Proposal starter pack: HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NQKD-12-01

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Next-Generation QKD Systems

The call

HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NQKD-12-01 is a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU work programme (Horizon Europe and Digital Europe funding)), open as the source states, with a planned opening on 2026-08-13 and a deadline on 2026-11-17. Its stated budget is EUR 24,000,000 for 1 expected grant.

Topic: HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NQKD-12-01: Next-Generation QKD Systems
Programme: EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, EuroHPC JU work programme (Horizon Europe and Digital Europe funding)
Type of action: RIA (Research and Innovation Action)
Status: Open
Planned opening: 2026-08-13
Deadline: 2026-11-17 (single-stage)
Budget (as stated): EUR 24,000,000 (2026; 1 expected grant; EUR 21,000,000 to 24,000,000 each)
Call: HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NQKD-12, Next-Generation QKD Systems
Technology families: Quantum key distribution (QKD), Quantum networks and repeaters, Post-quantum algorithms and standards

This action will strengthen Europe's strategic autonomy in quantum-secure communications by advancing core QKD technologies and integration capabilities. Expected results include: Development and demonstration of next-generation QKD systems, with a focus on cost-effectiveness and integration, with…

Expected outcome, as the source words it (excerpt).

Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal, topic HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NQKD-12-01, Topic header (status, planned opening, deadlines), budget overview and type of action; search API record (read 2026-11-01). Back to the programme pipeline

Who can take part

EuroHPC JU quantum calls (Horizon Europe funded, 2026): Since Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 the EuroHPC JU runs the EU quantum research and innovation calls. Most 2026 calls are limited to Member States and EuroHPC JU Participating States.

Recorded for this topic: Member States and EuroHPC JU Participating States; control restriction with guarantees.

The topic restricts participation for entities controlled from outside the eligible countries; read its conditions.

Who can take part, by group of countries (rules of the instrument; the topic may restrict them)
Countries	Can take part	Note	Source
EU Member States Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden	Yes	Eligible for the open platform, QKD, testing and pilot-line calls (deadline 17 November 2026) and for the quantum machine learning call.	EU countries, Country list (27 pages) (read 2026-10-24)
EuroHPC JU Participating States Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom	Yes	Eligible for the open platform, QKD, testing and pilot-line calls (deadline 17 November 2026) and for the quantum machine learning call.	Discover EuroHPC JU, Section "Members", public members (read 2026-10-24)
Associated to the whole of Horizon Europe Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom	Only in some parts or topics	Among open calls, only the quantum machine learning call; the other calls require a EuroHPC JU Participating State (joining before grant signature makes the country eligible).	EU Grants: List of participating countries in Horizon Europe, version 4.2 of 7 October 2026, Page 1-2, "Third countries associated to Horizon Europe", entries 1-23 without a Pillar II limitation; Egypt from the 2025 budget, Switzerland from the 2025 budget, United Kingdom from the 2024 budget except the EIC Fund (read 2026-10-24)
Associated to Horizon Europe Pillar II only Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand	Only in some parts or topics	Among open calls, only the quantum machine learning call; the other calls require a EuroHPC JU Participating State (joining before grant signature makes the country eligible).	EU Grants: List of participating countries in Horizon Europe, version 4.2 of 7 October 2026, Page 1-2, entries 4 (Canada, budget 2024 onwards), 10 (Japan, budget 2026 onwards), 14 (New Zealand, work programmes 2023 onwards) and 17 (Republic of Korea, budget 2025 onwards) (read 2026-10-24)
Low- to middle-income countries automatically eligible for Horizon Europe funding Morocco, South Africa, Another country on the Horizon Europe low- to middle-income list	Only in some parts or topics	Among open calls, only the quantum machine learning call; the other calls require a EuroHPC JU Participating State (joining before grant signature makes the country eligible).	EU Grants: List of participating countries in Horizon Europe, version 4.2 of 7 October 2026, Page 3-4, "Participants from the following low- to middle-income countries are automatically eligible for funding" (read 2026-10-24)
Other countries	No	None of the 2026 EuroHPC quantum calls is open to entities established in this country.

