Proposal starter pack: HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13-01
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The call
HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13-01 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 20,000,000 for 1 expected grant.
- Topic
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13-01: Quantum-Testing Infrastructure for Quantum Technologies
- 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 20,000,000 (2026; 1 expected grant; EUR 19,000,000 to 20,000,000 each)
- Call
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13, Quantum-Testing Infrastructure for Quantum Technologies
- Technology families
- Enabling technologies and supply chain
This action will establish a pan-European open-access testing and experimentation infrastructure for quantum technologies, enabling systematic validation and certification of quantum components and systems. Expected outcomes include: Deployment of distributed quantum testing facilities accessible…
Expected outcome, as the source words it (excerpt).
Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal, topic HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13-01, 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.
| Countries | Can take part | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EU Member States | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
None found in the stored CORDIS and Funding & Tenders projects.
Under the same call
None found in the stored CORDIS and Funding & Tenders projects.
In the same technology pillar (most recent first)
| Project | Start | Countries | Why listed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EuroQSS: Universal European Quantum Software Stack | 2026-10-01 | AT, CZ, DE, ES, FI, FR, SE | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| MechNanoCav_for_QNN: Mechanically tunable nanophotonic cavities for scalable quantum network nodes | 2026-09-01 | AT | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| SPEED: Single-Photon Emitters from Engineered Defects for nanoscale quantum optics | 2026-09-01 | ES | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (placed by the portal’s keyword rules). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| FALQON: Fast photonic integrated circuits for continuous-variable quantum key distribution | 2026-05-01 | DK | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| Q-PLANET SGA1: Quantum Pilot Line for production of Advanced chips for Neutral atom European Technologies - Specific Agreement 1 | 2026-05-01 | AT, BE, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IT, PL, PT, SE | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| P4Q: Photonics for Quantum Pilot Line | 2026-04-01 | AT, BE, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IE, IT, NL, NO | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| SUPREME 1: SUPERCONDUCTING EUROPEAN QUANTUM PILOT LINE | 2026-04-01 | AT, CZ, DE, ES, FI, FR, IT, NL | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| QuAMP: Democratizing access to Quantum limited microwave parametric AMPlifiers | 2025-12-01 | CH | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| QUANTUM-VIBES: An innovative vibration decoupling systems operated at mK temperatures for cryogenic detectors and quantum computing | 2025-11-01 | DE | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
| ASPEQT: Artificial atoms in Silicon Photonics for Error-corrected Quantum Technologies | 2025-11-01 | DK | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain (confirmed by an editor). | CORDIS, snapshot 2026-10-16 |
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.
| Organisation | Country | Documented capability and source |
|---|---|---|
| Equal 1 Laboratories Ireland Limited | Ireland |
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| Freie Universitaet Berlin | Germany |
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| Orange Quantum Systems Operational BV | Netherlands |
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| Politecnico di Torino | Italy |
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| Technische Universitaet Wien | Austria |
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| Universitaet Siegen | Germany |
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| Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya | Spain |
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| Universitat Politecnica de Valencia | Spain |
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| Universite de Liege | Belgium |
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| Universiteit Utrecht | Netherlands |
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| University of Galway | Ireland |
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| University of Stuttgart | Germany |
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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
| Facility | Country and host | Access | Why listed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMP-ION | EU, Coordinated by Silicon Austria Labs (SAL); 21 participants | Access mode documented | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain. | Chips JU: CHAMP-ION, Championing a European Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Line of Ion-Traps (read 2026-10-21) |
