{ "title": "Instrument navigator for policy makers", "notice": "Decision support, not legal advice. This navigator orders options from your answers with a fixed, published rule set; it does not decide. The legal basis, the work programme, the call conditions and the Financial Regulation prevail. Check with the responsible Directorate-General, the implementing body and your legal service before choosing an instrument.", "restricted": false, "compiled": "2026-10-25", "assembled": "2026-11-02", "review_days": 180, "note": "Knowledge base of EU instruments for the instrument navigator, compiled from official sources (EUR-Lex read through the Publications Office where EUR-Lex refused automated reading, the Funding & Tenders Portal, work programmes, Commission, agency and Joint Undertaking pages, CORDIS) on the dates shown with each source. Each fact is written in the portal's own words with its source and locator; figures appear only where the source states them. A record marked partly verified has at least one fact read on a summary page or a key page that could not be read. The fit profiles and weights are the portal's editorial rule set, documented in docs/modules/instrument-navigator.md, not official guidance.", "method": "Each answer you give (not \"Not sure\", and not a question set aside for your goal) is compared with the fit profile of every instrument. An instrument earns the question's weight when your answer is one of the options its profile lists; for the goal it earns the weight times the level its profile gives that goal (3 a primary purpose, 2 a common use, 1 possible but not its main use, 0 not for this). The score is the share of the weights it earned among those it could earn, in per cent; a question its profile leaves empty does not matter for it and counts neither way. A mismatch on a blocking question (the goal at level 0, how the EU acts, who must own the results, sensitivity) rules the instrument out and the reason is shown. Ties go to the higher goal level, then to the order of the knowledge base. Results at 75% or more are a strong fit, at 55% or more a good fit, from 40% a possible fit; at most eight are shown. The decision tree uses the same rules with the goal and the role answers alone. Nothing is learned from use and no AI is involved.", "questions": [ { "id": "goal", "label": "What do you want to do?", "short": "Goal", "help": "The main purpose of the action. Pick the closest; the other questions refine it.", "options": [ { "id": "research", "label": "Research: new knowledge, early-stage science" }, { "id": "innovation", "label": "Innovation: develop, test or demonstrate a technology" }, { "id": "deployment", "label": "Deploy infrastructure (computers, networks, testbeds, facilities)" }, { "id": "buy", "label": "Buy a product or service for public use" }, { "id": "skills", "label": "Skills and talent: train or attract people" }, { "id": "scaleup", "label": "Scale up companies: finance and growth" }, { "id": "coordination", "label": "Coordinate, network, align programmes or standards" }, { "id": "industrial", "label": "Build industrial or manufacturing capacity" }, { "id": "defence", "label": "Security or defence capability" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": [] }, { "id": "role", "label": "How should the EU act?", "short": "How the EU acts", "help": "Funding others (grants), buying for itself or for public authorities (procurement), investing or lending, or pooling Member States and national programmes.", "options": [ { "id": "fund", "label": "Fund others' projects (grants)" }, { "id": "buy", "label": "Buy as a public customer (procurement)" }, { "id": "invest", "label": "Invest, lend or guarantee" }, { "id": "pool", "label": "Pool or align Member States and national programmes" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": [] }, { "id": "trl", "label": "How mature is the technology?", "short": "Maturity", "help": "Technology readiness levels (TRL) as in the Horizon Europe General Annexes: 1-3 basic principles to proof of concept, 4-6 validation and demonstration in a relevant environment, 7-8 prototype in an operational environment to a qualified system, 9 proven in operation.", "options": [ { "id": "low", "label": "TRL 1-3: ideas, principles, proof of concept" }, { "id": "mid", "label": "TRL 4-6: lab or relevant-environment validation" }, { "id": "high", "label": "TRL 7-8: prototypes and pilots in real conditions" }, { "id": "market", "label": "TRL 9: proven products or services" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": { "goal": [ "skills", "coordination" ] } }, { "id": "actor", "label": "Who should do the work or receive the support?", "short": "Who acts", "help": "The organisations that carry out the action or are supported.", "options": [ { "id": "researchers", "label": "Universities, research organisations or individual researchers" }, { "id": "companies", "label": "Companies, including large industry" }, { "id": "startups", "label": "Start-ups and SMEs" }, { "id": "consortia", "label": "Mixed consortia of industry and academia" }, { "id": "public", "label": "Public authorities as buyers or operators" }, { "id": "states", "label": "Member States or national funders" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": [] }, { "id": "scope", "label": "How many countries take part?", "short": "Countries", "help": "Where the action takes place and who must join.", "options": [ { "id": "one", "label": "One Member State" }, { "id": "several", "label": "Several Member States" }, { "id": "eu", "label": "The EU as a whole (open to all Member States)" }, { "id": "global", "label": "With partners outside the EU" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": [] }, { "id": "cofund", "label": "Will national or regional money co-fund it?", "short": "National co-funding", "help": "Some instruments need Member State or national co-funding; others are funded by the EU budget alone.", "options": [ { "id": "yes", "label": "Yes, national or regional co-funding is part of the plan" }, { "id": "no", "label": "No, EU money alone (with the participants' own share)" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": { "role": [ "buy" ] } }, { "id": "budget", "label": "What is the order of magnitude of the money involved?", "short": "Budget", "help": "Total public money for the action, EU and national together.", "options": [ { "id": "small", "label": "Under EUR 5 million" }, { "id": "medium", "label": "EUR 5 to 50 million" }, { "id": "large", "label": "EUR 50 to 500 million" }, { "id": "xlarge", "label": "Over EUR 500 million" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": [] }, { "id": "time", "label": "When must it start?", "short": "Timeframe", "help": "Instruments that need a new work programme, a Member State agreement or a Commission decision take longer than a call already planned.", "options": [ { "id": "fast", "label": "Within a year" }, { "id": "medium", "label": "In one to two years" }, { "id": "long", "label": "More than two years: a multi-annual plan" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": [] }, { "id": "ownership", "label": "Must the results belong to the public buyer?", "short": "Ownership of results", "help": "In grants the beneficiaries own the results; in procurement the buyer usually owns or uses them; in pre-commercial procurement the suppliers keep the intellectual property and the buyer gets use rights.", "options": [ { "id": "public", "label": "Yes, the public side must own the result or the asset" }, { "id": "access", "label": "Use or licence rights for the public side are enough" }, { "id": "beneficiaries", "label": "No, the performers may own the results" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": { "goal": [ "skills", "coordination", "scaleup" ] } }, { "id": "sensitivity", "label": "Is the subject security-sensitive?", "short": "Sensitivity", "help": "Security-sensitive: participation may be limited to EU-controlled entities (as Horizon Europe Article 22(5) and Digital Europe Article 12 allow). Defence: military use or classified information.", "options": [ { "id": "open", "label": "No, open civil subject" }, { "id": "sensitive", "label": "Yes, security-sensitive but civil" }, { "id": "defence", "label": "Defence or classified" }, { "id": "unsure", "label": "Not sure" } ], "skip_if": [] } ], "weights": { "goal": 30, "role": 18, "trl": 12, "actor": 10, "scope": 8, "cofund": 6, "budget": 6, "time": 5, "ownership": 10, "sensitivity": 8 }, "blocking": [ "goal", "role", "ownership", "sensitivity" ], "goal_levels": [ "not what it is for", "possible, but not its main use", "a common use", "a primary purpose" ], "thresholds": { "strong": 75, "good": 55, "shown": 40, "max_results": 8 }, "families": { "horizon-europe": "Horizon Europe: collaborative actions", "horizon-people": "Horizon Europe: researchers, excellence and widening", "eic": "European Innovation Council", "partnerships": "European partnerships and Missions", "digital-europe": "Digital Europe Programme", "cef": "Connecting Europe Facility (Digital)", "joint-undertakings": "Joint Undertakings (EuroHPC, Chips)", "procurement": "Procurement procedures (Financial Regulation)", "innovation-procurement": "Innovation procurement (PCP and PPI)", "finance": "Finance: equity, loans and guarantees", "state-aid": "State aid and IPCEI", "shared-management": "Funds managed by the Member States", "networks": "Networks and national partnerships", "defence": "Defence (restricted)" }, "kinds": { "grant": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "procurement": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "equity": "Equity or blended finance", "loan": "Loan, venture debt or guarantee", "state-aid": "State aid rules (national money under EU rules)", "prize": "Prize", "network": "Networking support", "partnership": "Partnership or body that runs other instruments", "shared": "Shared management (Member State programmes)" }, "instruments": [ { "id": "he-ria", "name": "Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (RIA)", "short": "Horizon Europe RIA", "family": "horizon-europe", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "A RIA consists mainly of activities to establish new knowledge or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution; it can include basic and applied research, technology development and integration, and testing, demonstration and validation of a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 2, point (32)" }, { "text": "The General Annexes repeat this definition of RIA as an action type generally eligible for Horizon Europe grants.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Eligible activities, p. 14" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission adopts the cluster work programmes under Pillar II by implementing acts, following the strategic planning, under the examination procedure with the Programme Committee.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(1)-(2)(b) and Article 14(4)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "For Cluster 4 digital topics, the work programme names the granting authority as DG CNECT and HaDEA (for example in the notification duty on transfers of ownership or exclusive licences).", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, Digital, Industry and Space, p. 109 (topic-specific IPR condition)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Unless the work programme provides otherwise, a consortium must include at least one independent legal entity established in a Member State and at least two other independent legal entities each established in different Member States or associated countries.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 22(2)" }, { "text": "The General Annexes apply the same default: three independent legal entities in three different countries, at least one in a Member State; affiliated entities do not count towards this minimum.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Consortium composition, p. 13" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Up to 100% of total eligible costs may be reimbursed; the work programme fixes the maximum rate and a single rate applies per action.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 34(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "The maximum Horizon Europe funding rate for a research and innovation action is 100%, unless the topic conditions set another rate.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex G, Form of grant, funding rate and maximum grant amount, p. 31" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Example only: the Cluster 4 RIA topic HORIZON-CL4-2027-SPACE-03-71 (Quantum Space Gravimetry) expects an EU contribution of EUR 14.00 to 15.00 million per project within a topic budget of EUR 29.20 million.", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, HORIZON-CL4-2027-SPACE-03-71, p. 244" }, { "text": "Example only: the EuroHPC JU RIA topic Quantum Machine Learning (HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QML-07-01) has a 2026 budget of EUR 6 000 000 for an expected 2 grants of EUR 2 000 000 to 3 000 000 each.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qml-07-01", "locator": "Topic budget overview" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "The General Annexes define TRL 1 to TRL 9 for use where a topic requires a TRL; they do not attach a fixed TRL range to the RIA action type, so the range is set topic by topic.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Technology Readiness Levels, p. 15" }, { "text": "Example: the EuroHPC JU Quantum Machine Learning RIA expects activities to start at TRL 3/4 and reach TRL 5/6 by project end.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qml-07-01", "locator": "Topic conditions (expected outcome / TRL statement)" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries own the results they generate; jointly generated results that cannot be separated are jointly owned, with a written joint ownership agreement.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 38(1)" }, { "text": "Beneficiaries must grant each other royalty-free access to results needed for their own tasks, access for exploitation on fair and reasonable conditions, and royalty-free access for Union institutions for non-commercial policy use.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 41(6) and (9)" }, { "text": "Where justified, the grant agreement can give the Commission or funding body a right to object to transfers of ownership or exclusive licences to entities in non-associated third countries that are not in line with Union interests.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 40(4)" }, { "text": "In Cluster 4 digital topics, beneficiaries must notify DG CNECT and HaDEA before transferring ownership or granting exclusive licences, and the granting authority may object up to four years after the end of the action.", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, p. 109 (topic-specific condition)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "By derogation from the Financial Regulation, Horizon Europe allows at most five months from the submission deadline to inform applicants of evaluation results and at most eight months to sign grant agreements; 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funding decisions for indirect actions of EUR 2.5 million or more also require implementing acts under the same procedure.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(b), 13(4)(a) and 14(4)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "For actions related to Union strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security, the work programme may limit participation to entities in Member States or specified associated or third countries and, exceptionally, exclude entities controlled by non-associated third countries.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 22(5)" }, { "text": "Unless otherwise stated, entities established in China are not eligible for Horizon Europe RIAs; the listed exceptions are in Clusters 2 and 5 destinations, not Cluster 4.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Restrictions on the participation of legal entities established in China, p. 6" }, { "text": "Horizon Europe R&I under the specific programme must focus exclusively on civil applications.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 7(1)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "HORIZON-CL4-2027-SPACE-03-71 Quantum Space Gravimetry (RIA, 2027): EUR 29.20 million topic budget, participation limited to entities in Member States, Norway and Iceland.", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, pp. 244-245" }, { "text": "HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-18 Large-Scale Photonic Quantum Computing Platform Technologies (RIA) was cancelled after Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 extended the EuroHPC JU mandate to quantum technologies.", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, pp. 170-173" }, { "text": "Qu-Pilot (grant 101113983, topic HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-06-SGA), experimental production capabilities for quantum technologies, 2023-04-01 to 2027-03-31, EU contribution EUR 18 999 992, recorded on CORDIS as HORIZON-RIA.", "source": "cordis-qu-pilot", "locator": "CORDIS project record (fact sheet)" }, { "text": "QSNP Quantum Secure Networks Partnership (grant 101114043, topic HORIZON-CL4-2022-QUANTUM-04-SGA), 2023-03-01 to 2027-02-28, EU contribution EUR 24 999 999.70, recorded on CORDIS as HORIZON-RIA.", "source": "cordis-qsnp", "locator": "CORDIS project record (fact sheet)" }, { "text": "QuantERA III (grant 101212998, topic HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-02) is a RIA with cascading grants (financial support to third parties) for a co-funded transnational quantum call: EU contribution EUR 15 000 000, 2025-06-01 to 2030-05-31, coordinated by the National Science Centre (Poland).", "source": "cordis-quantera-iii", "locator": "CORDIS project record (fact sheet and objective)" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) / DG CNECT for Cluster 4 digital topics; National Contact Points", "url": "https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/" }, "fit": { "goals": { "research": 3, "innovation": 2, "coordination": 1, "skills": 1, "industrial": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "low", "mid" ], "actor": [ "researchers", "consortia", "companies", "startups" ], "scope": [ "several", "eu", "global" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Check whether a topic in the current Horizon Europe work programme (or the EuroHPC JU quantum calls since 2026) covers it; a new topic needs the next work programme and the programme committee.", "Talk to the unit in charge of the work programme part and to the national contact points." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "horizon-europe-cluster-4-quantum" ], "participation": [ "horizon-europe" ] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "Regulation 2021/695, Decision 2021/764, General Annexes 2026-2027 and the Cluster 4 work programme were read in full text at the cited locations; CORDIS records were read via the CORDIS JSON export. The General Annexes give no TRL range per action type.", "family_label": "Horizon Europe: collaborative actions", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "he-ia", "name": "Horizon Europe Innovation Action (IA)", "short": "Horizon Europe IA", "family": "horizon-europe", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "An IA consists mainly of activities to produce plans, arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or services, possibly including prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 2, point (33)" }, { "text": "The General Annexes list IA with the same scope as an action type generally eligible for grants.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Eligible activities, p. 14" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "IA topics are set in Commission work programmes adopted by implementing act under the examination procedure.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(b) and Article 14(4)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "For Cluster 4 digital topics the granting authority named in the work programme is DG CNECT and HaDEA.", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, p. 109" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Default consortium rule: at least three independent legal entities from three different Member States or associated countries, at least one in a Member State.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 22(2)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Innovation actions reimburse up to 70% of total eligible costs, except non-profit legal entities, which can receive up to 100%.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 34(2)(a)" }, { "text": "The General Annexes confirm a maximum of 70% for innovation actions, with up to 100% for non-profit legal entities.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex G, p. 31" } ], "typical_size": [], "trl": [ { "text": "TRL definitions 1-9 apply where a topic sets a TRL; no TRL range is fixed for the IA action type in the General Annexes.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Technology Readiness Levels, p. 15" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries own the results they generate, with the same access-rights and transfer-objection rules as for other Horizon Europe grants.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Articles 38(1), 40(4), 41" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Maximum five months to inform applicants and eight months to sign from the submission deadline.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 31(1)" }, { "text": "Indicatively around 5 months to evaluation result and around 8 months to grant signature.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex F, p. 30" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2021/695, Article 2(33) and Article 34(2)(a).", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Articles 2(33), 34(2)(a)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Requires inclusion in a Commission work programme adopted under the examination procedure with the Programme Committee.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 13 and 14(4)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Legal entities established in China are not eligible for any Horizon Europe Innovation Action.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, p. 6" }, { "text": "Strategic-autonomy restrictions under Article 22(5) can apply where the work programme provides.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 22(5)" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "HaDEA / DG CNECT (Cluster 4 digital); National Contact Points", "url": "https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/" }, "fit": { "goals": { "innovation": 3, "industrial": 2, "deployment": 1, "research": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "mid", "high" ], "actor": [ "companies", "consortia", "startups", "public" ], "scope": [ "several", "eu", "global" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Check the current work programme for an innovation action topic; a new one needs the next work programme and committee opinion.", "Plan the 70% rate for profit-making participants in the budget." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "horizon-europe-cluster-4-quantum" ], "participation": [ "horizon-europe" ] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Rules were read in full in the Regulation and General Annexes. No quantum IA topic exists in the 2026-2027 Cluster 4 work programme (its quantum topics are RIA/CSA, all cancelled), and no quantum HORIZON-IA project was confirmed on CORDIS, so quantum_examples and typical_size are left empty.", "family_label": "Horizon Europe: collaborative actions", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "he-csa", "name": "Horizon Europe Coordination and Support Action (CSA)", "short": "Horizon Europe CSA", "family": "horizon-europe", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "A CSA contributes to the programme objectives but excludes R&I activities (except under widening), and also covers bottom-up coordination without EU co-funding of research.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 2, point (39)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "CSA topics are set in Commission work programmes adopted by implementing act.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(b)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Cluster 4 digital CSAs are managed with DG CNECT and HaDEA as granting authority.", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, p. 109" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "CSAs may be implemented by one or more legal entities, which may be in a Member State, associated country or, exceptionally, another third country.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 22(4)" }, { "text": "The General Annexes allow single-applicant CSAs, with third-country applicants only in exceptional cases and if the topic provides.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Consortium composition, p. 13" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Maximum funding rate for a coordination and support action is 100%.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex G, p. 31" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Example: QUCATS, the Quantum Flagship CSA, had an EU contribution of EUR 6 636 973.75.", "source": "cordis-qucats", "locator": "CORDIS project record" }, { "text": "Example: the EuroHPC JU Quantum Grand Challenge CSA had EUR 4 000 000 for about 12 grants of EUR 200 000 to 300 000.