Legal basis

Eligibility conditions are those of Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 as last amended by Council Regulation 2026/150; limitations decided by the Governing Board under Article 22(5) of the Horizon Europe Regulation. HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-TIPT-09-01: Trapped-Ion Platform Technologies, Topic conditions, "Other Eligibility Conditions" (read 2026-10-24)
Members of the EuroHPC JU (Participating States). Discover EuroHPC JU, Section "Members" (read 2026-10-24)
Calls launched on 2 June 2026 (inertial navigation grand challenge, photonic quantum computing, standards, quantum machine learning) and on 13-14 August 2026 (six platform, QKD, testing and pilot-line calls, deadline 17 November 2026). Four new EuroHPC JU calls to boost quantum innovation and standardisation in Europe (2 June 2026), Call list with identifiers and deadlines (read 2026-10-24)

Rules checked 2026-10-24. Official list of participating countries. Who can participate?

Projects already funded

On this topic (0)

None found in the stored CORDIS and Funding & Tenders projects.

Under the same call (0)

None found in the stored CORDIS and Funding & Tenders projects.

In the same technology pillar (most recent first) (237)

In the same technology pillar (most recent first): up to 10 projects
Project	Start	Countries	Why listed	Source
SpinCaT: Spin-Levitodynamics for Explorations at the Quantum-to-Classical Transition	2027-02-01	AT	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (placed by the portal’s keyword rules).	CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16
COQUVAR: Controlling Quantum Vacuum Radiation: Transient Amplification and Squeezing in the Dynamical Casimir Effect	2027-01-01	AT	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (placed by the portal’s keyword rules).	CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16
SEQULITE: LIGHTWEIGHT SECURE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL WITH HW-BACKED POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY	2026-11-01	EE, GR, HU, IT	Same technology pillar: Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography) (confirmed by an editor).	EU Funding & Tenders Portal, snapshot 2026-10-21
ENLighteN: Nanoengineering lithium niobate metasurfaces for nonlinear and quantum photonics	2026-11-01	CA, IT	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (placed by the portal’s keyword rules).	CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16
CIPHER: Certified Infrastructure for Quantum-secured key Exchange, Routing & Applications	2026-10-01	BE, DK, IE, IT, MT	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (placed by the portal’s keyword rules).	EU Funding & Tenders Portal, snapshot 2026-10-21
EMPRESS-Q: European Market-Ready Platforms for Reliable, Enhanced, Secure Systems of QKD	2026-10-01	AT, MT, NL	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (confirmed by an editor).	EU Funding & Tenders Portal, snapshot 2026-10-21
EQUIVALEMT: European Quantum Innovation VALleys as strategic Emerging Technology	2026-10-01	AT, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, RO	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (placed by the portal’s keyword rules).	CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16
QuanTEEM plus: Quantum Technologies and Engineering Erasmus Mundus Master Plus	2026-10-01	BG, CA, DE, DK, ES, FR, IE, IL, IT, LV	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (placed by the portal’s keyword rules).	EU Funding & Tenders Portal, snapshot 2026-10-21
QNODEN: Security-Certified QKD Trusted Node for EuroQCI	2026-10-01	AT, DE, NL, PL	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (confirmed by an editor).	EU Funding & Tenders Portal, snapshot 2026-10-21
MechNanoCav_for_QNN: Mechanically tunable nanophotonic cavities for scalable quantum network nodes	2026-09-01	AT	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication (confirmed by an editor).	CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16

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Candidate partner organisations

Organisations only, each with the documented reason it is listed: EU-funded projects in the topic’s pillars (public CORDIS data, through the funding finder’s partner rules), capabilities in the supplier directory (including curated company product pages) and company intelligence an editor verified. At most 3 per country, so the list spans countries. The organisations have not opted in to being suggested; contact them through their own websites.

