": "https://erc.europa.eu/apply-grant/proof-concept",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities",
                "Individual researchers and founders"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "msca-doctoral-networks",
            "name": "MSCA Doctoral Networks",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions",
            "managing_body": "European Commission (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research",
                "companies"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "International consortia of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other non-academic organisations, with at least three independent legal entities each established in a different EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. The network recruits and trains doctoral candidates.",
            "scale": null,
            "quantum_relevance": "The MSCA states that all areas of research may be funded.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/doctoral-networks",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/doctoral-networks",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "MSCA: Doctoral Networks",
                    "url": "https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/doctoral-networks",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities",
                "Companies, SMEs and start-ups"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "msca-postdoctoral-fellowships",
            "name": "MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions",
            "managing_body": "European Commission (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions)",
            "funding_type": "fellowship",
            "audiences": [
                "individuals",
                "research"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Researchers with a PhD and at most eight years of research experience since it, together with a host organisation (university, research institution, business, SME or other) in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country that submits the application. Mobility rules apply.",
            "scale": null,
            "quantum_relevance": "The MSCA states that all disciplines are eligible for Postdoctoral Fellowships.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "MSCA: Postdoctoral Fellowships",
                    "url": "https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Fellowship",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Individual researchers and founders",
                "Research organisations and universities"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "eurohpc-quantum-calls",
            "name": "EuroHPC JU quantum technology calls (Quantum Flagship)",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: Quantum Flagship, implemented by the EuroHPC JU",
            "managing_body": "European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU)",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research",
                "companies"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Organisations apply to each call under its own conditions; the 2026 quantum machine learning call, for example, is limited to legal entities established in EU Member States, Horizon Europe associated countries and EuroHPC JU Participating States. The 2026 photonic quantum computing call expects a start-up to lead the proposal.",
            "scale": "The JU states call budgets for 2026 from EUR 1 million (standards for quantum technologies) to EUR 24 million (next-generation QKD systems).",
            "quantum_relevance": "Since Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 entered into force on 20 January 2026, the JU implements the Union's quantum technology agenda, including the Quantum Flagship funded through Horizon Europe, and its 2026 calls cover quantum computing platforms, QKD, testing infrastructure, pilot lines, sensing, machine learning and standards.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/six-new-quantum-calls-launched-eurohpc-joint-undertaking-2026-08-14_en",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/six-new-quantum-calls-launched-eurohpc-joint-undertaking-2026-08-14_en",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "EuroHPC JU: Six new quantum calls launched by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (14 August 2026)",
                    "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/six-new-quantum-calls-launched-eurohpc-joint-undertaking-2026-08-14_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "EuroHPC JU: Four new EuroHPC JU calls to boost quantum innovation and standardisation in Europe (2 June 2026)",
                    "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/four-new-eurohpc-ju-calls-boost-quantum-innovation-and-standardisation-europe-2026-06-02_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "EuroHPC JU: mandate expanded under new regulation amendment (20 January 2026)",
                    "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-jus-mandate-expanded-under-new-regulation-amendment-2026-01-20_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "Funding & Tenders Portal: topic data for HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QML-07-01",
                    "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/data/topicDetails/horizon-ju-eurohpc-2026-qml-07-01.json",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities",
                "Companies, SMEs and start-ups"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "horizon-europe-cluster-4-quantum",
            "name": "Horizon Europe Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space): quantum topics",
            "programme": "Horizon Europe: Cluster 4, Digital, Industry and Space",
            "managing_body": "European Commission",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research",
                "companies"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Legal entities apply to individual topics under the conditions of the work programme. The 2027 Quantum Space Gravimetry topic is limited to legal entities established in EU Member States, Norway and Iceland.",
            "scale": "For the 2027 Quantum Space Gravimetry topic the Commission estimates an EU contribution of EUR 14 to 15 million per project, within an indicative topic budget of EUR 29.2 million.",