| DIREQT | EU, Coordinated by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); 31 participants | Access mode documented | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain. | Chips JU: DIREQT, Diamond for Industry REady Quantum Technologies (read 2026-10-21) |
| P4Q | EU, Coordinated by Universiteit Twente; 29 participants | Access mode documented | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain. | Chips JU: P4Q, Photonics for Quantum Pilot Line (read 2026-10-21) |
| Qu-Pilot | EU, Coordinated by VTT; 21 partners from 9 European countries | Access mode documented | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain. | Fraunhofer IAF: Qu-Pilot (read 2026-10-19) |
| Qu-Test | EU, Coordinated by TNO | Access mode documented | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain. | Fraunhofer IAF: Qu-Test (read 2026-10-19) |
| SUPREME | EU, Coordinated by Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy; 23 participants | Access mode documented | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain. | Chips JU: SUPREME, Superconducting European Quantum Pilot Line (read 2026-10-21) |
| Q-PLANET | EU, Coordinated by Pasqal; 30 participants | No access mode documented | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain. | Chips JU: Q-PLANET, Quantum Pilot Line for production of Advanced chips for Neutral atom European Technologies (read 2026-10-21) |
| SPINS | EU, Coordinated by Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum (imec); 25 participants | No access mode documented | Same technology pillar: Enabling technologies and supply chain. | Chips JU: SPINS, Semiconductor Pilot line for Industrial quantum NanoSystems (read 2026-10-21) |
Standards and policy actions
Standards and specifications
- CEN/CLC/JTC 22: Quantum Technologies. Joint technical committee established 2022, building on the CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on Quantum Technologies (2020-2023); four working groups (WG 1 strategic advisory, WG 2 metrology/sensing/imaging and enabling technologies, WG 3 computing and simulation, WG 4 communication and cryptography); DIN secretariat link on the technical body page. Applies to quantum technologies in general.
- IEC/ISO AWI 63607, 63622, 63655, TS 63687, 63692, TR 63742, TR 63743, TR 63744, TR 63760, 63770-1: IEC/ISO JTC 3 projects under development (direct responsibility). Ten approved work items, all at stage 10.99 (new project approved): eight reached it on 2026-07-08 (general quantities, photonics vocabulary, general vocabulary, HBT interferometry for photonic sources, cold-atom absolute gravimeters, quantum entropy sources, single-photon detector metrics, QRNG overview); TR 63760 (transmission media for quantum communication) and 63770-1 (quantum sensors overview) on 2026-09-04. Applies to quantum technologies in general.
- IEC/ISO JTC 3: Quantum technologies. Secretariat BSI (United Kingdom); 1 published ISO standard, 12 under development of which 10 under direct JTC 3 responsibility; subcommittee JSC 3A Quantum computing; WGs on terminology, sensors, QRNG, enabling technology, communication. Applies to quantum technologies in general.
- IEEE P7130: IEEE Draft Standard for Quantum Technologies Definitions. Active PAR (approved 2021-09-23), C/SABSC, QCN-WG; PAR extended to 2026-12-31 by the SASB on 2025-12-10; no approved IEEE 7130 standard (no '7130-2023') found. Applies to quantum technologies in general.
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/482: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/482 of 31 January 2024 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/881 as regards the adoption of the European Common Criteria-based cybersecurity certification scheme (EUCC). Adopted 2024-01-31, published OJ 2024-02-07; applies from 2025-02-27. Applies to quantum technologies in general.
- JTC22 Q06 (Release 1.1): Standardization Roadmap on Quantum Technologies. Release 1.1 dated June 2025 (supersedes FGQT Q04 Release 1); no later release published on the CEN-CENELEC site as of today; a 'Standardization Roadmap 2.0' is being prepared by WG 1 with no stated date. Applies to quantum technologies in general.
- RFC 9340: Architectural Principles for a Quantum Internet. Informational, IRTF stream, Quantum Internet Research Group (QIRG); published March 2023 (from draft-irtf-qirg-principles); not an Internet Standards Track specification. Applies to quantum technologies in general.
- RFC 9583: Application Scenarios for the Quantum Internet. Informational, IRTF stream, Quantum Internet Research Group (QIRG); published June 2024 (from draft-irtf-qirg-quantum-internet-use-cases); not an Internet Standards Track specification. Applies to quantum technologies in general.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
The type of action
| 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
Checklist of the proposal parts
The General Annexes of the main Horizon Europe work programme do not cover this topic (they leave out the ERC, the EIC, the joint undertakings and other programmes), so no general checklist is shown: the proposal parts are set by the call document and the application form on the topic page. EU Funding & Tenders Portal, topic HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13-01, Topic header (status, planned opening, deadlines), budget overview and type of action; search API record (read 2026-11-01)
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