Candidate partners: 15 of 70 organisations with documented capability
Organisation	Country	Documented capability and source
Id Quantique SA	Switzerland	Participated in 7 quantum communication projects (public CORDIS data; the area of untagged projects is a keyword suggestion pending review) CORDIS participation, as published on the organisation’s page of this portal (read 2026-10-16) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum communication. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Post-quantum algorithms and standards. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum key distribution (QKD). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Toshiba Europe Limited	United Kingdom	Participated in 5 quantum communication projects (public CORDIS data; the area of untagged projects is a keyword suggestion pending review) CORDIS participation, as published on the organisation’s page of this portal (read 2026-10-16) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum communication. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum key distribution (QKD). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Universidad de Vigo	Spain	Participated in 6 quantum communication projects (public CORDIS data; the area of untagged projects is a keyword suggestion pending review) CORDIS participation, as published on the organisation’s page of this portal (read 2026-10-16) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum key distribution (QKD). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Telefonica Innovacion Digital SL	Spain	Participated in 6 quantum communication projects (public CORDIS data; the area of untagged projects is a keyword suggestion pending review) CORDIS participation, as published on the organisation’s page of this portal (read 2026-10-16) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum communication. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Luxquanta Technologies SL	Spain	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum communication. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum key distribution (QKD). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Quantum Space Systems GMBH	Germany	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum communication. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum key distribution (QKD). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Quantum Technology Laboratories GMBH	Austria	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum communication. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum key distribution (QKD). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
South East Technological University	Ireland	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum networks and repeaters. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
University of Cyprus	Cyprus	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum networks and repeaters. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
University of Leeds	United Kingdom	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29) Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum communication. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Airbus Defence and Space SAS	France	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum communication. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Ait Austrian Institute of Technology GMBH	Austria	Participated in 9 quantum communication projects (public CORDIS data; the area of untagged projects is a keyword suggestion pending review) CORDIS participation, as published on the organisation’s page of this portal (read 2026-10-16)
Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza Im. Stanislawa Staszica W Krakowie	Poland	Verified company intelligence: works in Post-quantum algorithms and standards. Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Athina-Erevnitiko Kentro Kainotomias Stis Technologies Tis Pliroforias, Ton Epikoinonion Kai Tis Gnosis	Greece	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum-safe security (post-quantum cryptography). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)
Celare Quantum Communications Aps	Denmark	Verified company intelligence: works in Quantum key distribution (QKD). Quantum Europe portal (taxonomy classification) (read 2026-10-29)

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National contact points

National support services that make Horizon Europe known and accessible to all potential applicants. Each Member State and associated country sets up, runs and finances its own NCP system with a national portal; the EU Funding & Tenders Portal lists the NCPs by country and programme.

Horizon Europe National Contact Points (NCPs) on the Funding & Tenders Portal

This portal holds no list of individual contact points by country, so none is named here.

Source: EU Grants: HE NCP Guide, V3.0, 15 December 2024, Introduction and section on national NCP systems, points (a) and (e): established, operated and financed under the responsibility of the Member States and Associated Countries; national Horizon Europe portal; Funding & Tenders Portal links (read 2026-10-22). Who does what in EU quantum governance