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qgc-02-01", "locator": "Topic budget overview" }, { "text": "Grants to identified beneficiaries used as CSAs can be small: EUR 0.30 million for organising the European Quantum Technologies Conference 2026.", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, Other actions, Digital, item 1, pp. 280-281" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Specific provisions on ownership, exploitation, transfer and access rights may apply to coordination and support actions and are set out in the grant agreement.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 42(1)-(2)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Same Horizon Europe maxima: 5 months to inform and 8 months to sign from submission deadline.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 31(1)" } ], 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under strategic-autonomy rules, and excluded entities controlled by non-eligible countries unless guarantees were approved.", "source": "he-wp-cl4-2026-2027", "locator": "Part 7, HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-11, p. 164" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "QUCATS (grant 101070193, topic HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-32), the Quantum Flagship coordination CSA coordinated by VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH (Germany), ran 2022-05-01 to 2026-03-31 with EUR 6 636 973.75 EU contribution.", "source": "cordis-qucats", "locator": "CORDIS project record" }, { "text": "The QUCATS topic asked for Flagship coordination, standardisation input, and education and training, including a European core curriculum for quantum technologies.", "source": "ft-topic-cl4-2021-emerging-01-32", "locator": "Topic description, Expected Outcome" }, { "text": "HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QGC-02-01 Quantum Grand Challenge (CSA, deadline 2026-01-29) funds Phase 1 roadmaps and proofs of principle, with Phase 2 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Consolidator deadline 12 January 2027 with signature by 8 April 2028.", "source": "erc-wp-2027", "locator": "Table 1, p. 10" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe Regulation: ERC under Pillar I with EUR 15 027 000 000 indicative for 2021-2027; definition of 'ERC frontier research action'.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 12(2)(a)(i); Article 2 definitions" }, { "text": "The ERC, its Scientific Council and dedicated implementation structure are established by the Specific Programme Decision.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 8-10" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "The ERC work programme is established by the Scientific Council and adopted under the advisory procedure; the examination procedure applies only if the Commission departs from it.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(a)" }, { "text": "ERC actions are excluded from the requirement for comitology approval of individual funding decisions of EUR 2.5 million or more.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(4)(a)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Excellence is the sole award criterion for ERC frontier research proposals.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 28(2)" }, { "text": "ERC frontier research actions may be carried out by one legal entity if it is established in a Member State or associated country.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 22(3)" }, { "text": "Proposals scored 'A' but unfunded may be funded with Member State shared-management funds transferred to Horizon Europe, with portability then limited to that Member State.", "source": "erc-wp-2027", "locator": "Table 1 footnote 6, p. 10; footnote 17, p. 15" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "OPEN-2QS (Open 2D Quantum Simulator), ERC Synergy Grant call ERC-2024-SyG, EU contribution EUR 9 981 952, 2025-2031.", "source": "cordis-101164443", "locator": "CORDIS project 101164443 (call code from CORDIS programme data)" }, { "text": "EQUATE (early fault-tolerant quantum computers: characterisation, testing and emulation), ERC Starting Grant ERC-2026-STG, EU contribution EUR 1 498 972, starting March 2027.", "source": "cordis-101300540", "locator": "CORDIS project 101300540" }, { "text": "ComPQT (compact plug-and-play quantum network terminals), ERC Proof of Concept ERC-2025-POC, EUR 150 000, October 2025 to March 2027.", "source": "cordis-101248542", "locator": "CORDIS project 101248542" }, { "text": "In CORDIS, 244 of the 642 Horizon Europe projects with 'quantum' in the title are under the ERC programme line HORIZON.1.1.", "source": "cordis-search-quantum-he", "locator": "CORDIS search result counts by programme code" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA)", "url": "https://erc.europa.eu/" }, "fit": { "goals": { "research": 3, "skills": 2 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "low" ], "actor": [ "researchers" ], "scope": [ "eu", "global" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "The ERC is investigator-driven: there are no topics to set; researchers apply with a host institution.", "To attract top researchers, point them to the ERC calls and support hosts." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "erc-frontier-grants", "erc-proof-of-concept" ], "participation": [ "erc" ] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "I read the ERC Work Programme 2027 PDF (sections 1.1-1.7 and 2.1), plus Articles 8-10 and 13 of Decision 2021/764 and the cited articles of Regulation 2021/695 via the Publications Office. erc.europa.eu grant pages returned HTTP 403, so ERCEA is named from the work programme text and no ERC web page was read.", "family_label": "Horizon Europe: researchers, excellence and widening", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "msca", "name": "Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (Doctoral Networks, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Staff Exchanges, COFUND)", "short": "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions", "family": "horizon-people", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "MSCA give researchers new knowledge and skills through mobility across borders, sectors and disciplines, and improve training, career development and recruitment systems.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Annex I, Pillar I, point (b) MSCA" }, { "text": "The MSCA website calls MSCA the EU flagship programme for doctoral education and postdoctoral training, part of Horizon Europe.", "source": "msca-about", "locator": "About the MSCA" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission adopts the MSCA work programme by implementing act under the examination procedure with the Horizon Europe programme committee.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(b)" }, { "text": "The MSCA website is managed by DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC).", "source": "msca-about", "locator": "Page footer / About the MSCA" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The European Research Executive Agency (REA) manages the MSCA for the Commission.", "source": "msca-about", "locator": "About the MSCA" }, { "text": "REA lists 'Horizon Europe: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions' among the programmes it manages.", "source": "rea-about", "locator": "Funding and grants menu" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Doctoral Networks need a consortium of at least three independent legal entities, each in a different Member State or Associated Country and at least one in a Member State, and each beneficiary must recruit at least one doctoral candidate.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 1.3.1 Participating organisations, p. 72-73" }, { "text": "Postdoctoral Fellowships are mono-beneficiary: a single independent legal entity in a Member State or Associated Country applies jointly with the researcher.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 2.3 Eligibility, p. 81; topic HORIZON-MSCA-2026-PF-01-01 Scope, p. 26" }, { "text": "Postdoctoral researchers may have at most 8 years of full-time-equivalent research experience after their doctorate at the call deadline.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 2.3, p. 82" }, { "text": "Staff Exchanges need at least three independent legal entities in three countries, two in different Member States or Associated Countries, from both academic and non-academic sectors.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 3.3, p. 88" }, { "text": "COFUND applications are submitted by a single entity in a Member State or Associated Country that co-funds doctoral or postdoctoral programmes.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 4. MSCA COFUND, p. 95-96" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "The EU contribution takes the form of unit contributions under the Decision of 11 March 2021, not cost reimbursement.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 and 4.1" }, { "text": "Doctoral Networks pay per person-month a living allowance of EUR 4 250, mobility EUR 710 and family EUR 660 (if applicable), plus EUR 1 600 for research/training/networking and EUR 1 200 for management and indirect costs; a country correction coefficient applies to the living allowance.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 1.1 Applicable unit contributions, p. 70-71" }, { "text": "Postdoctoral Fellowships pay per person-month a living allowance of EUR 6 350, mobility EUR 710 and family EUR 660, plus EUR 1 000 research/training/networking and EUR 650 management and indirect.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 2.1, p. 78-79" }, { "text": "Staff Exchanges pay EUR 2 870 per seconded person-month as top-up allowance, plus EUR 1 300 research/networking and EUR 1 000 management and indirect.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 3.1, p. 87" }, { "text": "COFUND unit contributions are EUR 3 500 (doctoral) and EUR 4 980 (postdoctoral) per researcher-month, and the EU contribution is capped at EUR 10 million per beneficiary per call.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 4.1, p. 94-95" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Doctoral Networks call budgets are EUR 628.03 million (2026) and EUR 645.99 million (2027); EU support per network is capped at 540 person-months.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "MSCA Doctoral Networks call table p. 13; Specific conditions 1.3.3, p. 74" }, { "text": "The 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships call has EUR 368.94 million for European Fellowships and EUR 65.11 million for Global Fellowships.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-MSCA-2026-PF-01-01 conditions, p. 25" }, { "text": "Staff Exchanges last up to 48 months and are capped at 360 person-months; secondments run 1-12 months per person.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 3.3.3, p. 89" }, { "text": "European Postdoctoral Fellowships last 12-24 months; Global Fellowships have a 12-24 month outgoing phase plus a mandatory 12-month return phase.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-MSCA-2026-PF-01-01 Scope, p. 26" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries own their results; specific ownership, exploitation and access-right provisions may apply to training and mobility actions through the grant agreement.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Articles 38(1) and 42(1)-(2)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe maxima: applicants learn the outcome within 5 months and grants are signed within 8 months of the submission deadline, unless the work programme sets shorter periods.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 31(1)-(2)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "MSCA are part of Pillar I of Horizon Europe with an indicative EUR 6 333 000 000 for 2021-2027.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 12(2)(a)(ii)" }, { "text": "The Union contribution for MSCA training and mobility actions must account for extra costs from maternity, parental, sick or special leave.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 36(6)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "An MSCA work programme adopted by implementing act under the examination procedure (Regulation 182/2011, Article 5) is needed before calls open.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 13(2)(b) and 14(4)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "In Doctoral Networks, no more than 40% of the EU contribution may go to beneficiaries in one country or to one international organisation.", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 1.3.1, p. 72" }, { "text": "Doctoral Networks last up to 48 months (60 for Joint Doctorates), with individual fellowships of 3-36 months (up to 48 for Joint Doctorates).", "source": "msca-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Specific conditions, 1.3.3, p. 74" }, { "text": "Training and mobility actions may be implemented by one legal entity if it is established in a Member State or associated country.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 22(3)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "QuBriC (bridging quantum and classical error correction), Doctoral Network HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01, EU contribution EUR 4 656 952.08, 2026-2030.", "source": "cordis-101312335", "locator": "CORDIS project 101312335" }, { "text": "QuRIOUS (optical clocks training network), Doctoral Network HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01-01, EU contribution EUR 4 642 371.72, 2025-2029.", "source": "cordis-101227522", "locator": "CORDIS project 101227522" }, { "text": "TPSQCrypto (practical and secure quantum communication), Postdoctoral Fellowship HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01, EUR 194 074.56, 2026-2028.", "source": "cordis-101262877", "locator": "CORDIS project 101262877" }, { "text": "QuanG2 (Quantum Grenoble 2), COFUND HORIZON-MSCA-2025-COFUND-01-01, EU contribution EUR 3 326 400, 2026-2030.", "source": "cordis-101261699", "locator": "CORDIS project 101261699" }, { "text": "QUANTIS (hybrid quantum methods for optimisation), Staff Exchange HORIZON-MSCA-2026-SE-01-01, EU contribution EUR 522 170, from February 2027.", "source": "cordis-101342949", "locator": "CORDIS project 101342949" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Research Executive Agency (REA)", "url": "https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/" }, "fit": { "goals": { "skills": 3, "research": 2 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "low", "mid" ], "actor": [ "researchers", "consortia" ], "scope": [ "several", "eu", "global" ], "cofund": [ "no", "yes" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Pick the action: Doctoral Networks, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Staff Exchanges or COFUND (co-funds regional and national programmes).", "Bottom-up: any field, so quantum applicants compete with all disciplines." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "msca-doctoral-networks", "msca-postdoctoral-fellowships" ], "participation": [ "msca" ] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "I read the specific conditions and call tables of the MSCA Work Programme 2026-2027 PDF, the MSCA 'About' and Doctoral Networks pages, the REA 'About' page and the cited legal articles. MSCA calls are bottom-up and the work programme has no quantum topic, so the examples are CORDIS projects. The PDF tables were read from extracted text, so a few unit amounts were matched to columns by layout.", "family_label": "Horizon Europe: researchers, excellence and widening", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "era-chairs", "name": "ERA Chairs (Widening participation and spreading excellence)", "short": "ERA Chairs", "family": "horizon-people", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "ERA Chairs attract outstanding researchers or innovators to universities and research organisations in Widening countries to build a permanent high-quality research group and drive institutional reform.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01 Expected Outcome and Scope, pp. 44-45" }, { "text": "ERA Chairs are named as an area of intervention under 'widening participation and spreading excellence'.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Annex I, Part 'Widening Participation and Strengthening the ERA', Areas of intervention" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission adopts the widening work programme by implementing act under the examination procedure.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(b)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "REA lists 'Horizon Europe: Widening participation and spreading excellence' among its programmes; the page does not name ERA Chairs specifically.", "source": "rea-about", "locator": "Funding and grants menu" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "A single research organisation or research infrastructure in a Widening country applies (mono-beneficiary) with a prospective ERA Chair holder, who may come from any country but must not already have a contract with the institution.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01 Eligibility conditions, p. 42; Scope, p. 44" }, { "text": "Widening countries among the Member States are Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia, plus listed associated countries and outermost regions.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 2, definition of 'widening countries'" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "ERA Chairs are Coordination and Support Actions, and Horizon Europe allows up to 100% of eligible costs except for innovation and programme co-fund actions.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01 Type of Action, p. 42" }, { "text": "Horizon Europe funding-rate rule (up to 100%, with exceptions for innovation and co-fund actions).", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 34(2)" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The Commission estimates EUR 1.50-2.50 million per project; the 2027 ERA Chairs topic has EUR 175.00 million indicative; projects last 5 years.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01, pp. 42 and 46" }, { "text": "The grant covers salaries, recruitment, travel and administration for the Chair holder and team; consumables and equipment are capped at 10% of the EU contribution.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01 Scope, p. 46" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries own the results they generate; specific provisions may apply to coordination and support actions.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Articles 38(1) and 42(1)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe maxima: 5 months to inform applicants and 8 months to sign grant agreements after the deadline.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 31(1)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Part 'Widening Participation and Strengthening the ERA' has EUR 3 212 000 000 indicative, of which EUR 2 842 000 000 is for 'widening participation and spreading excellence'.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 12(2)(d)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Calls require a Widening work programme adopted under the examination procedure with the programme committee.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 13(2)(b) and 14(4)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "The Chair holder must commit at least 50% FTE with on-site presence until a permanent research group leader is appointed (by month 36), then at least 20% for the rest of the project.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01 Eligibility, pp. 42-43; Scope, p. 45" }, { "text": "At least 20% of new research group members must hold permanent positions, and no more than 50% may have prior contractual links to the host.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01 Scope, p. 46" }, { "text": "Seals of Excellence go to proposals above threshold that cannot be funded; ties are broken first by geographical diversity of Widening coordinators.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-02-WIDENING-01 Procedure, p. 43" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "EUCENTRAL (Modelling Center for Quantum Technologies), ERA Chairs topic HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01-01, EU contribution EUR 2 467 225, 2025-2029.", "source": "cordis-101186579", "locator": "CORDIS project 101186579" }, { "text": "HIP-2D-QM (Hidden phases in 2D quantum materials), ERA Chairs HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01-01, EU contribution EUR 2 499 855, 2024-2029.", "source": "cordis-101185375", "locator": "CORDIS project 101185375" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Research Executive Agency (REA), Widening participation and spreading excellence", "url": "https://rea.ec.europa.eu/about-rea_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "skills": 3, "research": 2 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [], "actor": [ "researchers" ], "scope": [ "one" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Only institutions in widening countries can apply; they recruit an outstanding researcher and team.", "Check the Widening part of the current Horizon Europe work programme." ], "related": { "participation": [ "horizon-europe" ], "funding_instruments": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "I read the 2027 ERA Chairs topic in full in the Widening Work Programme 2026-2027, plus the cited legal articles. REA's role comes from REA's general programme list, which does not name ERA Chairs.", "family_label": "Horizon Europe: researchers, excellence and widening", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "teaming", "name": "Teaming for Excellence (and the 2026 Teaming Synergies action)", "short": "Teaming for Excellence", "family": "horizon-people", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Teaming creates new centres of excellence, or modernises existing ones, in low R&I performing countries through partnerships with leading European institutions.", "source": "widera-wp-2023-2025", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage, Expected Outcome and Scope, pp. 56-57" }, { "text": "In the 2026-2027 work programme, the Teaming line is a 'Teaming Synergies' CSA that clusters and sustains existing Teaming Centres of Excellence; no new Teaming for Excellence call is listed.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "Table of contents p. 2; HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-01-WIDENING-01, pp. 24-26" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission adopts the widening work programme by implementing act under the examination procedure.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(b)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "REA lists 'Horizon Europe: Widening participation and spreading excellence' among its programmes; the page does not name Teaming specifically.", "source": "rea-about", "locator": "Funding and grants menu" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "The 2025 Teaming call required a coordinator in a Widening country (university, research organisation, R&D-focused company, national or regional authority, or funding agency) and at least one leading university or research organisation from another Member State or Associated Country as advanced partner.", "source": "widera-wp-2023-2025", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage Eligibility, pp. 54-55" }, { "text": "Teaming Synergies 2026 is limited to coordinators in Widening countries that are or were coordinators of a Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe Teaming action.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-01-WIDENING-01 Eligibility, p. 24" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Teaming is a Coordination and Support Action, and Horizon Europe allows up to 100% of eligible costs for such actions.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 34(2)" }, { "text": "The Teaming 2025 topic is a CSA with a two-stage procedure.", "source": "widera-wp-2023-2025", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage, Type of Action, p. 54" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Teaming 2025: EUR 8.00-15.00 million per project with EUR 270.00 million in total.", "source": "widera-wp-2023-2025", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage, p. 54" }, { "text": "Teaming Synergies 2026: one action of about EUR 7.00 million over 5 years.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-01-WIDENING-01, pp. 24 and 26" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries own the results they generate.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 38(1)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe maxima: 5 months to inform applicants and 8 months to sign grant agreements.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 31(1)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Teaming is an area of intervention under 'widening participation and spreading excellence', funded from the EUR 2 842 000 000 envelope.