            "quantum_relevance": "The cluster's 2026 quantum topics were suspended after the EuroHPC JU mandate was extended to quantum technologies, and the 2026-2027 work programme keeps a 2027 research and innovation topic on quantum space gravimetry.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-7-digital-industry-and-space_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-7-digital-industry-and-space_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026-2027, 7. Digital, Industry and Space (topics HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-11, -12, -18 and HORIZON-CL4-2027-SPACE-03-71)",
                    "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-7-digital-industry-and-space_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities",
                "Companies, SMEs and start-ups"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "chips-ju-quantum",
            "name": "Chips JU quantum actions (Chips for Europe Initiative)",
            "programme": "Chips for Europe Initiative: Horizon Europe and Digital Europe Programme",
            "managing_body": "Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU)",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research",
                "companies"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Organisations apply to individual Chips JU calls, whose pages set the eligibility conditions; in most calls the EU funding is matched by national contributions from the participating states. On 20 October 2026 the Chips JU listed no open or planned quantum call.",
            "scale": null,
            "quantum_relevance": "The Chips for Europe Initiative includes dedicated quantum actions: building capacity for quantum chips, design libraries, dedicated pilots and testing facilities, from superconducting circuits to photonic, neutral-atom and ion-trap chips.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/Open-and-Upcoming-Calls/",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/Chips-for-Europe/",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "Chips JU: Chips for Europe Initiative",
                    "url": "https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/Chips-for-Europe/",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "Chips JU: Apply for funding, open and upcoming calls",
                    "url": "https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/Open-and-Upcoming-Calls/",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "Chips JU: Multiannual work programme 2023-2027, version 20.0",
                    "url": "https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/WP2023-2027_v9.pdf",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities",
                "Companies, SMEs and start-ups"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        },
        {
            "id": "quantera-calls",
            "name": "QuantERA joint transnational calls",
            "programme": "QuantERA: network of national research funders with European Commission co-funding",
            "managing_body": "QuantERA consortium, coordinated by the National Science Centre (NCN), Poland",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "research"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Transnational research consortia, whose coordinator submits one joint proposal for the whole consortium. Questions on national eligibility go to each participating country's contact point.",
            "scale": "Call 2025 had about EUR 53 million in total from QuantERA partners and the European Commission, as QuantERA states.",
            "quantum_relevance": "QuantERA is a network of research funders for quantum technologies, and Call 2025 covered quantum phenomena and resources and applied quantum science across communication, computing, simulation, sensing and metrology.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://quantera.eu/call-2025/",
            "status": "closed",
            "url": "https://quantera.eu/call-2025/",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "QuantERA: Call 2025",
                    "url": "https://quantera.eu/call-2025/",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "QuantERA: home page",
                    "url": "https://quantera.eu/",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Research organisations and universities"
            ],
            "status_label": "Closed"
        },
        {
            "id": "cef-digital-euroqci",
            "name": "CEF Digital: EuroQCI quantum communication interconnections",
            "programme": "Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital)",
            "managing_body": "European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)",
            "funding_type": "grant",
            "audiences": [
                "public-bodies"
            ],
            "who_can_apply": "Projects that link the national quantum communication networks, which Member States implement, across borders and to the space segment; HaDEA refers applicants to the call text for eligibility. HaDEA states that no call is currently open for this topic.",
            "scale": "HaDEA lists EUR 96 million of EU grants to 19 projects, at CEF co-funding rates of 30, 50 or 70%.",
            "quantum_relevance": "CEF Digital funds the cross-border interconnections of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) for the secure exchange of cryptographic keys across the EU.",
            "how_to_apply": "https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/connecting-europe-facility/about/quantum-communication-infrastructure-euroqci_en",
            "status": "active",
            "url": "https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/connecting-europe-facility/about/quantum-communication-infrastructure-euroqci_en",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "title": "HaDEA: Quantum communication infrastructure (EuroQCI)",
                    "url": "https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/connecting-europe-facility/about/quantum-communication-infrastructure-euroqci_en",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                },
                {
                    "title": "Shaping Europe's digital future: European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI)",
                    "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/european-quantum-communication-infrastructure",
                    "retrieved": "2026-10-20"
                }
            ],
            "funding_type_label": "Grant",
            "audience_labels": [
                "Public bodies"
            ],
            "status_label": "Active"
        }
    ]
}