Infrastructure and access routes

Facilities in the topic’s technology pillars: up to 10
Facility	Country and host	Access	Why listed	Source
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	NL, Coordinated by Quantum Delta NL (Stichting QDNL, per the EU Funding & Tenders Portal), with TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, Q*Bird and RINIS	Access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	Quantum Delta NL: QCINed, QCINed page: introduction ("We have deployed quantum-resistant communication networks") and the section saying the testbeds are open for testing, training and collaboration (read 2026-10-21)
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	NL, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)	Access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	TU/e: TU/e launches Quantum Communication Testbed (QuCT NL) (16 September 2025), News item of 16 September 2025: opening paragraph, the paragraph on the launch event of 26 August 2025 and the funding paragraph ("partially funded by the European Commission as part of QCINed") (read 2026-10-21)
BE-QCI (Belgian-QCI) Belgium's part of the EuroQCI; BELSPO gives no further technical detail	BE, Carried out by IMEC, per BELSPO	No access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	BELSPO: impulse actions, list of projects, Impulse projects list, EUROQCI heading, entry "BE-QCI : Belgian-QCI (IMEC)" (read 2026-10-22)
BGQCI QKD-secured communication networks, validated across national infrastructure	BG, Led by the Institute of Robotics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IR-BAS) through the Centre of Competence QUASAR	No access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	BGQCI: home page, Home page: introduction, the news item on the national kick-off meeting and the section "The Lead Organization in the Consortium" (read 2026-10-22)
CYQCI (Cyprus Quantum Communication Infrastructure) QKD over the existing optical communication network	CY, Coordinated by the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT)	No access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	CYQCI: home page, Home page: "Pioneering Quantum Communications in Cyprus" and the news list (second-year review) (read 2026-10-22)
CZQCI (Czech National Quantum Communication Infrastructure) National quantum communication infrastructure (EuroQCI terrestrial segment)	CZ, Coordinated by Cybersecurity Hub, zu	No access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	EU Funding & Tenders Portal: CZQCI (project 101091684), Project details: topic, coordinator, start and end dates (portal open-data snapshot of the projects and results, read by the portal) (read 2026-10-21)
Croatian Quantum Communication Infrastructure – CroQCI National quantum communication infrastructure (EuroQCI terrestrial segment)	HR, Coordinated by Hrvatska Akademska i Istrazivacka Mreza Carnet	No access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	EU Funding & Tenders Portal: CroQCI (project 101091513), Project details: topic, coordinator, start and end dates (portal open-data snapshot of the projects and results, read by the portal) (read 2026-10-21)
Eagle-1 Prototype satellite for the EuroQCI space segment	EU, European Space Agency (ESA) and an industrial consortium	No access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	European Space Agency: Eagle-1, Paragraph on the launch: "due to launch in late 2026/early 2027" (read 2026-10-27)
EstQCI (Estonian Quantum Communication Infrastructure) National quantum communication infrastructure (EuroQCI terrestrial segment)	EE, Coordinated by Justiits- ja Digiministeerium	No access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	EU Funding & Tenders Portal: EstQCI (project 101113143), Project details: topic, coordinator, start and end dates (portal open-data snapshot of the projects and results, read by the portal) (read 2026-10-21)
EuroQCI terrestrial segment Fibre networks linking strategic sites at national and cross-border level	EU, EU Member States, under Commission supervision	No access mode documented	Same technology pillar: Quantum communication.	European Commission: European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) (read 2026-10-19)

Access routes

QCINed quantum communication testbeds (Quantum Delta NL (QCINed)). Gives access to QCINed. Contact the QCINed team through the form on the page. Quantum Delta NL: QCINed (read 2026-10-26)
QuCT NL quantum communication testbed (Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)). Gives access to QuCT NL (Quantum Communication Testbed). Not stated; the announcement invites organisations to collaborate with the testbed team at TU/e. TU/e: TU/e launches quantum communication testbed QuCT NL (16 September 2025) (read 2026-10-26)