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Annex I Part 'Widening Participation and Strengthening the ERA'; Article 12(2)(d)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Teaming 2025 was an EU Synergy grant: both the Horizon Europe part and the complementary part (for example Cohesion policy) are evaluated jointly, and Cohesion funding must fit the smart specialisation strategy.", "source": "widera-wp-2023-2025", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage Procedure, pp. 55-56" }, { "text": "A widening work programme adopted under the examination procedure is required.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 13(2)(b) and 14(4)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Teaming 2025 required complementary national, regional, EU (for example Cohesion) or private funding at least equal to the requested Horizon Europe contribution, disbursed during the project; in-kind contributions did not count.", "source": "widera-wp-2023-2025", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage Eligibility, p. 55" }, { "text": "Centres that already received Teaming funding were excluded from new Teaming support.", "source": "widera-wp-2023-2025", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage Scope, p. 57" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "QCIRCLE, a quantum technology Centre of Excellence in the Canary Islands, Teaming topic HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-01-01-two-stage, EU contribution EUR 14 505 000, May 2023 to April 2029 (72 months).", "source": "cordis-101059999", "locator": "CORDIS project 101059999" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Research Executive Agency (REA), Widening participation and spreading excellence", "url": "https://rea.ec.europa.eu/about-rea_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "skills": 2, "research": 2, "deployment": 2, "industrial": 1 }, "role": [ "fund", "pool" ], "trl": [], "actor": [ "researchers", "states" ], "scope": [ "one", "several" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "medium" ], "time": [ "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Pair an institution in a widening country with a leading advanced partner to create or upgrade a centre of excellence.", "The national or regional authority commits complementary funding." ], "related": { "participation": [ "horizon-europe" ], "funding_instruments": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "I read the Teaming 2025 topic in the Widening Work Programme 2023-2025 and the Teaming Synergies 2026 topic in the 2026-2027 work programme. The 2026-2027 table of contents lists no new Teaming for Excellence call. REA's role is inferred from its general Widening listing.", "family_label": "Horizon Europe: researchers, excellence and widening", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "twinning", "name": "Twinning", "short": "Twinning", "family": "horizon-people", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Twinning links an institution in a Widening country with at least two internationally leading institutions from two other Member States or Associated Countries, to raise its research profile and research management capacity.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02-WIDENING-01 Expected Outcome, p. 28" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission adopts the widening work programme by implementing act under the examination procedure.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(b)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "REA lists 'Horizon Europe: Widening participation and spreading excellence' among its programmes; the page does not name Twinning specifically.", "source": "rea-about", "locator": "Funding and grants menu" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "The coordinator must be established in a Widening country; the JRC may join as a zero-funded beneficiary or associated partner.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02-WIDENING-01 Eligibility, pp. 26-27" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Twinning is a Coordination and Support Action paid as a lump sum, and Horizon Europe allows up to 100% of eligible costs for such actions.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02-WIDENING-01 Type of Action and Legal and financial set-up, pp. 26-27" }, { "text": "Horizon Europe funding-rate rule.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 34(2)" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The Commission estimates EUR 0.80-1.50 million per project; the 2026 Twinning topic has EUR 264.50 million; projects last up to 3 years.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02-WIDENING-01, pp. 26 and 29" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries own the results they generate.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 38(1)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe maxima: 5 months to inform applicants and 8 months to sign grant agreements.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 31(1)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Twinning is an area of intervention under 'widening participation and spreading excellence'.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Annex I Part 'Widening Participation and Strengthening the ERA'; Article 12(2)(d)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "A widening work programme adopted under the examination procedure is required.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 13(2)(b) and 14(4)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "A research and innovation component may take up to 30% of the grant in a dedicated work package, and at least half of it must go to the coordinator.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02-WIDENING-01 Scope, p. 29" }, { "text": "Proposals must include a dedicated work package or task to strengthen the coordinator's research management capacity.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02-WIDENING-01 Scope, p. 28" }, { "text": "Each proposal is scored by at least four evaluators, using the median per criterion, and ties favour coordinators from Widening countries not yet represented.", "source": "widera-wp-2026-2027", "locator": "HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02-WIDENING-01 Procedure and Evaluation, p. 27" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "BioQantSense (Twinning for a Serbian research centre for quantum biophotonics), topic HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03-01, EU contribution EUR 1 060 605, October 2022 to March 2026.", "source": "cordis-101079355", "locator": "CORDIS project 101079355" }, { "text": "ToEQPL (towards a quantum photonics excellence centre in Latvia), Twinning Bottom-Up HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02-01, EU contribution EUR 1 500 000, 2024-2027.", "source": "cordis-101160101", "locator": "CORDIS project 101160101" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Research Executive Agency (REA), Widening participation and spreading excellence", "url": "https://rea.ec.europa.eu/about-rea_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "skills": 2, "research": 2, "coordination": 2 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [], "actor": [ "researchers" ], "scope": [ "several" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "A university or research organisation in a widening country links with leading institutions in two other countries for staff exchanges and training." ], "related": { "participation": [ "horizon-europe" ], "funding_instruments": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "I read the 2026 Twinning topic in full in the Widening Work Programme 2026-2027 and the cited legal articles. REA's role is inferred from its general Widening listing.", "family_label": "Horizon Europe: researchers, excellence and widening", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "eic-pathfinder", "name": "EIC Pathfinder (Open and Challenges)", "short": "EIC Pathfinder", "family": "eic", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The Pathfinder provides grants for high-risk, cutting-edge projects at the earliest stages of scientific, technological or deep-tech research, including proof of concept and prototypes.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 47(1)" }, { "text": "Pathfinder builds the scientific basis for breakthrough technologies: Open supports any field, and Challenges support portfolios of projects in predefined areas.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section II EIC Pathfinder, p. 26" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission prepares the EIC work programme on the advice of the EIC Board and adopts it under the examination procedure.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 12(1)(b) and 13(2)(c)" }, { "text": "The 2026 EIC Work Programme (C(2026) 4080) was prepared following the advice of the EIC Board.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Who should read this document?, p. 2" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) implements Horizon Europe EIC activities except the EIC Fund; EIC Programme Managers manage Challenge portfolios.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Glossary, p. 19; Key features, pp. 12-14" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Pathfinder Open requires a consortium of at least three independent legal entities in three different countries: at least one in a Member State and two others in different Member States or Associated Countries.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "II.1 Can you apply?, p. 28" }, { "text": "Pathfinder Challenges accept single legal entities or consortia (two or more entities) under the conditions in the call.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "II.2 Can you apply?, p. 33" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Pathfinder grants are Research and Innovation Actions funded at 100% of eligible costs as a lump sum.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "II.1 What support will you receive, p. 28; II.2, p. 34" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Requests up to EUR 4 million are considered appropriate, and higher amounts are possible if justified; the 2026 Open call has EUR 166 million.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "II.1, p. 28; overview table p. 9" }, { "text": "The 2026 Pathfinder Challenges call has EUR 96 million indicative, with up to EUR 4 million per project.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "II.2 What support will you receive, pp. 33-34" }, { "text": "Pathfinder projects may receive Booster grants of up to EUR 50 000 for complementary activities.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 47(2), third subparagraph" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "Pathfinder Open supports low TRL work (for example TRL 1 to 4); Challenges usually start around TRL 2 and aim for proof of concept or lab validation (TRL 3 or 4).", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "II.1 Why should you apply?, p. 26; II.2, p. 32; overview table p. 9" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries keep ownership of results. EIC Programme Managers may ask for information on results, which is treated as confidential and shared only under non-disclosure duties; inventors may get access rights where no technology-transfer support exists.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Policy of open access and IPR, p. 15; Annex 6, pp. 204-206" }, { "text": "Beneficiaries must tell the Agency if IP from EIC projects is to be transferred to an entity in a non-associated third country.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Economic security, Intellectual Property, p. 17" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Applicants are informed within 5 months of the call deadline and grants are signed by 8 months (indicative).", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "II.1 How do you apply; how long does it take?, p. 29; II.2, p. 35" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe Regulation, Article 47 (The Pathfinder); the EIC is established under Article 9.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Articles 9 and 47" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "An EIC work programme adopted under the examination procedure is required; Booster grants must be reported to the Programme Committee.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(c)" }, { "text": "Programme Committee information on Booster grants.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 47(2)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Pathfinder, Transition and Advanced Innovation Challenges remain civil-only, while dual-use was opened only in the Accelerator and STEP Scale Up.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Overview of the 2026 Work Programme, p. 8" }, { "text": "Proposals touching European communication networks (5G, post-5G) are subject to restrictions protecting those networks.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "II.1 Can you apply?, p. 28" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "There are no quantum Pathfinder Challenges in 2026; the three Challenges cover energy harvesting materials, healthy-ageing biotechnology and cognitive AI (DeepRAP).", "source": "eic-pathfinder-challenges-2026", "locator": "Challenge list" }, { "text": "The 2026 work programme confirms the same three Pathfinder Challenges (II.2.1 to II.2.3).", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Table of Contents p. 3; overview table p. 9" }, { "text": "Earlier, 2022 had a quantum Pathfinder Challenge, HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-06 'Alternative approaches to Quantum Information Processing, Communication, and Sensing'; it funded QuKiT (Kitaev transmon qubits, EU contribution EUR 4 749 963.75, 2023-2027).", "source": "cordis-101115315", "locator": "CORDIS project 101115315 (call title from CORDIS programme data)" }, { "text": "Q-ONE (quantum optical networks based on exciton-polaritons), same 2022 quantum Pathfinder Challenge, EU contribution EUR 3 980 960.", "source": "cordis-101115575", "locator": "CORDIS project 101115575" }, { "text": "SuperICQ (superconducting integrated circuits for scalable quantum systems), Pathfinder Open HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN, EU contribution EUR 2 998 012.75, 2026-2030.", "source": "cordis-101257985", "locator": "CORDIS project 101257985" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)", "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-pathfinder_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "research": 3, "innovation": 2 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "low", "mid" ], "actor": [ "researchers", "consortia", "startups" ], "scope": [ "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small" ], "time": [ "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Pathfinder Open is bottom-up; a Pathfinder Challenge on a quantum theme would have to be set in the EIC work programme.", "Contact the EIC and its programme managers." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "eic-pathfinder" ], "participation": [ "eic" ] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "I read Section II and Annex 6 of the EIC Work Programme 2026, the 2026 Challenges page, Article 47 of Regulation 2021/695 and Articles 12-13 of Decision 2021/764. The 2022 quantum Challenge name comes from CORDIS project call data, not the 2022 work programme.", "family_label": "European Innovation Council", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "eic-transition", "name": "EIC Transition", "short": "EIC Transition", "family": "eic", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "EIC Transition validates technologies and develops business plans for specific applications, maturing results beyond proof of concept toward market readiness.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Overview p. 7; Section III, p. 48" }, { "text": "Pathfinder transition activities help researchers and innovators build a route to commercial development, such as demonstrations, feasibility studies and spin-off creation.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 47(2)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission prepares the EIC work programme on EIC Board advice and adopts it under the examination procedure.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 12(1)(b) and 13(2)(c)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "EISMEA implements EIC grant activities, and EIC Tech-to-Market Advisers and Programme Managers support Transition projects.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Glossary, pp. 19 and 22" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Applicants may be a single legal entity in a Member State or Associated Country (but not a large company alone), two independent entities from two countries, or three to five entities.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section III Can you apply?, p. 52; footnote 80" }, { "text": "Proposals must build on results from eligible projects: EIC Pathfinder (including H2020 FET-Open, FET-Proactive and FET Flagships), ERC Proof of Concept, Pillar II RIAs, research infrastructures and civil-focused EDF projects.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section III Can you apply?, pp. 50-51" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Transition grants are funded at 100% of eligible costs as a lump sum.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section III What support will you receive, p. 53" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "EU requests between EUR 0.5 million and EUR 2.5 million over 1-3 years are considered appropriate; the 2026 call has EUR 100 million.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section III, p. 53; overview table p. 9" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "Applicants must start from results at TRL 3 or 4 (not beyond TRL 4) and aim for TRL 5 to 6 by project end.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section III, pp. 48 and 50; overview table p. 9" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries keep ownership; Annex 6 information-sharing and confidentiality rules apply, and applicants must show they own or can access the rights to commercialise the results they build on.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Annex 6, pp. 204-206; Section III, p. 51" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Remote evaluation results arrive within 9 weeks of the deadline, interviews are about 11-13 weeks after, and grants are signed within 6 months of the deadline (indicative).", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section III How do you apply; how long does it take?, p. 54" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe Regulation, Article 47(2) (Pathfinder transition activities) and Article 9 (EIC).", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Articles 9 and 47(2)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "An EIC work programme adopted under the examination procedure is required.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 13(2)(c)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Ongoing source projects must have started over 18 months before the cut-off (6 months for ERC Proof of Concept), and finished ones must have ended within 24 months.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section III, p. 51" }, { "text": "Transition stays civil-only.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Overview, p. 8" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "FALQON (fast photonic integrated circuits for CV-QKD), HORIZON-EIC-2025-TRANSITIONOPEN, EU contribution EUR 2 498 823.50, 2026-2029.", "source": "cordis-101291297", "locator": "CORDIS project 101291297" }, { "text": "RE-CLIQS (replaceable chiplet links for quantum scaling), HORIZON-EIC-2025-TRANSITIONOPEN, EU contribution EUR 2 499 887.50, 2026-2028.", "source": "cordis-101290564", "locator": "CORDIS project 101290564" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)", "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-transition_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "innovation": 3, "scaleup": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "mid", "high" ], "actor": [ "startups", "researchers", "consortia" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small" ], "time": [ "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Transition builds on results of EIC, ERC Proof of Concept or other eligible projects; check eligibility of the prior result." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "eic-transition" ], "participation": [ "eic" ] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "I read Section III of the EIC Work Programme 2026 and the cited legal articles. The EIC Transition web page was not opened separately.", "family_label": "European Innovation Council", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "eic-accelerator", "name": "EIC Accelerator (grant, blended finance, equity-only)", "short": "EIC Accelerator", "family": "eic", "kind": "equity", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The Accelerator supports market-creating innovation by single beneficiaries, mainly through blended finance, with grant-only and equity-only support under conditions.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 48(1)" }, { "text": "It helps SMEs, start-ups, spin-offs and in some cases small mid-caps bring innovations to market and scale up.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Overview, p. 7" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The EIC Board advises the Commission on the work programme and on the balance of grants, equity and other financing in the Accelerator; the Commission adopts it under the examination procedure.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Articles 12(1)(b)-(c) and 13(2)(c)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "EISMEA manages the grant component. The investment component is entrusted to the EIB under indirect management, and the EIC Fund makes investments following EIB due diligence.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Glossary, pp. 19 and 21; Indirect management of the investment component, p. 89" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "The beneficiary must be a start-up or SME, or in exceptional cases a small mid-cap, in a Member State or associated country; natural persons or entities may apply on its behalf.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 48(2)" }, { "text": "Single start-ups and SMEs, individuals intending to launch one, and in some cases small mid-caps (under 499 employees) may apply.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Overview table, p. 10; Section V, p. 73" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "The grant or reimbursable-advance component may not exceed 70% of total eligible costs.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 48(9)" }, { "text": "Grant-component costs are reimbursed up to 70% within the EUR 2 499 999 ceiling, and the beneficiary funds the remaining 30% itself.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section V, pp. 75-76" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Grant component below EUR 2.5 million (lump sum); investment component EUR 1 million to EUR 10 million, usually direct equity or quasi-equity.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Overview table, p. 10; Section V, pp. 75-76" }, { "text": "The 2026 Accelerator has EUR 634 million in total (EUR 414 million Open, EUR 220 million Challenges), with EUR 380 million for investment components managed by the EIC Fund.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section V, p. 74" }, { "text": "Grant-only support is available once per beneficiary for the whole programme, capped at EUR 2.5 million.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 48(1), second subparagraph (c)" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "Accelerator grants fund innovation activities from TRL 6 to 8; the minimum TRL has been 6 since 2025.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Overview table, p. 10; Section V, pp. 76-77; footnote 68, p. 50" }, { "text": "The EIC Accelerator web page also states TRL 6-8.", "source": "eic-accelerator-page", "locator": "Who can apply / eligibility" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "The Agency may object to transfers of ownership or licensing of results under grant agreement conditions, and for dual-use activities it may also object to non-exclusive licensing.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section V, p. 77" }, { "text": "The EIC Fund ensures supported companies keep most of their value, including IP, in the EU or Associated Countries, and may apply safeguards case by case.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section V, p. 76" }, { "text": "Accelerator IP rules sit in the contract and/or investment agreement.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Footnote 14, p. 15" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Short applications are batched monthly with results in about 4-6 weeks; full-application panel results come about 8-9 weeks after batching.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section V How do you apply, pp. 78-80" }, { "text": "The EIC page gives indicative times: step 1 about 4-6 weeks, step 2 8-9 weeks after batching, jury results 2-3 weeks after interviews, and investment decision 2-6 months.", "source": "eic-accelerator-page", "locator": "Application process / timeline" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "The legal basis is Horizon Europe Regulation Article 48 (The Accelerator) and Article 46 (Horizon Europe and EIC blended finance); the EIC has an indicative EUR 8 752 000 000 for 2021-2027.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Articles 46, 48 and 12(2)(c)(i) (original 2021 text read)" }, { "text": "The 2026 work programme widens Accelerator support to dual-use innovation under Article 48(2) as amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2653.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Overview, p. 8; Main changes, p. 11" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "A single Commission award decision covers all forms of support under EIC blended finance.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 48(3)" }, { "text": "The Commission may reject a proposal retained by experts for justified reasons, and must inform the Programme Committee; increases in support need EIC Board advice and are reported to the Committee.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 48(8) and 48(12)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "In AI, quantum, semiconductors and biotechnology, specific economic-security safeguards are written into EIC Fund investment agreements.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "V.1 EIC Accelerator Open, p. 91; Economic security, pp. 16-17" }, { "text": "Grant-only Accelerator actions in the critical raw materials Challenge exclude entities controlled from non-eligible third countries.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Economic security, p. 16" }, { "text": "At least 70% of the EIC budget must go to SMEs, including start-ups.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 9(2)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "There is a quantum-specific Accelerator Challenge in 2024, HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-03B 'Emerging quantum technology components'; for example QUQUP (QuiX Quantum Universal Quantum Processor), grant EUR 2 470 125, 2024-2026.", "source": "cordis-101187962", "locator": "CORDIS project 101187962 (call title from CORDIS programme data)" }, { "text": "DISQO (scalable germanium quantum processors), HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-02-OPEN, grant EUR 2 499 875, 2025-2027.", "source": "cordis-101248173", "locator": "CORDIS project 101248173" }, { "text": "The 17 February 2026 Accelerator round (61 companies, EUR 467 million requested) names QuantaMap (project NAUTILUS) for quantum metrology and defect inspection of quantum chips.", "source": "eic-news-acc-2026-02-17", "locator": "News item, examples of selected companies" }, { "text": "The 2023 Accelerator Challenge 'Emerging semiconductor or quantum technology components' is HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-05 in CORDIS.", "source": "cordis-search-quantum-he", "locator": "CORDIS programme code list" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA); EIC Fund for the investment component", "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "scaleup": 3, "innovation": 3, "industrial": 1 }, "role": [ "fund", "invest" ], "trl": [ "mid", "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "startups" ], "scope": [ "one", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Single start-ups and SMEs apply (short application, then full application and interview).", "Point companies to the EIC Business Acceleration Services and national contact points." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "eic-accelerator", "eic-step-scale-up" ], "participation": [ "eic" ] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "I read Section V of the EIC Work Programme 2026 (pp. 72-91), the economic-security introduction, the EIC Accelerator page, the February 2026 EIC news item and Article 48 of Regulation 2021/695. The regulation text read is the original 2021 version, not the version consolidated with the 2025/2653 dual-use amendments.", "family_label": "European Innovation Council", "kind_label": "Equity or blended finance", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "eic-fund", "name": "EIC Fund (equity component, EIC STEP Scale Up, Scaleup Europe Fund compartment)", "short": "EIC Fund (equity)", "family": "eic", "kind": "equity", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The EIC Fund is the EIC's venture arm and provides the investment component of the EIC Accelerator and the STEP call.", "source": "eic-fund-about-2026", "locator": "What the EIC Fund is" }, { "text": "EIC STEP Scale Up gives equity-only investments to scale-ups in strategic technologies, including quantum, to catalyse large funding rounds.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section VI, pp. 104-105" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "For EIC blended finance the Commission uses indirect management or may set up a special purpose vehicle (the EIC Fund), structured to attract other public or private investors.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 11(3)" }, { "text": "The EIC Board advises on the right balance of grants, equity and other financing for the Accelerator.", "source": "he-sp-decision-2021-764", "locator": "Article 12(1)(c)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The EIC Fund is an alternative investment fund managed by an external AIF manager (the 'EIC Fund Manager'), which makes investment decisions after EIB due diligence, with the EIB as Investment Advisor.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Glossary, p. 21" }, { "text": "The Fund is a private-law investment fund with the European Commission as shareholder; the EIB acts as investor of record and investment advisor.", "source": "eic-fund-about-2026", "locator": "Legal form / Shareholder / EIB role" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "STEP Scale Up is open to a single SME or small mid-cap (up to 499 employees) in a Member State or Associated Country, or to an investor applying on its behalf by prior agreement.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section VI Can you apply?, p. 107" }, { "text": "STEP Scale Up applicants need a pre-commitment from a single qualified investor for at least 20% of the target funding round.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section VI, p. 106" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "The Fund takes minority equity stakes, typically about 10% and up to 25%.", "source": "eic-fund-about-2026", "locator": "Stake sizes" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Tickets range from EUR 0.5 million to EUR 30 million: EUR 0.5-10 million under the Accelerator and EUR 10-30 million under STEP Scale Up.", "source": "eic-fund-about-2026", "locator": "Ticket sizes" }, { "text": "STEP Scale Up invests EUR 10-30 million to co-invest in rounds of EUR 50-150 million or more and at least 3-5 times the EIC amount; the 2026 budget is EUR 300 million, rising to EUR 900 million for 2025-2027.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section VI, pp. 104 and 107" }, { "text": "The new Scaleup Europe Fund compartment receives EUR 1 billion from the EIC (EUR 600 million in 2026 and EUR 400 million subject to 2027), aims to raise about EUR 5 billion in total, and invests about EUR 100 million per company.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section X.1 Scaleup Europe Fund, pp. 150-151" }, { "text": "Follow-on investments are possible up to a maximum of EUR 10 million.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Approach for follow-on investments, p. 88" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "The Fund ensures investees keep most of their value, including IP, in the EU or Associated Countries, and includes economic-security safeguards for quantum and other critical technologies and for all STEP Scale Up investments.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Economic security, Investment safeguards, p. 17; Section VI, p. 108" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "STEP Scale Up takes applications at any time and evaluates them in one quarterly batch (11/02, 06/05, 09/09 and 25/11/2026).", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section VI How do you apply, p. 108" }, { "text": "The Accelerator investment decision takes an indicative 2-6 months.", "source": "eic-accelerator-page", "locator": "Application process / timeline" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "EIC blended finance is in Horizon Europe Regulation Articles 46 and 48, and equity terms in Decision 2021/764; STEP Scale Up is a specific Accelerator call under Article 48 as amended by Article 17(2) of the STEP Regulation (EU) 2024/795.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section VI footnote 176, p. 104" }, { "text": "Equity and repayable components of Accelerator support follow Decision (EU) 2021/764.", "source": "he-reg-2021-695", "locator": "Article 48(10)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Investments follow a Commission award decision and the EIC Fund Investment Guidelines; follow-ons need an amended award decision and new EIB due diligence, and the Programme Committee is informed.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section V, pp. 81-82 and 88" }, { "text": "The Scaleup Europe Fund is a compartment of the EIC Fund with its own investment guidelines, governance and decision-making.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section X.1 Implementation approach, p. 151" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "STEP Scale Up covers STEP sectors: digital and deep tech (explicitly including quantum technologies), clean and resource-efficient technologies, and biotechnologies.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section VI Can you apply?, pp. 105-106" }, { "text": "In 2026, support for quantum and semiconductor start-ups is mainly through STEP Scale Up, while Accelerator Open stays available to them.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "Section VI, p. 105" }, { "text": "The Fund may not deal with sanctioned parties or entities in non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.", "source": "eic-wp-2026", "locator": "EIC investments, pp. 17-18" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "In April 2025, the first STEP Scale Up cohort sent IQM Finland (quantum computing) and Pasqal (France, full-stack quantum computing) to the EIC Fund for EUR 10-30 million investments, subject to due diligence; Multiverse Computing (Spain) received a STEP Seal.", "source": "eic-news-step-2025-04-03", "locator": "News item, 3 April 2025" }, { "text": "In April 2026, Alice & Bob (France, general-purpose quantum computer) and Quantware (Netherlands, 3D scaling architecture) were among eight STEP Scale Up selections (EUR 146.5 million combined), pending EIC Fund decisions and due diligence.", "source": "eic-news-step-2026-04-27", "locator": "News item, 27 April 2026" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "EIC Fund (with the EIB as investment advisor); calls via EISMEA", "url": "https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-fund/about-eic-fund-2026_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "scaleup": 3 }, "role": [ "invest" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "startups" ], "scope": [ "one", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Equity comes through the EIC Accelerator (blended finance) or EIC STEP Scale-up; the EIC Fund invests on market terms." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "eic-accelerator", "eic-step-scale-up" ], "participation": [ "eic" ] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "I read Sections V-VI and X.1 of the EIC Work Programme 2026, the 2026 EIC Fund page and two STEP Scale Up news items. Neither source names the external EIC Fund Manager, so it is left out. I did not read the August 2026 EIC Fund Investment Guidelines.", "family_label": "European Innovation Council", "kind_label": "Equity or blended finance", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "dep-simple-grant", "name": "Digital Europe Programme simple grants and lump-sum grants", "short": "Digital Europe grant", "family": "digital-europe", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The Digital Europe Programme aims to support and accelerate the digital transformation of the European economy, industry and society, notably by strengthening Europe's capacities in key digital technology areas through large-scale deployment and widening their uptake.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 3(1)" }, { "text": "Simple Grants are the flexible DEP type of action usable for most activities; consortia mainly use personnel costs, while subcontracting, financial support and purchases should be limited.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Annex 1, Digital Europe types of action (p. 54)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission adopts the work programmes for Specific Objectives 2, 4 and 5, and for other directly managed actions under Specific Objectives 1 and 3, by implementing acts under the examination procedure.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 24(6)" }, { "text": "The 2025-2027 DEP work programme was adopted by Commission Implementing Decision C/2025/1839 of 28 March 2025.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Section 0, footnote 3 (p. 5)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The Programme is implemented under direct management or under indirect management by bodies entrusted with implementation tasks.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 14(1)" }, { "text": "The 2021 quantum communication call was managed by DG CONNECT.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 0 Introduction (p. 5)" }, { "text": "The 2025 Advanced Digital Skills call (including the Quantum Skills Digital Academy topic) is managed by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Section 0 Introduction (p. 5)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Legal entities established in a Member State (or linked overseas country or territory) or in an associated third country, entities created under Union law and international organisations of European interest are eligible; entities from non-associated third countries only where necessary for the objectives.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 18(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "Natural persons are not eligible except for grants under Specific Objective 4 (skills).", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 18(3)" }, { "text": "For the Quantum Skills Digital Academy topic, the consortium must comprise at least 6 beneficiaries from at least 4 different eligible countries.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Section 6, consortium composition (p. 38)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "DEP grants may cover up to 100% of eligible costs, without prejudice to the co-financing principle of the Financial Regulation, and are managed as specified for each specific objective.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 19" }, { "text": "DEP Simple Grants have a 50% funding rate.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Annex 1 (p. 54)" }, { "text": "The 2025 sectoral skills academies (including quantum) are lump sum grants with the lump sum fixed on the estimated budget and a 50% funding rate.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Section 10, Form of grant (p. 45)" }, { "text": "DEP Coordination and Support Actions are funded at 100%.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Annex 1 (p. 54)" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "For the 2021 national QCI deployment topic the maximum grant was EUR 5 000 000 per project.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 10 (p. 21)" }, { "text": "The Quantum Skills Digital Academy topic allows a maximum of EUR 10 M per project; the topic budget was EUR 10 000 000 with one expected grant.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Section 10 (p. 45); Section 3 (p. 34)" }, { "text": "Coordination and Support Actions are described as a small type of action with a typical amount of EUR 1-2 million.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Annex 1 (p. 54)" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Results are owned by the beneficiaries that generate them, unless the consortium agreement sets another regime; the granting authority does not obtain ownership.", "source": "mga-dep", "locator": "Article 16.2 (p. 42); Annex 5, Ownership of results (p. 89)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Indicative timetable for DIGITAL-2025-SKILLS-08: deadline 2 October 2025, evaluation results January 2026, grant agreement signature April 2026.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Section 4 (p. 35)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2021/694: grants are one of the forms of funding (Article 14(2)) and are awarded under Title VIII of the Financial Regulation (Article 19).", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Articles 14(2) and 19" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "The Programme is implemented through work programmes, in principle multiannual and typically adopted every two years.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 24(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "The Commission is assisted by the Digital Europe Programme Coordination Committee (comitology under Regulation (EU) No 182/2011).", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 31" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "The work programme may limit participation to entities established in Member States (or specific associated/third countries) for security reasons or where actions directly relate to the Union's strategic autonomy.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 18(4)" }, { "text": "Cumulative funding from another Union programme is possible if contributions do not cover the same costs; proposals that pass thresholds but are not funded for budget reasons may receive a Seal of Excellence.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 23" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "EuroQCI-SPAIN (topic DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL, DEP Simple Grant): EU contribution EUR 4 999 872.99, signed 21 December 2022, running 2023-2025.", "source": "proj-euroqci-spain", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "QUID - Quantum Italy Deployment (DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL, Simple Grant): EU contribution EUR 4 723 927.46.", "source": "proj-quid", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "NQCIS - national QCI in Sweden (DIGITAL-2022-QCI-02-DEPLOY-NATIONAL, Simple Grant): EU contribution EUR 4 877 665.62.", "source": "proj-nqcis", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "EQA - European Quantum Academy (DIGITAL-2025-SKILLS-08-QUANTUM-ACADEMY-STEP, lump sum grant managed by HaDEA): EU contribution EUR 9 908 637.25, signed 10 April 2026.", "source": "proj-eqa", "locator": "Project record" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "DG CNECT (work programme and quantum communication calls); HaDEA (most other DEP calls)", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/digital-2025-skills-08-quantum-academy-step" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 3, "innovation": 2, "skills": 2, "industrial": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "consortia", "public", "companies" ], "scope": [ "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Check the Digital Europe work programme for a topic; DEP funds deployment and capacity, not research.", "Plan the co-funding share; Digital Europe grants usually cover half of the costs." ], "related": { "participation": [ "digital-europe" ], "funding_instruments": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Regulation 2021/694 (original OJ text via the Publications Office; later amendments, e.g. by STEP, not checked), DEP call documents, topic data and the DEP MGA were read in full or in relevant part. The 2025-2027 DEP work programme itself could not be opened (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu returned 403), so lump-sum use and rates are taken from a 2025 call document that implements it.", "family_label": "Digital Europe Programme", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "dep-sme-support", "name": "Digital Europe Programme SME Support Actions", "short": "Digital Europe SME support action", "family": "digital-europe", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "SME Support Actions mainly consist of activities directly aiming to support SMEs involved in building up and deploying digital capacities; they can also be used when SMEs need to be in the consortium and invest to access digital capacities.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Annex 1, Digital Europe types of action (pp. 30-31)" }, { "text": "The 2021 industrial QCI topic aimed to prepare industrialisation and deployment of QCI capabilities and a European industrial QCI ecosystem including a thriving SME sector.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 2, DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-INDUSTRIAL Objectives (p. 7)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The call is launched under the DEP work programme adopted by the Commission; the 2021 QCI call followed the 2021/2022 Work Programme.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 0 (p. 5)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The 2021 QCI call, including its SME Support Action topic, was managed by DG CONNECT.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 0 (p. 5)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Targeted stakeholders for the industrial QCI topic were industry partners, including RTOs where relevant.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-INDUSTRIAL, Targeted stakeholders (p. 8)" }, { "text": "Applicants had to be legal entities established in EU Member States (including OCTs) or EEA countries, and not controlled from non-eligible countries.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 6 (p. 14)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "SME Support Actions have a 50% funding rate, except for SMEs, for which 75% applies.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Annex 1 (p. 31); topic INDUSTRIAL Type of action (p. 8)" }, { "text": "The same 50%/75% rule is used in the 2025 skills call annex.", "source": "call-digital-2025-skills-08", "locator": "Annex 1 (p. 54)" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "For DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-INDUSTRIAL the grant was between EUR 5 000 000 and EUR 15 000 000 per project; the topic budget was EUR 44 000 000.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 10 (p. 21); Section 3 (p. 12)" }, { "text": "At least 60% of the INDUSTRIAL topic budget was to go to proposals on industrialisation of EU QKD devices.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "INDUSTRIAL Scope (p. 8)" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "The industrial QCI topic targeted QKD components ready for industrialisation and deployment, i.e. reaching TRL 8-9.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "INDUSTRIAL Scope (p. 7)" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "Results belong to the beneficiaries that generate them; under security-restricted calls they must be exploited in eligible countries and transfers and licensing are limited.", "source": "mga-dep", "locator": "Annex 5, Ownership/Exploitation/Transfers of results (p. 89)" }, { "text": "For the 2021 QCI call, first exploitation in eligible countries and limitations to transfers and licensing applied.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 10, IPR rules (p. 25)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01 indicative timetable: opening 17 November 2021, deadline 22 February 2022, evaluation results end of May 2022, grant signature September 2022.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 4 (p. 12)" }, { "text": "SEQRET (INDUSTRIAL topic) was signed on 19 December 2022.", "source": "proj-seqret", "locator": "Project record" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Grants under Regulation (EU) 2021/694 Article 19; SME support is a DEP type of action defined in the call documents, not in the Regulation.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 19" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Requires a topic in a DEP work programme adopted by implementing act after the Digital Europe Programme Coordination Committee.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Articles 24(6) and 31" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Security restrictions under Article 12(5) DEP applied to the INDUSTRIAL topic; for Specific Objective 3 they are applied in the strictest way with no exceptions.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "INDUSTRIAL Specific topic conditions (p. 8); Annex 2 (p. 34)" }, { "text": "The SME Support Action rate was also used in the 2025 EuroQCI call DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-01, but that call is funded by the Union Secure Connectivity Programme (IRIS2), not by DEP.