Standards and policy actions

Standards and specifications

ANSSI PQC position paper (2022) and follow-up (2023): ANSSI views on the Post-Quantum Cryptography transition / Avis de l'ANSSI sur la migration vers la cryptographie post-quantique (suivi 2023). 2022 position paper; follow-up dated 21 December 2023 accelerates the agenda. Standards scope PQC, in the topic’s pillar. ANSSI (MesServicesCyber): ANSSI views on the Post-Quantum Cryptography transition (EN), Transition plan phases 1-3 and security visa phases (read 2026-10-25)
ANSSI-PG-083 v3.00: Règles et recommandations concernant le choix et le dimensionnement des mécanismes cryptographiques. Version 3.00 dated 2026-03-20. Standards scope PQC, in the topic’s pillar. ANSSI: ANSSI-PG-083 Règles et recommandations concernant le choix et le dimensionnement des mécanismes cryptographiques, Cover (ANSSI-PG-083 2026-03-20); chapter 2 'Règles et recommandations', RecoSécuLongTerme; section 2.2.1.1 Factorisation, RègleFactorisation items 1-2 (read 2026-10-25)
BSI TR-02102-1 Version 2026-01: Kryptographische Verfahren: Empfehlungen und Schlüssellängen. Version 2026-01 (Stand 23 January 2026) adds migration deadlines and announces end of sole use of classical asymmetric schemes. Standards scope PQC, in the topic’s pillar. BSI: TR-02102-1 Kryptographische Verfahren: Empfehlungen und Schlüssellängen (PDF), Cover and version table (2026-01, 23.01.2026); section 2.1 Einsatz quantensicherer Verfahren; section 2.3 Klassische asymmetrische Verfahren (read 2026-10-25)
BSI VS-IT PQC transition deadlines: VS-IT: Umstellungsfristen für Post-Quanten-Kryptografie vereinbart. Announced 31.10.2025. Standards scope PQC, in the topic’s pillar. BSI: Presse - VS-IT: Umstellungsfristen für Post-Quanten-Kryptografie vereinbart, News item dated 31.10.2025, body text (read 2026-10-25)
Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/1101: Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/1101 of 11 April 2024 on a Coordinated Implementation Roadmap for the transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography. Adopted 2024-04-11, published OJ L 2024/1101 on 2024-04-12; effects to be assessed at most three years after publication. Standards scope PQC, in the topic’s pillar. EU Publications Office: Commission Recommendation (EU) 2024/1101 (OJ text, CELEX 32024H1101), OJ header; section 4 REVIEW, point 11; 'Done at Brussels, 11 April 2024' (read 2026-10-25)
ECCG Agreed Cryptographic Mechanisms v2: ECCG Agreed Cryptographic Mechanisms - version 2 (EUCC Guidelines on Cryptography). Applicable version 2 published 2025-05-06. Standards scope PQC, in the topic’s pillar. ENISA EU Cybersecurity Certification: EUCC Guidelines on Cryptography, Section 'Applicable version' (read 2026-10-25)
ECCG Agreed Cryptographic Mechanisms v3 (draft): ECCG Agreed Cryptographic Mechanisms - version 3 - draft for public review. Draft for public review posted 2026-06-02 with change log; review open until end of July 2026; not yet adopted as of 2026-10-25. Standards scope PQC, in the topic’s pillar. ENISA EU Cybersecurity Certification: EUCC Guidelines on Cryptography, Introductory text and section 'Draft for public review' (read 2026-10-25)
ETSI GS QKD 002: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD); Use Cases. V1.1.1 published 2010-06. Standards scope QKD, in the topic’s pillar. ETSI deliver archive: GS QKD 002 version folders, Folder 01.01.01_60 timestamp 2010-07-08; cover date (2010-06) per indexed PDF title (read 2026-10-25)