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 0 (p. 5); Section 2 (p. 8)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "SEQRET (DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-INDUSTRIAL, SME Support Action): EU contribution EUR 8 318 138.81.", "source": "proj-seqret", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "QNODEN (DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-01, SME Support Action under IRIS2 funding): EU contribution EUR 6 071 955.75, signed 14 September 2026.", "source": "proj-qnoden", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "TRUSTEQ (DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-01): EU contribution EUR 8 915 637.78, signed 16 July 2026.", "source": "proj-trusteq", "locator": "Project record" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "DG CNECT (CNECT.C4 for quantum communication)", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/digital/wp-call/2021/call-fiche_digital-2021-qci-01_en.pdf" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 2, "scaleup": 2, "innovation": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "startups" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "yes", "no" ], "budget": [ "small" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Use for actions mainly carried out by SMEs, with the higher SME rate set in the work programme." ], "related": { "participation": [ "digital-europe" ], "funding_instruments": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Rates, sizes and TRL come from DEP call documents and the DEP MGA read in full; project amounts from F&T portal project records. The current 2025-2027 work programme could not be opened (403).", "family_label": "Digital Europe Programme", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "dep-procurement", "name": "Digital Europe Programme procurement", "short": "Digital Europe procurement", "family": "digital-europe", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "DEP may fund in any Financial Regulation form, with procurement named as a primary form alongside grants and prizes.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 14(2), first subparagraph" }, { "text": "Under Specific Objective 3 the Programme supports building up and procuring advanced cybersecurity equipment, tools and data infrastructures together with Member States.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 6(1)(a)" }, { "text": "Annex I foresees co-investment with Member States in advanced cybersecurity equipment and infrastructures, which could include investments in quantum facilities.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Annex I, Specific Objective 3" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Procurement actions and their budgets are set in the work programme; the 2021-2022 WP reserved EUR 350.78 million for procurement, including for QCI.", "source": "dep-wp-2021-2022", "locator": "Section 1, Calls for tender (p. 12 of document)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Procurement is carried out under EU public procurement rules, through direct calls for tenders or existing framework contracts.", "source": "dep-wp-2021-2022", "locator": "Section 8.1 Procurement (p. 156 of document)" }, { "text": "The 2021-2022 QKD testing and certification infrastructure topic was to be implemented by the European Commission.", "source": "dep-wp-2021-2022", "locator": "Topic 3.1.4 (p. 105 of document)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "For security-restricted Specific Objective 3 actions, calls for tenders are restricted to entities established in Member States and controlled by Member States or their nationals.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 12(5)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Procurement is a contract paid by the Union; separately, DEP grants for procurement and PAC grants for procurement by contracting authorities are funded at 50%.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Annex 1 (pp. 31-32)" }, { "text": "Where an action requires procurement of innovative goods and services, grants may go only to contracting authorities or entities under Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 14(2), second subparagraph" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The 2021-2022 WP topic to deploy a large-scale QKD testing and certification infrastructure was a procurement with an indicative budget of EUR 16 million, procurement year 2022 and 48 months' duration.", "source": "dep-wp-2021-2022", "locator": "Topic 3.1.4 (pp. 104-105 of document)" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2021/694 Article 14(2) (forms of funding) and Article 6(1)(a) (procurement of cybersecurity infrastructure with Member States).", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Articles 6(1)(a), 14(2)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Procurement must be foreseen in a work programme adopted by implementing act (for directly managed SO1/SO3 actions and SO2, 4, 5).", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 24(6)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Several contracts may be awarded in one procedure for innovative goods not yet commercially available at scale, and the place of performance may be required to be in the Union for public security reasons.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Article 14(2), third and fourth subparagraphs" }, { "text": "The QKD testing procurement topic was restricted on the basis of Article 12(5) DEP.", "source": "dep-wp-2021-2022", "locator": "Topic 3.1.4 (p. 105 of document)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "WP 2021-2022 topic 3.1.4: procurement (EUR 16 million, 2022) to deploy a large-scale QKD testing and certification infrastructure for EuroQCI.", "source": "dep-wp-2021-2022", "locator": "Topic 3.1.4 (pp. 104-105 of document)" }, { "text": "NOSTRADAMUS, a four-year DEP-funded project launched in January 2024, builds a European QKD testing and evaluation infrastructure; the JRC hosts the EuroQCI testing and evaluation laboratory. The page does not state whether it was awarded by procurement.", "source": "jrc-quantum-lab", "locator": "Section on EuroQCI testing and evaluation laboratory" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "DG CNECT", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/calls-for-tenders" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 2, "buy": 2, "coordination": 1 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "public", "companies" ], "scope": [ "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "small", "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "The action must be in the Digital Europe work programme as procurement; the Commission or HaDEA then tenders it under the Financial Regulation.", "Check the procedure and its conditions with the central procurement or legal service; the Financial Regulation Annex I sets them.", "Publish on TED and the Funding & Tenders Portal (eTendering) unless an exception applies." ], "related": { "participation": [ "digital-europe" ], "funding_instruments": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Legal provisions and the 2021-2022 WP procurement topic were read; the contract award for the QKD testing infrastructure was not found on an official page I could read, and no procurement time limits or ownership rules (Financial Regulation) were read for this group. The 2025-2027 WP was blocked (403).", "family_label": "Digital Europe Programme", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "dep-edic", "name": "European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC)", "short": "EDIC (Digital Infrastructure Consortium)", "family": "digital-europe", "kind": "partnership", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Member States may implement a multi-country project through an EDIC, a body with its own legal personality from the entry into force of the Commission decision setting it up.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Article 13(1), (3)" }, { "text": "EDICs are one of several mechanisms for multi-country projects, next to joint undertakings, ERICs, Union agencies, IPCEIs and implementation by Member States alone.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Article 11(5)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Applying Member States draft the statutes and technical description; the Commission assesses the application and may guide Member States on setting up EDICs.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Articles 12(4), 14(1)-(2)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The EDIC itself implements the project through an assembly of members (Member States, other members and the Commission without vote) and a director.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Article 16(1)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "An EDIC must have at least three Member States as members; only Member States making a financial or non-financial contribution can be voting members.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Article 15(1)" }, { "text": "Third countries, international organisations and public or private entities may join if the statutes allow, but Member States must jointly hold the majority of votes.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Article 15(4)" } ], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "An EDIC can acquire, own and dispose of property, including intellectual property; its statutes must set rules on ownership of infrastructure, IP, profits and other assets.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Articles 13(4), 17(1)(h)" } ], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Decision (EU) 2022/2481 (Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030), Articles 13-21 on EDICs.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Articles 13-21" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "The Commission sets up (or rejects) an EDIC by implementing act under the examination procedure, after checking Articles 13-21 are met; decisions are published in the Official Journal.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Articles 14(3), 14(5), 23(2)" }, { "text": "The Commission has a veto over assembly decisions on actions financed by centrally managed Union programmes.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Article 16(2)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Multi-country projects need at least three Member States; any Union programme may contribute if its basic act allows.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Articles 10(3), 11(2)" }, { "text": "The host Member State must declare whether it recognises the EDIC as an international body for VAT and excise exemptions; members' liability is limited to their contributions unless the statutes provide otherwise, and the Union is not liable.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Articles 14(1)(d), 18" }, { "text": "The Annex lists acquiring quantum computers connected with EuroHPC and deploying ultra-secure quantum and space-based communication infrastructure as indicative areas for multi-country projects.", "source": "dec-2022-2481-ddpp", "locator": "Annex, points (d) and (e)" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "European Commission, DG CNECT", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/edic" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 3, "coordination": 2, "industrial": 1 }, "role": [ "pool" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "states" ], "scope": [ "several" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large", "xlarge" ], "time": [ "long" ], "ownership": [ "public" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "At least three Member States apply to the Commission; the EDIC is set up by a Commission implementing decision after the Digital Decade committee.", "Draft the statutes, the multi-country project and the contributions." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Decision 2022/2481 was read in full via the Publications Office. No quantum-related EDIC proposal or decision was found on an official page I could read, and the Quantum Europe Strategy (COM(2025) 363) does not mention EDICs. The Commission EDIC page was blocked (403), so the current list of EDICs was not checked.", "family_label": "Digital Europe Programme", "kind_label": "Partnership or body that runs other instruments", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "dep-euroqci", "name": "DEP EuroQCI calls (national QCI deployment, industrial QKD, coordination) and the 2025 IRIS2-funded EuroQCI call", "short": "EuroQCI national projects (DEP)", "family": "digital-europe", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "EuroQCI is a secure quantum communication infrastructure spanning the EU, with a terrestrial fibre segment and a space segment; first services rely on QKD.", "source": "dep-wp-2021-2022", "locator": "Section 3.1 (pp. 99-100 of document)" }, { "text": "The national deployment topic funded advanced national quantum systems and networks to test QKD technologies, integrate them with existing networks and develop use cases.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL Objectives (p. 9)" }, { "text": "The 2025 call funds certified terrestrial QKD components and systems, EuroQCI coordination and standardisation, building on earlier DEP and CEF Digital projects.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Sections 1-2 (pp. 6-11)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The 2025 EuroQCI call was prepared by DG CNECT, Directorate C, unit C4 Emerging and Disruptive Technologies.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Cover page (p. 3)" }, { "text": "EuroQCI topics in the 2021-2022 DEP WP were implemented in direct management by the Commission, separate from the ECCC-run cybersecurity work programme.", "source": "dep-wp-2021-2022", "locator": "Section 3 (p. 98 of document)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The 2021 call DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01 was managed by DG CONNECT.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 0 (p. 5)" }, { "text": "The 2025 call DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI is managed by DG CONNECT under the Union Secure Connectivity Programme.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 0 (p. 5)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "For national deployment, the targeted stakeholders were public authorities in the Member States financing national players to carry out the deployment.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "DEPLOY-NATIONAL Targeted stakeholders (p. 10)" }, { "text": "National deployment proposals needed a letter of authorisation from the Member State authority stating that the consortium is responsible for the national QCI network, unless the authority itself participates.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 5 (p. 13)" }, { "text": "In the 2021 call, applicants had to be established in EU Member States (incl. OCTs) or EEA countries; in the 2025 IRIS2 call only EU Member States (incl. OCTs).", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 6 (p. 14)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "2021: national deployment Simple Grants 50%; industrial topic SME Support Actions 50% (75% for SMEs); coordination CSA 100%.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 2 Type of action (pp. 8, 10, 11)" }, { "text": "2025 IRIS2 call: SME Support Actions 50% (75% for SMEs) for QKD industrialisation; CSAs 95%.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 2 (pp. 8, 10, 11)" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01 had EUR 154 000 000: EUR 44 M industrial, EUR 108 M national deployment (EUR 5 M per project) and EUR 2 M coordination.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 3 (p. 12); Section 10 (p. 21)" }, { "text": "DIGITAL-2022-QCI-02-DEPLOY-NATIONAL had a budget of EUR 20 000 000 for Simple Grants.", "source": "topic-digital-2022-qci-02-deploy-national", "locator": "Budget overview" }, { "text": "DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI had EUR 36 000 000: EUR 30 M for QKD industrialisation (EUR 5-10 M per project) and EUR 3 M for each of two CSAs.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 3 (pp. 12-13); Section 10 (p. 23)" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "The 2021 industrial topic aimed at QKD components reaching TRL 8-9.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "INDUSTRIAL Scope (p. 7)" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "Beneficiaries own results, but under the security restrictions there are first exploitation obligations in eligible countries and limitations to transfers and licensing.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 10, IPR rules (p. 25)" }, { "text": "The same IPR restrictions (exploitation and first exploitation in eligible countries, limits to transfers and licensing) apply in the 2025 call.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 10 (p. 26)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "2021 call: deadline 22 February 2022, grant signature planned September 2022 (indicative).", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 4 (p. 12)" }, { "text": "The EuroQCI-SPAIN national grant was signed on 21 December 2022.", "source": "proj-euroqci-spain", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "2025 call: opening 15 July 2025, deadline 16 October 2025, results December 2025, grant signature Q1 2026 (indicative).", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 4 (p. 13)" }, { "text": "PETRUS2 (2025 call) was signed on 7 July 2026.", "source": "proj-petrus2", "locator": "Project record" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "2021/2022 calls: Digital Europe Regulation 2021/694 with security restrictions under Article 12(5).", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 0 (p. 5); topic conditions" }, { "text": "2025 call: Union Secure Connectivity Regulation (EU) 2023/588 and its 2023-2027 work programme (C(2025) 1776 of 28 March 2025).", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 0 and footnotes 1-2 (p. 5)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "DEP EuroQCI topics are set in the DEP work programme; Article 12(5) restrictions must be provided for in the work programme.", "source": "reg-2021-694-dep", "locator": "Articles 12(5), 24" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Under Article 12(5) only entities established in the EU (and EEA in 2021) and controlled from eligible countries may take part in any role, and activities must take place there.", "source": "call-digital-2021-qci-01", "locator": "Section 6 (p. 14); Annex 2 (p. 34)" }, { "text": "In the 2025 call, eligibility follows Article 22 of the IRIS2 Regulation and Article 24 of the Space Programme Regulation in the strictest form, with no waiver possible.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 6 (pp. 14-15)" }, { "text": "No grant agreement can be signed until at least one consortium beneficiary holds facility security clearance where classified information is involved.", "source": "call-digital-iris2-2025-qci", "locator": "Section 6, Security (p. 18)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "EuroQCI-SPAIN (DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL): EU contribution EUR 4 999 872.99.", "source": "proj-euroqci-spain", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "QUID, Italy (DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL): EU contribution EUR 4 723 927.46.", "source": "proj-quid", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "PETRUS (DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-EUROQCI-QKD, CSA): EU contribution EUR 1 998 461.44.", "source": "proj-petrus", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "PETRUS2 (DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-02, CSA): EU contribution EUR 2 999 731.14.", "source": "proj-petrus2", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "HarmoniQCI (DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-03, standardisation CSA): EU contribution EUR 2 989 514.31.", "source": "proj-harmoniqci", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "The Quantum Europe Strategy states that 26 Member States are deploying national terrestrial quantum communication networks.", "source": "com-2025-363-quantum-strategy", "locator": "Section 2.2.2, The EuroQCI Initiative" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "DG CNECT, unit C4 (contact CNECT-QCI mailbox given in the call document)", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/digital/wp-call/2025/call-fiche_digital-iris2-2025-qci_en.pdf" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 3, "innovation": 1 }, "role": [ "fund", "pool" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "states", "public", "consortia" ], "scope": [ "one", "several" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "public" ], "sensitivity": [ "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "National EuroQCI projects are proposed by Member State consortia under the Digital Europe calls; check the current EuroQCI call.", "Coordinate with DG CNECT and the national authority responsible for EuroQCI." ], "related": { "participation": [ "digital-europe" ], "funding_instruments": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Both call documents, the 2021-2022 WP section, topic data and F&T project records were read. The Commission EuroQCI policy page was blocked (403). Note that DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI uses DEP-style call codes and portal entries but is funded by IRIS2 (Regulation 2023/588), not DEP.", "family_label": "Digital Europe Programme", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "cef-digital-euroqci", "name": "Connecting Europe Facility Digital - EuroQCI cross-border and space-segment works", "short": "CEF Digital (EuroQCI links)", "family": "cef", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "CEF Digital contributes to projects of common interest for safe and secure very high capacity networks and more resilient digital backbone networks.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Article 3(2)(c)" }, { "text": "The EuroQCI works topic co-funds terrestrial backbone components for cross-border links between national quantum networks and/or links to the EuroQCI space segment via optical ground stations, complementary to DEP.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 2, Objectives (pp. 6-7)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission adopts CEF work programmes by implementing acts under the examination procedure; the call follows the CEF Digital 2024-2027 work programme (C(2024) 6891 of 9 October 2024).", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 0 and footnote 2 (p. 4)" }, { "text": "CEF work programmes are adopted by implementing acts after the committee procedure.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Articles 20(3), 24(2)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The call is managed by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), unit B1 CEF Digital.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Cover page (p. 3); Section 0 (p. 4)" }, { "text": "The Commission may delegate CEF implementation to executive agencies.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Article 6(3)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Proposals are submitted by one or more Member States or, with the agreement of the Member States concerned, by international organisations, joint undertakings, or public or private undertakings or bodies.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Article 11(6)" }, { "text": "Only consortia may apply: at least two beneficiaries, and for terrestrial connections from at least two different eligible countries.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 6, Consortium composition (p. 14)" }, { "text": "Proposals must include letters of support (Member State agreement) from the relevant Member State authorities.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 5 (p. 12)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "CEF digital works are co-financed at up to 30%, up to 50% for actions with a strong cross-border dimension, up to 75% for Gigabit connectivity of socioeconomic drivers; studies up to 50%; works in outermost regions 70%.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Article 15(1), (4), (6)" }, { "text": "For the EuroQCI call: maximum 50% for studies, 70% for works in outermost regions, 30% for other costs, and 50% for a strong cross-border dimension including the space segment.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 10, Form of grant (p. 19)" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The EuroQCI call budget was EUR 90 000 000, with an expected grant of around EUR 5 000 000 per project (may be exceeded if justified).", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 3 (p. 11); Section 6, Project budget (p. 14)" }, { "text": "HaDEA reports 19 EuroQCI works projects covering 25 Member States, with EUR 193 million total investment and EUR 96 million in EU grants.", "source": "hadea-cef-euroqci", "locator": "Key figures" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Proposals should define the post-project ownership of the infrastructure and how services will be provided.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 2, Scope (p. 7)" }, { "text": "Security declarations must confirm that results of the CEF-funded action remain within the beneficiary during the action.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 2, Digital security requirements (p. 9)" }, { "text": "The granting authority does not obtain ownership of results under the CEF grant agreement.", "source": "mga-cef", "locator": "Article 16.2 (p. 40)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Call opened 22 October 2024, deadline 27 March 2025, results summer 2025, grant signature autumn 2025 (indicative).", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 4 (p. 11)" }, { "text": "BENELUX-QCI's grant was signed on 19 December 2025 with a start on 1 January 2026.", "source": "proj-benelux-qci", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "After each call the Commission adopts an implementing act setting the support for selected projects.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Article 21(1)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2021/1153; the call supports interconnection of national QCI networks under Article 9(4)(d) (backbone networks).", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 1 (p. 6)" }, { "text": "Article 9(4)(d) covers new or significantly upgraded backbone networks within and between Member States and between the Union and third countries.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Article 9(4)(d)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Member State agreement is required for proposals not submitted by Member States; a Member State may waive this for a work programme or category of applications.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Article 11(6)" }, { "text": "Work programmes and the post-call award decisions are implementing acts under the examination procedure.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Articles 20(3), 21(1), 24(2)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Work programmes may exclude entities from associated countries or controlled from third countries from digital actions for security reasons.", "source": "reg-2021-1153-cef", "locator": "Article 11(4)" }, { "text": "Only entities established in and controlled from Member States may take part; security declarations and 5G-toolbox-style risk measures are required.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 2, Digital security requirements (pp. 8-9); Section 6 (p. 13)" }, { "text": "RRF funding may not be used as co-funding; national co-funding is subject to State aid rules.", "source": "call-cef-dig-2024-euroqci", "locator": "Section 2, Scope (p. 7)" }, { "text": "The topic covers links between EU countries (including outermost regions and OCTs) and space-segment interconnection; HaDEA lists Digital Global Gateways (EUR 615 million) as a separate CEF Digital topic, and no page read links EuroQCI to Global Gateway.", "source": "hadea-cef-about", "locator": "Over one billion awarded so far" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "BENELUX-QCI (CEF-DIG-2024-EUROQCI-WORKS): EU contribution EUR 4 771 889.50, implemented by HaDEA, 2026-2029.", "source": "proj-benelux-qci", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "Iberian QCI (CEF-DIG-2024-EUROQCI-WORKS): EU contribution EUR 5 315 163.", "source": "proj-iberianqci", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "QKD Network Germany-Poland-Czechia (Quant-GPlCz): EU contribution EUR 8 141 190.", "source": "proj-quant-gplcz", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "SEEWQCI, South-East to Western Europe QCI: EU contribution EUR 8 926 988.", "source": "proj-seewqci", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "TransEuroOGS, network of optical ground stations: EU contribution EUR 8 975 480.20.", "source": "proj-transeuroogs", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "PIONIER-Q-SAT, interconnection of the Polish network with the EuroQCI space segment: EU contribution EUR 4 955 490.", "source": "proj-pionier-q-sat", "locator": "Project record" }, { "text": "The call received 24 proposals with coordinators from 15 countries and 189 partners.", "source": "hadea-news-euroqci-24-proposals", "locator": "News item, 31 March 2025" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "HaDEA, unit B1 CEF Digital (HADEA-CEF-DIGITAL-CALLS mailbox)", "url": "https://hadea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/connecting-europe-facility/about/quantum-communication-infrastructure-euroqci_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 3 }, "role": [ "fund", "pool" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "states", "public", "consortia", "companies" ], "scope": [ "several" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "public" ], "sensitivity": [ "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "CEF Digital funds the terrestrial and cross-border links of EuroQCI; check the current CEF Digital call and its conditions.", "Member States concerned must agree to the cross-border project." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "cef-digital-euroqci" ], "participation": [ "cef-digital-euroqci" ] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "CEF Regulation (via the Publications Office), the call document, the CEF MGA, HaDEA pages and F&T project records were read. The CEF Digital 2024-2027 work programme and Commission EuroQCI pages on digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu were not opened (403), and no official page linking EuroQCI to Global Gateway was found.", "family_label": "Connecting Europe Facility (Digital)", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "eurohpc-quantum-procurement", "name": "EuroHPC JU acquisition of quantum computers with hosting entities (call for expression of interest, hosting agreement, JU procurement)", "short": "EuroHPC JU quantum computer procurement", "family": "joint-undertakings", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The EuroHPC JU acquires and owns quantum computers and quantum simulators, ranging from pilots and experimental systems to operational systems, stand-alone or hybridised with HPC machines and accessible via the cloud.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 12(1)" }, { "text": "The Digital Europe Programme part of the Union contribution to the JU was originally earmarked for capability building, including acquiring, upgrading and operating HPC, quantum computers and quantum simulators (this paragraph was later deleted by the 2026 amendment).", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 5(7); deleted by Regulation (EU) 2026/150 Article 1(4)(d)" }, { "text": "The first EuroHPC quantum computers are integrated into existing supercomputers and are meant primarily for research and development by European scientific, industrial and public-sector users.", "source": "eurohpc-press-six-sites-2022", "locator": "Press release of 4 October 2022" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Governing Board adopts the part of the multiannual strategic programme and of the annual work programme on acquisition of EuroHPC supercomputers and selection of hosting entities, and approves the launch of calls for expression of interest.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Annex (Statutes), Article 7(4)(a)-(c)" }, { "text": "For the quantum technologies pillar, acquisition and operation of quantum computers remain under the Governing Board tasks of Statutes Article 7(4), while other quantum activities follow Article 7(5).", "source": "eurohpc-amend-2026-150", "locator": "Article 2(5)(b), inserting Statutes Article 7(5a)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "After concluding the hosting agreement, the JU, supported by the selected hosting entity, launches the procurement of the system under the JU financial rules.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 10(5)" }, { "text": "The JU entrusts the operation of each JU-owned system to the hosting entity.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 9(3)" }, { "text": "The EuroHPC JU states that it manages the procurement of the quantum computers, which the hosting entities then operate on its behalf.", "source": "eurohpc-press-hosting-agreements-2023", "locator": "Press release of 27 June 2023" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Applicants to the call for expression of interest are hosting entities established in a Participating State that is a Member State; a hosting entity may represent a single Participating State or a hosting consortium of Participating States.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 2 (definition of hosting entity); Article 9(2)" }, { "text": "Quantum computers and simulators must be located in a hosting entity of a EuroHPC supercomputer or a supercomputing centre in the Union.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 12(6)" }, { "text": "The 2023 call asked for quantum computers to be integrated into existing supercomputers operated by the hosting entity.", "source": "eurohpc-call-host-qc-2023", "locator": "Call page of 19 December 2023" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "The Union contribution covers up to 50 % of acquisition costs plus up to 50 % of operating costs of quantum computers and simulators; the hosting Participating State(s) cover the remaining total cost of ownership.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 12(2)" }, { "text": "EuroQCS-Poland was financed 50 % by the EuroHPC JU and 50 % by the Polish Ministry of Digital Affairs.", "source": "eurohpc-press-euroqcs-poland-2024", "locator": "Press release of 10 July 2024" }, { "text": "The Dutch system EuroSSQ-HPC is funded 50 % by the JU through the Digital Europe Programme and 50 % by the EuroSSQ-HPC consortium of partners from Belgium, France and the Netherlands.", "source": "eurohpc-press-nl-procurement-2025", "locator": "Press release of 15 September 2025" }, { "text": "MeluXina-Q is co-financed equally (50 %) by the JU with Digital Europe Programme funds and by the Luxembourg Government.", "source": "eurohpc-press-lu-procurement-2026", "locator": "Press release of 23 July 2026" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "For the first six systems selected in 2022 the planned total investment was more than EUR 100 million.", "source": "eurohpc-press-six-sites-2022", "locator": "Press release of 4 October 2022" }, { "text": "The 2023 hosting call foresaw at least two quantum computers procured in 2024 with a total EU contribution of EUR 20 million.", "source": "eurohpc-call-host-qc-2023", "locator": "Call page of 19 December 2023" }, { "text": "EuroQCS-Poland had a total acquisition cost of EUR 12.28 million.", "source": "eurohpc-press-euroqcs-poland-2024", "locator": "Press release of 10 July 2024" }, { "text": "EuroSSQ-HPC (Netherlands) total acquisition budget: up to EUR 9.95 million.", "source": "eurohpc-press-nl-procurement-2025", "locator": "Press release of 15 September 2025" }, { "text": "MeluXina-Q total acquisition budget: up to EUR 11.95 million.", "source": "eurohpc-press-lu-procurement-2026", "locator": "Press release of 23 July 2026" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "The JU owns the quantum computers it acquires; ownership may be transferred to the hosting entity, sold or decommissioned by Governing Board decision at the earliest four years after successful acceptance, with the hosting entity reimbursing the residual value on transfer and decommissioning costs shared equally.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 12(1) and 12(7)" }, { "text": "The Union's share of access time to each quantum EuroHPC system is proportional to its contribution to total cost of ownership and cannot exceed 50 %; the hosting Participating State(s) receive the remaining access time.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 17(1) and 17(4)" }, { "text": "EuroQCS-Poland is described as owned by the EuroHPC JU.", "source": "eurohpc-press-euroqcs-poland-2024", "locator": "Press release of 10 July 2024" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "For EuroQCS-Poland the call for tender was launched in October 2023 and the JU announced the signed contract on 10 July 2024.", "source": "eurohpc-press-euroqcs-poland-2024", "locator": "Press release of 10 July 2024" }, { "text": "Sites selected in October 2024 (Netherlands, Luxembourg) signed hosting agreements in December 2024; the Dutch tender was launched in September 2025 with a deadline of 24 October 2025.", "source": "eurohpc-press-nl-procurement-2025", "locator": "Press release of 15 September 2025" }, { "text": "The Luxembourg tender was launched on 23 July 2026 with a deadline of 1 September 2026; the hosting agreement had been signed in December 2024.", "source": "eurohpc-press-lu-procurement-2026", "locator": "Press release of 23 July 2026" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 (EuroHPC JU), Articles 9 (hosting entity), 10 (hosting agreement), 12 (acquisition and ownership of quantum computers and quantum simulators) and 17 (allocation of Union access time), as amended by Regulations (EU) 2024/1732 and 2026/150.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Articles 9, 10, 12, 17" }, { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2026/150 raised the Union contribution to up to EUR 4 122 300 000 (Horizon Europe up to EUR 1 660 000 000, Digital Europe up to EUR 2 142 300 000, CEF up to EUR 320 000 000), conditional on at least matching Participating State contributions.", "source": "eurohpc-amend-2026-150", "locator": "Article 1(4)(a), replacing Article 5(1)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Hosting entities are selected by the Governing Board after a call for expression of interest, using criteria including system specifications, total cost of ownership, experience, facility quality, service quality and a document proving the Member State's commitment to cover the non-Union share.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 9(5)" }, { "text": "A hosting agreement must be concluded before the JU launches the acquisition; it covers access conditions, cost sharing, transfer of ownership and audit obligations and is governed by Union law with CJEU arbitration.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 10(1)-(4)" }, { "text": "The Governing Board approves calls for tenders and the tenders selected; for these tasks Participating States vote in proportion to their financial contributions to each system and decisions need 75 % of all votes.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Annex (Statutes), Article 7(4)(f)-(h) and Article 6(5)" }, { "text": "The Union holds 50 % of Governing Board voting rights.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Annex (Statutes), Article 6(2)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "A Participating State already hosting a quantum computer cannot take part in a new call for such systems for two years after the previous selection.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 9(1)" }, { "text": "The Governing Board may condition or limit supplier participation in quantum computer acquisitions for security or strategic-autonomy reasons, in line with Articles 12(6) and 18(4) of the Digital Europe Regulation; the selection of suppliers must address supply chain security.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 12(3) and 12(5)" }, { "text": "Union access time is free of charge for public-sector users and for Horizon Europe / Digital Europe funded R&I, allocated through peer review after continuously open calls; commercial pay-per-use may not exceed 20 % of Union access time.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 17(6); Article 18(1) and 18(3)" }, { "text": "Member States could channel remaining RRF allocations through the JU to finance national contributions to quantum computers, with transfer to the JU by 31 August 2026 at the latest.", "source": "eurohpc-amend-2026-150", "locator": "Article 1(5), Article 12b(8)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "2022 call for expression of interest (launched March 2022): six hosting sites selected in October 2022 in Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Poland, with hosting agreements signed on 27 June 2023 for LUMI-Q (IT4Innovations), EuroQCS-France (GENCI/CEA), Euro-Q-Exa (LRZ), EuroQCS-Italy (CINECA), EuroQCS-Poland (PSNC) and EuroQCS-Spain (BSC).", "source": "eurohpc-press-hosting-agreements-2023", "locator": "Press release of 27 June 2023" }, { "text": "EuroQCS-Poland (2024): trapped-ion system of 20-plus physical qubits from AQT (Austria) hosted at PSNC, EUR 12.28 million.", "source": "eurohpc-press-euroqcs-poland-2024", "locator": "Press release of 10 July 2024" }, { "text": "The JU lists six procured systems (Lucy, Piast-Q, VLQ, Euro-Q-Exa, SOL, EuroQCS-Spain) plus two systems co-funded through the HPCQS project (JADE, Ruby).", "source": "eurohpc-our-quantum-computers", "locator": "Our Quantum Computers page" }, { "text": "EuroSSQ-HPC (Netherlands, SURF): semiconductor spin-qubit system, tender launched September 2025, budget up to EUR 9.95 million.", "source": "eurohpc-press-nl-procurement-2025", "locator": "Press release of 15 September 2025" }, { "text": "MeluXina-Q (Luxembourg, LuxProvide): semiconductor spin-qubit system, tender launched July 2026, budget up to EUR 11.95 million.", "source": "eurohpc-press-lu-procurement-2026", "locator": "Press release of 23 July 2026" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (Luxembourg)", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-quantum-computers/our-quantum-computers_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 3, "buy": 3 }, "role": [ "buy", "pool" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "public", "states" ], "scope": [ "one", "several" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "public" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "A hosting entity (with its Member State) answers a EuroHPC JU call for expression of interest; the JU then procures the machine.", "Agree the national co-funding and the hosting agreement early." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "eurohpc-quantum-calls" ], "participation": [ "eurohpc-quantum", "eurohpc-access" ] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "The EuroHPC Regulation and its 2026 amendment were read in full via the Publications Office (EUR-Lex returned an empty bot-challenge response), along with seven EuroHPC JU press and call pages. The JU financial rules and the individual hosting agreements and tender documents were not read. The 2022 selection release names only LUMI-Q among the system names, so the other names come from the 2023 hosting-agreements release.", "family_label": "Joint Undertakings (EuroHPC, Chips)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "eurohpc-quantum-grants", "name": "EuroHPC JU quantum grant calls (Horizon Europe, quantum technologies pillar, HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-* topics)", "short": "EuroHPC JU quantum grants", "family": "joint-undertakings", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "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.", "source": "eurohpc-amend-2026-150", "locator": "Article 1(3), inserting Article 4(1)(j)" }, { "text": "QEXP-14 aims to deploy experimental quantum pilot lines that bridge academic research and the stable pilot lines of the Chips JU.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qexp-14", "locator": "Topic description, Expected Outcome" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Governing Board adopts the R&I part of the annual work programme, including call content, the funding rate per topic and submission, evaluation and award rules, and approves the launch of calls and the list of selected actions.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Annex (Statutes), Article 7(5)(b)-(d)" }, { "text": "A Quantum Technologies Advisory Group of up to twelve members contributes to the multiannual strategic programme on quantum and organises public consultations on the quantum part of the work programme.", "source": "eurohpc-amend-2026-150", "locator": "Article 2(6)(b) and 2(8), Statutes Article 10(7) and Article 14a" }, { "text": "The 2026 topics refer to the EuroHPC Work Programme 2026 (Decision 22/2026, Amendment No 3).", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qexp-14", "locator": "Topic conditions, Additional documents" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The calls are run by the EuroHPC JU and published as Horizon Europe JU topics on the Funding & Tenders portal.", "source": "eurohpc-press-six-quantum-calls-2026", "locator": "Press release of 14 August 2026" }, { "text": "Participating States entrust the JU with evaluation of proposals under Horizon Europe rules; selection follows the evaluation ranking, with Governing Board deviation only in justified cases.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 8(1)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "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.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qexp-14", "locator": "Topic conditions, point 2 Eligible countries" }, { "text": "The photonic call PQC-06 must be led by a start-up with photonic quantum computing expertise and include academic, industrial and RTO partners plus at least one end-user hosting the field demonstration.", "source": "eurohpc-press-four-quantum-calls-2026", "locator": "Press release of 2 June 2026, HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-PQC-06" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "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.", "source": "eurohpc-amend-2026-150", "locator": "Article 1(7), replacing Article 34(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "Participating States may complement the JU contribution within the maximum reimbursement rates, subject to State aid rules.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 7(4)" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "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.", "source": "eurohpc-press-six-quantum-calls-2026", "locator": "Press release of 14 August 2026" }, { "text": "QEXP-14 foresees one grant with an EU contribution between EUR 14 000 000 and 15 000 000.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qexp-14", "locator": "Budget overview table" }, { "text": "TIPT-09 foresees one grant with an EU contribution between EUR 19 000 000 and 20 000 000.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-tipt-09", "locator": "Budget overview table" }, { "text": "June 2026 calls: NGC-04 EUR 2 million, PQC-06 EUR 10 million, STAND-05 EUR 1 million, QML-07 EUR 6 million (all indicative).", "source": "eurohpc-press-four-quantum-calls-2026", "locator": "Press release of 2 June 2026" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "QEXP-14 activities should validate technologies from TRL 3/4 and take them to TRL 5/7 by project end.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qexp-14", "locator": "Topic description, Technology Readiness Level" } ], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/150 (Article 4(1)(j) quantum pillar; Article 5(1)(a) earmarks EUR 160 000 000 of Horizon Europe funds for quantum R&I; Article 34 reimbursement rates), implemented through Horizon Europe indirect actions.", "source": "eurohpc-amend-2026-150", "locator": "Article 1(3), 1(4)(a), 1(7)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Each Participating State makes an annual indicative commitment of its national contribution before the work programme is adopted and holds a veto over the use of its own national contributions for its applicants.", "source": "eurohpc-reg-2021-1173", "locator": "Article 8(1)" }, { "text": "For quantum-pillar activities a Participating State may name an additional Governing Board representative from its quantum competent authority.", "source": "eurohpc-amend-2026-150", "locator": "Article 2(3), Statutes Article 5(3)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "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.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qexp-14", "locator": "Topic conditions, point 2 Eligible countries" }, { "text": "The 2026 topics are HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions using the budget-based Horizon action grant model, with a single-stage deadline of 17 November 2026.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-tipt-09", "locator": "Topic actions: type of action and deadline" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-TIPT-09 Trapped-Ion Platform Technologies (2026), targeting a full-stack trapped-ion computer of more than 1,000 qubits integrated with HPC; EUR 20 million.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-tipt-09", "locator": "Topic description and budget overview" }, { "text": "HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QEXP-14 Quantum Experimental Pilot Lines (2026), implementing the pilot production elements of the Qu-Pilot Framework Partnership Agreement; EUR 15 million.", "source": "ft-topic-eurohpc-2026-qexp-14", "locator": "Topic description, Scope" }, { "text": "HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NQKD-12 Next-Generation QKD Systems (2026), EUR 24 million; HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13 Quantum-Testing Infrastructure (2026), EUR 20 million.", "source": "eurohpc-press-six-quantum-calls-2026", "locator": "Press release of 14 August 2026" }, { "text": "HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NGC-04 Grand Challenge on Quantum Sensors for Inertial Navigation (2026), a two-phase competition where phase-2 winners may receive EIB convertible loans after due diligence.", "source": "eurohpc-press-four-quantum-calls-2026", "locator": "Press release of 2 June 2026" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "EuroHPC Joint Undertaking", "url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/six-new-quantum-calls-launched-eurohpc-joint-undertaking-2026-08-14_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "research": 3, "innovation": 3, "skills": 1, "coordination": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "low", "mid", "high" ], "actor": [ "researchers", "consortia", "companies", "startups" ], "scope": [ "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "no", "yes" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Since Council Regulation (EU) 2026/150 the EuroHPC JU runs the quantum research calls; 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The EuroHPC Work Programme 2026 PDF, the call-specific rules on ownership and time to grant, and the other ten topic pages were not read, so ownership and time_to_grant are left empty. The type of action (RIA) was confirmed only for TIPT-09 and QEXP-14.", "family_label": "Joint Undertakings (EuroHPC, Chips)", "kind_label": "Grant (the beneficiaries carry out and own the work)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "chips-ju-pilot-lines", "name": "Chips JU pilot lines, including quantum chip pilot lines (Chips for Europe Initiative)", "short": "Chips JU pilot lines", "family": "joint-undertakings", "kind": "grant", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Operational objective 2 of the Chips for Europe Initiative enhances existing and builds new advanced pilot lines; operational objective 3 builds technology and engineering capacities for cutting-edge quantum chips.