Quantum Europe Strategy actions

About 100 error-corrected qubits per system. Quantum infrastructures; target By 2030; status shown by the evidence: Announced, checked 2026-10-22. Strategy area “Quantum infrastructures”, listed for this programme by the portal’s rule. Quantum Europe Strategy: Quantum Europe in a Changing World, COM(2025) 363 final, Section 2.2.1, text after Table 1 (p. 6) (read 2026-10-22)
Deploy a distributed network of quantum gravimeters. Quantum infrastructures; target 2026 onwards; status shown by the evidence: In progress (evidence), checked 2026-10-22. Strategy area “Quantum infrastructures”, listed for this programme by the portal’s rule. Quantum Europe Strategy: Quantum Europe in a Changing World, COM(2025) 363 final, Section 2.2.3, Quantum gravimeters (p. 10) and action list (p. 11); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23) (read 2026-10-22)
Deploy the first EU-interconnected quantum communication network. Quantum infrastructures; target By 2030; status shown by the evidence: In progress (evidence), checked 2026-10-22. Strategy area “Quantum infrastructures”, listed for this programme by the portal’s rule. Quantum Europe Strategy: Quantum Europe in a Changing World, COM(2025) 363 final, Section 2.2.2, The EuroQCI Initiative (pp. 8-9) and action list (p. 10); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23) (read 2026-10-22)
Establish a European Q-MRI Pilot Infrastructure. Quantum infrastructures; target 2025 onwards; status shown by the evidence: Announced, checked 2026-10-22. Strategy area “Quantum infrastructures”, listed for this programme by the portal’s rule. Quantum Europe Strategy: Quantum Europe in a Changing World, COM(2025) 363 final, Section 2.2.3, Quantum Magnetic Resonance Imaging (p. 10) and action list (p. 11); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23) (read 2026-10-22)
Expand the EuroHPC quantum computers. Quantum infrastructures; target 2026 onwards; status shown by the evidence: In progress (evidence), checked 2026-10-22. Strategy area “Quantum infrastructures”, listed for this programme by the portal’s rule. Quantum Europe Strategy: Quantum Europe in a Changing World, COM(2025) 363 final, Section 2.2.1, action list (p. 7); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23) (read 2026-10-22)
Launch a pilot facility for the European Quantum Internet. Quantum infrastructures; target 2026; status shown by the evidence: In progress (evidence), checked 2026-10-22. Strategy area “Quantum infrastructures”, listed for this programme by the portal’s rule. Quantum Europe Strategy: Quantum Europe in a Changing World, COM(2025) 363 final, Section 2.2.2, The Quantum Internet Initiative (p. 9) and action list (p. 10); Appendix, Area 2 (p. 23) (read 2026-10-22)

The type of action

EuroHPC JU quantum grant calls (Horizon Europe, quantum technologies pillar, HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-* topics): general rules, as the sources state them
Fact	As the source states	Source
What it funds	The 2026 amendment added a quantum technologies pillar to the JU, covering R&I, lab-to-fab transition and ecosystem development, fault-tolerant quantum computing, skills and international cooperation across quantum computing, communication and sensing.	Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 of 16 January 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, Article 1(3), inserting Article 4(1)(j) (read 2026-10-25)
Who applies	Under Article 22(5) of Horizon Europe, participation in QEXP-14 is limited to legal entities established in Member States or EuroHPC JU Participating States, which the topic lists.	Funding & Tenders portal topic HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QEXP-14-01 Quantum Experimental Pilot Lines for Quantum Technologies, Topic conditions, point 2 Eligible countries (read 2026-10-25)
Funding rate	Each work programme must include a mandatory component of quantum-pillar Horizon Europe R&I actions up to TRL 5 funded at 100 % of total eligible costs; otherwise the JU may set different reimbursement rates by participant type and action type in the work programme.	Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 of 16 January 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, Article 1(7), replacing Article 34(1)-(2) (read 2026-10-25)
Typical size	Budgets of the August 2026 calls: TIPT-09 EUR 20 million, SPT-10 EUR 20 million, NAPT-11 EUR 20 million (indicative), NQKD-12 EUR 24 million, QTI-13 EUR 20 million, QEXP-14 EUR 15 million (indicative); most projects last 3.5 years.	Six new quantum calls launched by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (14 August 2026), Press release of 14 August 2026 (read 2026-10-25)
Technology readiness	QEXP-14 activities should validate technologies from TRL 3/4 and take them to TRL 5/7 by project end.	Funding & Tenders portal topic HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QEXP-14-01 Quantum Experimental Pilot Lines for Quantum Technologies, Topic description, Technology Readiness Level (read 2026-10-25)
Conditions	Entities in eligible countries that are controlled by a non-eligible country or entity are excluded unless the country of establishment approves guarantees that their participation will not harm Union strategic interests.	Funding & Tenders portal topic HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QEXP-14-01 Quantum Experimental Pilot Lines for Quantum Technologies, Topic conditions, point 2 Eligible countries (read 2026-10-25)

Implementing body: EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

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