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 4(2)(b)-(c)" }, { "text": "Under objective 3 the Initiative supports new or existing pilot lines, clean rooms and foundries for prototyping and producing quantum chips, as well as facilities for testing and validating them.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 5(c)(ii)-(iii); Annex I Part III(b)-(c)" }, { "text": "Semiconductor pilot lines bridge lab to fab for production, testing and validation, and give access on fair terms to a wide range of users.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 5(b)(ii)-(iii); Annex I Part II" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Before each work programme, the Public Authorities Board (Commission and Member States only for the Initiative) outlines the capacity-building and R&I parts and their expenditure; the Executive Director drafts the work programme from that outline and the Governing Board adopts it.", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Amended Article 137(aa), new Article 134a, Article 136(2a)" }, { "text": "When voting on the capacity-building subsection of the Initiative part of the work programme, the Governing Board consists only of the Commission (50 % of votes) and Member States; for the R&I subsection the Commission and Member States hold 45 % each and private members 10 %.", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Article 1(11), inserting Article 133(3a)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Operational objectives 1 to 4 of the Initiative are entrusted to the Chips JU and implemented through actions in its work programme.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 12(1)" }, { "text": "Equipment for pilot lines is procured through Joint Procurement procedures.", "source": "chips-ju-wp-2023-2027-v20", "locator": "Section 7.2 Procurement and contracts for 2025" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Calls are open to different legal forms of cooperation; a European chips infrastructure consortium (ECIC) may apply, in which case the ECIC itself is the applicant.", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Article 1(13), replacing Article 134(3)" }, { "text": "The quantum stability pilot FPAs should include research institutes, universities, RTOs and industry including SMEs, with the pilot-line infrastructure installed in the facilities of hosting entities.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-fpa-qac-1", "locator": "Topic description, Expected Outcome" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "The Chips JU may set different funding rates by participant type (e.g. SMEs, non-profits) and action type in the work programme; R&I actions up to TRL 4 are funded at 100 % of eligible costs.", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Article 1(17), replacing Article 141(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "EU budgets for the Chips for Europe calls are matched by commensurate national contributions, unless a topic is marked as 100 % EU funded.", "source": "chips-ju-wp-2023-2027-v20", "locator": "Section 2.1, note under the budget table" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The 2023 calls for expression of interest for pilot lines (DIGITAL-Chips-2023-CfEoI-CPL-1 to 4) had EUR 800 million of DEP budget in total, and the related Horizon Europe RIAs (HORIZON-Chips-2023-RIA-CPL-1 to 4) EUR 830 million.", "source": "chips-ju-wp-2023-2027-v20", "locator": "Section 2.1, budget table" }, { "text": "The 2025 Horizon Europe quantum lines were five topics HORIZON-JU-Chips-2025-QAC1-1-SGA to QAC1-5-SGA and one HORIZON-JU-Chips-2025-QAC2-SGA, each with EUR 25 million indicative.", "source": "chips-ju-wp-2023-2027-v20", "locator": "Section 2.1, budget table (HE Chips calls for 2025)" }, { "text": "Six quantum pilot proposals were retained in December 2025, with over EUR 314 million of EU and national investment.", "source": "chips-ju-press-659m-2025", "locator": "Press release of 11/12 December 2025, Quantum section" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "The quantum chip FPAs should reach TRL 8 overall and TRL 6 under the first Specific Grant Agreement.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-fpa-qac-1", "locator": "Topic description" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "Each quantum pilot FPA must describe mechanisms ensuring that all IP generated stays in the EU and is not transferred to third countries.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-fpa-qac-1", "locator": "Topic description" }, { "text": "Work programmes must set access conditions for publicly funded infrastructure such as pilot lines: transparent, non-discriminatory access on market or cost-plus terms for large undertakings, with preferential access or reduced prices for SMEs and academia.", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Recital 6" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "The quantum FPA calls (QAC-1 and QAC-2) opened on 24 September 2024 and closed on 21 January 2025.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-fpa-qac-1", "locator": "Topic actions, opening and deadline dates" }, { "text": "The Public Authorities Board retained the quantum proposals in December 2025, and the selected consortia then prepare grant agreements.", "source": "chips-ju-press-659m-2025", "locator": "Press release, Next steps" }, { "text": "The Q-PLANET FPA runs from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2031.", "source": "chips-ju-project-q-planet", "locator": "Project detail page" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 (Chips Act), Articles 3-5 and 12 and Annex I Parts II-III; Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/1782 (Chips JU).", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Articles 3, 4, 5, 12; Annex I" }, { "text": "The Initiative is funded from Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme for up to an indicative EUR 1,725 billion and EUR 1,575 billion; capacity building is paid by DEP and the related R&I by Horizon Europe.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 3(2); Article 4(3)" }, { "text": "The Union contribution to the Chips JU is up to EUR 4 175 000 000 (Horizon Europe up to EUR 2 725 000 000, DEP up to EUR 1 450 000 000).", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Article 1, replacing Article 128(1)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "The Public Authorities Board, made up only of the Commission and Member States for Initiative actions, selects the proposals.", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Article 136(2a); Article 137(d)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "At the Commission's request and with Public Authorities Board approval, participation may be limited under Article 22(5) of Horizon Europe or Articles 12(6) and 18 of the Digital Europe Regulation.", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Article 1(13), replacing Article 134(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "The quantum FPA calls were restricted under Article 22(5) of Horizon Europe to Member States, Iceland, Norway and Israel.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-fpa-qac-1", "locator": "Topic conditions, point 2" }, { "text": "Each quantum stability pilot is set up as one Framework Partnership Agreement per technology platform, run through consecutive Specific Grant Agreements (RIA or IA).", "source": "ft-topic-chips-fpa-qac-1", "locator": "Topic description" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "HORIZON-JU-Chips-FPA-QAC-1 (2024-2025), quantum chip technology for stability pilots, expecting four FPAs; HORIZON-JU-Chips-FPA-QAC-2, trapped-ion pilot.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-fpa-qac-2", "locator": "Topic description and budget overview (expected grants)" }, { "text": "December 2025: six quantum pilots retained covering superconducting, photonic, semiconducting, diamond-based, neutral-atom and high-quality trapped-ion platforms (over EUR 314 million EU and national).", "source": "chips-ju-press-659m-2025", "locator": "Press release, Quantum section" }, { "text": "Q-PLANET (topic HORIZON-JU-Chips-FPA-QAC-1): neutral-atom quantum pilot line coordinated by PASQAL with 37 partners from 12 Member States, 2026-2031.", "source": "chips-ju-project-q-planet", "locator": "Project detail page" }, { "text": "The Chips JU project list includes CHAMP-ION, an advanced manufacturing pilot line for ion traps.", "source": "chips-ju-chips-for-europe", "locator": "Chips for Europe page, Quantum section" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "Chips Joint Undertaking (Brussels)", "url": "https://www.chips-ju.europa.eu/Chips-for-Europe/" }, "fit": { "goals": { "industrial": 3, "innovation": 2, "deployment": 2 }, "role": [ "pool", "fund" ], "trl": [ "mid", "high" ], "actor": [ "consortia", "researchers", "states" ], "scope": [ "several" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "large", "xlarge" ], "time": [ "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Pilot lines are selected through Chips JU calls with the participating states co-funding; 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The work-programme appendices with the call-level funding rates and the names of all six quantum pilots were not available. 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Annex I Part I" }, { "text": "The 2024 competence-centre call expects centres to act as the first entry point for users, mainly SMEs and start-ups, towards the design platform and pilot lines, and to support access to the Chips Fund.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-2024-sg-ccc-1", "locator": "Topic description, Expected Outcome" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Chips JU work programme sets the procedure and selection criteria for establishing competence centres.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 11(3), second subparagraph" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Member States designate candidate centres through an open and competitive national process, and the Chips JU selects the centres that form the network.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 11(3)" }, { "text": "The Design Platform is procured solely by the Chips JU.", "source": "chips-ju-wp-2023-2027-v20", "locator": "Section 7.2 Procurement and contracts for 2025" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "By derogation, a competence centre or a single legal entity made up of at least three independent entities from three Participating States, including at least one Member State, may participate when the work programme justifies it.", "source": "chips-ju-reg-2023-1782", "locator": "Article 1(17), replacing Article 141(3)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "EU budgets for the Initiative calls are matched by commensurate national contributions, unless marked as 100 % EU funded.", "source": "chips-ju-wp-2023-2027-v20", "locator": "Section 2.1, note under the budget table" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "DIGITAL-Chips-2024-SG-CCC-1 (DIGITAL JU Simple Grants) had a 2024 budget of EUR 116 000 000 for an expected 30 grants of EUR 1 000 000 to 4 000 000 each.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-2024-sg-ccc-1", "locator": "Budget overview table" }, { "text": "Other indicative 2024 budgets: DIGITAL-Chips-2024-CSA-CCC-2 EUR 4 million, DIGITAL-Chips-2024-SG-CCC-3 EUR 16 million, DIGITAL-Chips-2024-CSA-CDP-1 (design platform) EUR 25 million; in 2025, a Cloud Platform procurement for the European Design Platform of EUR 15 million.", "source": "chips-ju-wp-2023-2027-v20", "locator": "Section 2.1, budget table" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "DIGITAL-Chips-2024-SG-CCC-1 opened on 4 July 2024 and closed on 2 October 2024.", "source": "ft-topic-chips-2024-sg-ccc-1", "locator": "Topic actions, opening and deadline dates" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2023/1781, Article 11 (European network of competence centres) and Article 5(a) / Annex I Part I (design platform), and Article 12 (implementation by the Chips JU).", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Articles 5, 11, 12; Annex I Parts I and IV" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Competence centres have substantial autonomy over their organisation and working methods, which must be consistent with the objectives of the Regulation.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 11(4)" }, { "text": "The Chips JU annual activity report must cover progress on operational objectives 1 to 4, including indicators such as the number of active competence centres and the businesses using their services.", "source": "chips-act-2023-1781", "locator": "Article 12(4); 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The number of selected centres, their funding rate and the Commission news on the competence centres (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu, HTTP 403) could not be read, and the Chips JU competence-centre page returned 'Page Not Found'. 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at least 15 days in duly substantiated urgency.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 24.2, 24.7 and 26.1(a)" }, { "text": "Directive: minimum 35 days from dispatch of the contract notice; may be shortened to 15 days after a qualifying prior information notice or in substantiated urgency, and by five days for electronic submission.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 27(1)-(4)" }, { "text": "Above the thresholds the contract may not be signed before a standstill period of 10 days (electronic means) or 15 days (other means).", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 178(2)-(3)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Procurement procedures are listed in Article 167(1) FR; detailed rules are in Annex I (Article 164).", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Articles 164 and 167(1)(a)" }, { "text": "Open procedure for Member State contracting authorities.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 27" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "At or above the thresholds, a contract notice and a contract award notice must be published in the Official Journal; below them, procedures are advertised by appropriate means.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 166(1)-(2)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "EU contracting authorities apply the thresholds in Article 4(a) and (b) of Directive 2014/24/EU when choosing a procedure (EUR 300 000 for supply and service contracts of Union delegations in third countries).", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 178(1)" }, { "text": "The Directive as adopted set thresholds of EUR 5 186 000 (works), EUR 134 000 (central government supplies/services) and EUR 207 000 (sub-central supplies/services); the Commission revises them every two years in line with the WTO GPA, so current amounts must be checked in the latest revision.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Articles 4 and 6(1)" }, { "text": "Below EU thresholds the FR defines middle value (above EUR 60 000), low value (up to EUR 60 000) and very low value (up to EUR 15 000) contracts that may be awarded by negotiated procedure.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 14.1-14.4" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "EuroHPC JU call for tenders EUROHPC/2024/OP/0004 (published 1 August 2024, deadline 5 September 2024) for the EuroQCS-Italy neutral-atom quantum computer hosted by CINECA; the page does not name the procedure type.", "source": "ehpc-euroqcs-italy-tender", "locator": "Call page header and description" }, { "text": "EuroQCS-Italy contract signed with Pasqal (announced 27 March 2025); total acquisition cost EUR 13 million, co-funded 50% by the EuroHPC JU and 50% by Italy's MUR via ICSC (PNRR/RRF); the system is owned by the EuroHPC JU and operated by the host.", "source": "ehpc-euroqcs-italy-contract-2025", "locator": "Press release body" }, { "text": "EuroHPC JU call for tenders EUROHPC/2025/OP/0007 (published 12 September 2025, deadline 24 October 2025) for the EuroSSQ-HPC semiconductor spin-qubit computer hosted by SURF; budget up to EUR 9.95 million, 50% from the JU (Digital Europe Programme) and 50% from the consortium. Procedure type not named on the press release.", "source": "eurohpc-press-nl-procurement-2025", "locator": "Press release body" }, { "text": "The EuroSSQ tender page gives reference EUROHPC/2025/OP/0007, publication 12 September 2025 and deadline 24 October 2025, without naming the procedure type or estimated value.", "source": "ehpc-eurossq-tender", "locator": "Call page header" }, { "text": "At launch (1 August 2024) the JU stated a EUR 13 million total cost for EuroQCS-Italy, with the Union contribution from the Digital Europe Programme covering up to 50% of acquisition, integration and operating costs.", "source": "ehpc-euroqcs-italy-launch-2024", "locator": "Press release body" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "The contracting authority concerned (e.g. the Commission DG, executive agency or Joint Undertaking); for Member State buyers, the national contracting authority", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2509" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 3, "deployment": 1 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "market" ], "actor": [ "companies", "public" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "small", "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "fast" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Agree the need, the estimated value and the budget line with the authorising officer of your DG or body.", "Check the procedure and its conditions with the central procurement or legal service; the Financial Regulation Annex I sets them.", "Publish on TED and the Funding & Tenders Portal (eTendering) unless an exception applies." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "FR 2024/2509 Title VII and Annex I and Directive 2014/24/EU Articles 4, 6, 26-27 were read in full via the Publications Office (EUR-Lex returned a WAF challenge). The Directive text read is the original 2014 version, so the thresholds shown are not the current revised amounts. The EuroHPC tender pages do not state the procedure type; the examples are given as JU procurements, not as confirmed open procedures. The FR text read does not itself say that results are owned by the Union; it requires the contract to state whether IPR transfer is required.", "family_label": "Procurement procedures (Financial Regulation)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "fr-restricted", "name": "Restricted procedure (Financial Regulation 2024/2509; Directive 2014/24/EU Article 28)", "short": "Restricted procedure", "family": "procurement", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Any economic operator may request to participate; only candidates meeting the selection criteria and not excluded are invited to tender. It may be used for any purchase and includes procurement through a dynamic purchasing system.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(1)(b), 167(3) and 167(5)(a)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Union institutions, executive agencies and Union bodies under Articles 70 and 71 act as contracting authorities for their own contracts.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 177(1)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The contracting authority may limit the number of candidates invited, using objective and non-discriminatory criteria stated in the contract notice, provided the number ensures genuine competition.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(3), second subparagraph" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Minimum number of candidates in a restricted procedure is five; if fewer meet the selection criteria the authority may continue with those who do.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 6.1 and 6.4" } ], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "The draft contract must state whether IPR transfer will be required.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 16.4(f)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "EU: requests to participate no less than 32 days from the day after dispatch of the contract notice; tenders no less than 30 days from dispatch of the invitation to tender; tenders reducible by five days for electronic submission; in urgency, tenders at least 10 days.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 24.3, 24.4, 24.7 and 26.1(b)" }, { "text": "Directive: requests to participate at least 30 days; tenders at least 30 days (10 days after a qualifying PIN; by mutual agreement for sub-central authorities); urgency minima of 15 and 10 days.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 28(1)-(6)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "FR Article 167(1)(b) and Annex I; Directive 2014/24/EU Article 28.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(1)(b); Annex I points 6 and 24" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Publication in the Official Journal of a contract notice and award notice applies at or above the Article 178(1) thresholds.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 166(1)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Thresholds follow Article 4 of Directive 2014/24/EU.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 178(1)" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "The contracting authority concerned (Commission DG, executive agency, JU or national authority)", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2509" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 3, "deployment": 1 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "market", "high" ], "actor": [ "companies", "public" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Agree the need, the estimated value and the budget line with the authorising officer of your DG or body.", "Check the procedure and its conditions with the central procurement or legal service; the Financial Regulation Annex I sets them.", "Publish on TED and the Funding & Tenders Portal (eTendering) unless an exception applies." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "All facts read in FR 2024/2509 Annex I and Directive 2014/24/EU Article 28 via the Publications Office. No quantum procurement confirmed as a restricted procedure was found.", "family_label": "Procurement procedures (Financial Regulation)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "fr-competitive-negotiation", "name": "Competitive procedure with negotiation (FR Annex I point 12; Directive 2014/24/EU Articles 26(4) and 29)", "short": "Competitive procedure with negotiation", "family": "procurement", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Lets the authority negotiate initial and later tenders (not final tenders) to improve their content, while minimum requirements and award criteria stay fixed.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(4)" }, { "text": "The guidance presents it as suited to adapting ready-to-use innovation when the buyer has a fairly precise idea of the subject matter, as opposed to competitive dialogue where upstream choices remain open.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Sections 4.2.1 and 4.2.1.1, pp. 52-53" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Union contracting authorities under Article 177(1); Member States must make the procedure available to their contracting authorities in the listed situations.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 26(4)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Minimum three candidates; negotiation may proceed in successive stages to reduce tenders, with equal treatment of tenderers.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 6.2 and 6.5" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Any economic operator may request to participate; the authority invites qualifying candidates and may limit their number.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(3)" } ], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "The draft contract must state whether IPR transfer will be required.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 16.4(f)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "EU: requests to participate no less than 32 days and tenders no less than 30 days.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 24.3 and 24.4" }, { "text": "Directive: requests to participate at least 30 days; initial tenders at least 30 days from the invitation.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 29(1)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "FR Article 167(1)(f) and (5)(e); Annex I point 12. Directive 2014/24/EU Articles 26(4) and 29.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(1)(f), 167(5)(e); Annex I point 12" } ], "governance": [], "conditions": [ { "text": "Usable regardless of value when only irregular or unacceptable tenders were received in an open/restricted procedure, or where needs require adapting available solutions, include design or innovative solutions, cannot be awarded without prior negotiation due to complexity or risk, or specifications cannot be set precisely by reference to a standard; also for concessions, Annex XIV services, certain R&D services and audiovisual programme material.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 12.1(a)-(f)" }, { "text": "The same grounds (adaptation, design or innovative solutions, complexity/risk, imprecise specifications, irregular or unacceptable tenders) apply for Member State buyers.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 26(4)(a)-(b)" }, { "text": "Annex I point 12.1(e) lets EU contracting authorities use this procedure for R&D services outside the CPV codes 73000000-2 to 73120000-9, 73300000-5, 73420000-2 and 73430000-5, unless benefits accrue exclusively to the authority or the service is wholly paid by it.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 12.1(e)" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "The contracting authority concerned", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2509" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 2 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "high" ], "actor": [ "companies", "public" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Agree the need, the estimated value and the budget line with the authorising officer of your DG or body.", "Check the procedure and its conditions with the central procurement or legal service; the Financial Regulation Annex I sets them.", "Publish on TED and the Funding & Tenders Portal (eTendering) unless an exception applies." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "Read in full in FR Annex I point 12 and Directive Articles 26 and 29; guidance section 4.2.1 read. No quantum example identified as using this procedure.", "family_label": "Procurement procedures (Financial Regulation)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "fr-competitive-dialogue", "name": "Competitive dialogue (FR Annex I point 10; Directive 2014/24/EU Article 30)", "short": "Competitive dialogue", "family": "procurement", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The authority sets out needs, requirements, award criteria and an indicative timeframe, then holds a dialogue with selected candidates to identify the means best suited to its needs, before asking for final tenders.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 10.1-10.3" }, { "text": "The guidance describes it as suited where more upstream choices remain open, with confidential individual negotiations that need expertise and time.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Sections 4.2.1 and 4.2.1.2, p. 53" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Union contracting authorities under Article 177(1).", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 177(1)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Minimum three candidates; the dialogue may proceed in successive stages; solutions and confidential information may not be revealed without consent; payments to participants may be specified.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 6.2, 10.2 and 10.4" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Any economic operator may request to participate; qualifying candidates are invited.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(3)" } ], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "The draft contract must state whether IPR transfer will be required.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 16.4(f)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "EU: requests to participate no less than 32 days from the day after dispatch of the contract notice.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 24.3" }, { "text": "Directive: requests to participate at least 30 days from dispatch of the contract notice.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 30(1)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "FR Article 167(1)(e) and (5)(e); Annex I points 10 and 12; Directive 2014/24/EU Articles 26(4) and 30.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(1)(e); Annex I points 10 and 12" } ], "governance": [], "conditions": [ { "text": "Same grounds as the competitive procedure with negotiation (Annex I point 12.1); award solely on best price-quality ratio.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 10.1 and 12.1" }, { "text": "Award on the sole basis of best price-quality ratio for Member State buyers.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 30(1)" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "The contracting authority concerned", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2509" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 3, "deployment": 2 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "companies", "public" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "medium", "large", "xlarge" ], "time": [ "medium" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Agree the need, the estimated value and the budget line with the authorising officer of your DG or body.", "Check the procedure and its conditions with the central procurement or legal service; the Financial Regulation Annex I sets them.", "Publish on TED and the Funding & Tenders Portal (eTendering) unless an exception applies." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "Read in FR Annex I points 10 and 12 and Directive Article 30. No quantum example identified.", "family_label": "Procurement procedures (Financial Regulation)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "fr-innovation-partnership", "name": "Innovation partnership (FR Annex I point 7; Directive 2014/24/EU Article 31)", "short": "Innovation partnership", "family": "procurement", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Aims at developing an innovative product, service or works and then purchasing the result, provided it meets the performance levels and maximum costs agreed with the partners.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 7.1; Article 167(5)(d)" }, { "text": "The guidance stresses that innovation happens during contract performance and that the procedure can only be used where no solution is available on the market.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.2.3.4, p. 59" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Union contracting authorities under Article 177(1); Member States must make innovation partnerships available to contracting authorities.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 26(3)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Structured in successive phases with intermediate targets; after each phase the authority may end the partnership or reduce the number of partners if announced in the documents. One or several partners may be chosen.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 7.1 and 7.2" }, { "text": "The guidance describes three phases: selection, R&D in collaboration with the buyer (possibly in stages), and a commercial phase.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.2.3.4, pp. 59-60" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Any economic operator may request to participate; selection focuses on R&D capacity and capacity to develop and implement innovative solutions.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 31(1) and 31(6)" }, { "text": "Minimum number of candidates is three for EU contracting authorities.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 6.2" } ], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Estimated value covers the maximum R&D value across all stages plus the supplies, services or works to be purchased at the end.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 35.2" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Procurement documents must set the arrangements applicable to IPR; partners' solutions and confidential information may not be revealed to others without consent.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 7.3" }, { "text": "Same IPR and confidentiality requirement for Member State buyers.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 31(6)" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "EU: requests to participate no less than 32 days from the day after dispatch of the contract notice.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 24.3" }, { "text": "Directive: requests to participate at least 30 days from dispatch of the contract notice.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 31(1)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "FR Article 167(1)(g) and 167(5)(d); Annex I point 7; Directive 2014/24/EU Articles 26(3) and 31.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(1)(g); Annex I point 7" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Before launching, the EU contracting authority must consult the market to confirm the work, supply or service does not exist on the market or as near-to-market development.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 7.2" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Award solely on best price-quality ratio; phase duration and value must reflect the degree of innovation, and the value of the final purchase must be proportionate to the development investment.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 7.2-7.3" }, { "text": "The guidance flags State aid attention because no separate procedure is run for buying commercial volumes.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.2.3.4, p. 60" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "The contracting authority concerned", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014L0024" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 3, "innovation": 2 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "mid", "high" ], "actor": [ "companies", "startups", "public" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "medium", "large", "xlarge" ], "time": [ "long" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Agree the need, the estimated value and the budget line with the authorising officer of your DG or body.", "Check the procedure and its conditions with the central procurement or legal service; the Financial Regulation Annex I sets them.", "Publish on TED and the Funding & Tenders Portal (eTendering) unless an exception applies." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "Read in full in FR Annex I points 6, 7, 24 and 35, Directive Article 31 and guidance section 4.2.3.4. No quantum innovation partnership found.", "family_label": "Procurement procedures (Financial Regulation)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "fr-negotiated-without-publication", "name": "Negotiated procedure without prior publication (FR Annex I point 11; Directive 2014/24/EU Article 32)", "short": "Negotiated procedure without publication", "family": "procurement", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Exceptional procedure allowing direct negotiation without a contract notice, regardless of contract value, only on the listed grounds.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 11.1; Article 167(5)(f)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Member States may allow it only in the cases listed in Article 32.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 26(6)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The negotiation rules of Article 167(4) and point 6.5 apply; minimum candidate numbers do not apply (except design contests and local-market prospection).", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 6.3(b) and 11.1" } ], "who_applies": [], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Can be used under extreme urgency from unforeseeable events where the normal time limits cannot be met, if not attributable to the authority.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 11.1(c)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "FR Article 167(1)(d) and 167(5)(f); Annex I point 11; Directive 2014/24/EU Article 32.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 167(1)(d); Annex I point 11" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Award notices must be published for above-threshold contracts awarded on these grounds (before conclusion for the single-operator ground; after for others).", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 2.4" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Grounds include: no (suitable) tenders after an open, restricted or competitive negotiated procedure; only one operator (art, technical reasons, exclusive rights incl. IPR); extreme urgency; follow-up to a design contest; repetition of similar services/works; certain supply cases; legal services; secret contracts; and others listed.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 11.1(a)-(m)" }, { "text": "Supply contracts may be negotiated without publication where products are made purely for research, experimentation, study or development, excluding quantity production for commercial viability or R&D cost recovery.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 11.1(f)(ii)" }, { "text": "Technical-reason and exclusive-rights grounds apply only where no reasonable alternative exists and competition was not artificially narrowed.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 11.3" }, { "text": "For Member State buyers, the equivalent R&D supplies ground can be used to buy limited volumes of supplies developed in a pre-commercial procurement.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.2.3.3, p. 58 (citing Article 32(3)(a) Directive 2014/24/EU)" }, { "text": "The State aid notion notice referred to in the guidance warns that negotiated procedures without prior publication may not establish a market price.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 5, p. 64" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "The contracting authority concerned", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2509" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 2 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "market" ], "actor": [ "companies", "public" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "small" ], "time": [ "fast" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Use only where one of the exceptional grounds of the Financial Regulation Annex I applies; document the ground.", "Agree the need, the estimated value and the budget line with the authorising officer of your DG or body.", "Check the procedure and its conditions with the central procurement or legal service; the Financial Regulation Annex I sets them." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "Read in FR Annex I point 11 and Directive Article 32; guidance sections 4.2.3.3 and 5. No quantum example found.", "family_label": "Procurement procedures (Financial Regulation)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "fr-framework-contract", "name": "Framework contracts / framework agreements (FR Annex I point 1; Directive 2014/24/EU Article 33)", "short": "Framework contract", "family": "procurement", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Sets the terms for specific contracts awarded during a given period; specific contracts must follow the framework terms without substantial deviation.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 1.1" }, { "text": "Directive definition: an agreement setting the terms, in particular price and where appropriate quantity, for contracts to be awarded during a given period.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 33(1)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Can be run interinstitutionally under one lead contracting authority, or jointly with Member State contracting authorities.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 168(1)-(2)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Multiple framework contracts are implemented without reopening of competition (all terms set), with reopening of competition, or partly both if stated in the documents.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 1.3" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "A multiple framework contract with reopening of competition must be concluded with at least three operators, given enough admissible tenders.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 1.4" } ], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The value used for thresholds is the maximum value of all contracts envisaged over the full duration.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 35.2" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "When reopening competition, the authority consults contractors in writing and sets a time limit long enough for specific tenders; award goes to the most economically advantageous specific tender.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 1.4" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "FR Article 163(3) and Annex I point 1; Directive 2014/24/EU Article 33.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 163(3); Annex I point 1" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Specific contracts must be preceded by a budgetary commitment; award notices are not published for specific contracts.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, points 1.6 and 2.3" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Maximum duration four years, save exceptional cases duly justified by the subject matter.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 1.1" }, { "text": "Maximum term four years, save duly justified exceptional cases (Member State buyers).", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 33(1)" }, { "text": "In fast-moving price/technology sectors, frameworks without reopening must include a mid-term review or benchmarking clause; frameworks must not be used to restrict competition.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 1.5; Article 163(3)" }, { "text": "In Horizon Europe co-funded PCP, the contract with each selected tenderer takes the form of one framework agreement covering all phases, implemented through specific contracts.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, pp. 40-41" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "The contracting authority concerned", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2509" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 2, "coordination": 1 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "market" ], "actor": [ "companies", "public" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "fast", "medium" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Check first whether an existing framework contract of the Commission or an inter-institutional one already covers the need.", "Agree the need, the estimated value and the budget line with the authorising officer of your DG or body.", "Check the procedure and its conditions with the central procurement or legal service; the Financial Regulation Annex I sets them." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "Read in FR Annex I point 1 and Directive Article 33. No quantum framework contract was checked.", "family_label": "Procurement procedures (Financial Regulation)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "pcp", "name": "Pre-commercial procurement (PCP)", "short": "Pre-commercial procurement (PCP)", "family": "innovation-procurement", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "PCP is an approach to procuring R&D services, other than exclusive development, that involves risk-benefit sharing at market conditions, competitive development in phases, and separation of R&D from commercial deployment.", "source": "com-2007-799", "locator": "Sections 1 and 5" }, { "text": "The guidance describes PCP as procuring R&D services at advantageous conditions from several operators, where the buyer shares the benefits with suppliers under market conditions; it applies the R&D services exemption of the directives.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.2.3.2, pp. 55-56" }, { "text": "The State aid framework defines PCP as procurement of R&D services where the authority shares results and benefits with providers under market conditions, of limited duration, possibly including prototypes or a limited test series, excluding commercial volumes.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Point 16(bb)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe PCP actions are funded through work programme topics; the topic HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-02 funds joint PCPs by consortia of public buyers and does not fund developers directly.", "source": "cordis-he-eie-2027-connect-02", "locator": "Topic description" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "PCP must be run by public procurers (possibly with private/NGO procurers providing similar public-interest services) or by entities they mandate (e.g. central purchasing bodies); in a buyers' group a lead procurer awards the R&D contracts on behalf of the group.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, pp. 37-38" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe PCP actions need at least three independent beneficiaries, including at least two public procurers established in different Member States or Associated Countries, at least one in a Member State.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Eligibility, p. 13" }, { "text": "Suppliers respond to the PCP call for tenders; providers cannot be beneficiaries in the action, and must locate most R&D activities in Member States or Associated Countries.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 41" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Maximum Horizon Europe funding rate for a pre-commercial procurement action is 100%.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex G, p. 31" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The guidance cites the EU blockchain PCP, which bought R&D from 7 suppliers in the design phase, 4 in prototyping and 3 in product development and testing.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.1.7 example, p. 51" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "Providers generating results own the IPR; procurers get at least royalty-free access rights for their own use, the right to grant or require non-exclusive licences to third parties on fair and reasonable terms, and a call-back right if results are not exploited or are used against the public interest.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 41" }, { "text": "The buyer leaves new IPR with suppliers but keeps the right to use the R&D results and to (require suppliers to) license to third parties on fair and reasonable market terms.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.2.3.2, p. 56" }, { "text": "PCP contracts must include financial compensation at market conditions, compared with the exclusive development price, for leaving IPR with providers.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 42" } ], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe PCP: the open market consultation is announced by a PIN at least 45 days before the first meeting; the Commission is informed 5 days before the PIN and 30 days before the contract notice; the PCP call for tenders stays open at least 60 days.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 40 and footnote 54" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Directive 2014/24/EU applies to R&D service contracts only for listed CPV codes when benefits accrue exclusively to the authority and it pays fully; PCP uses the exemption where benefits are shared.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 14" }, { "text": "Horizon Europe PCP rules cite the R&D exemption (Article 14 of Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 32 of Directive 2014/25/EU, Article 13(f)(j) of Directive 2009/81/EC), Treaty principles and section 2.3 of the R&D&I State aid framework.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 39 and footnotes 50-52" }, { "text": "For EU institutions, FR Annex I point 12.1(e) allows the competitive procedure with negotiation or competitive dialogue for R&D services outside the listed CPV codes unless benefits accrue exclusively to the authority or it pays in full; the FR text read contains no PCP-specific article.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Annex I, point 12.1(e)" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe PCP projects need a preparation stage (PIN for open market consultation, consultation report, tender documents based on the HE PCP/PPI model, joint procurement agreement) and an execution stage.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, pp. 38-39" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Phases: solution design, prototyping, original development and validation/testing of first products, with fewer competing providers after each phase; at least three providers start; fast-track options allow merging phases 2 and 3, or at least two phase-1 contracts if fewer capable tenderers exist.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, pp. 40-41" }, { "text": "PCP must not include commercial volumes; it may include first products or a test series, provided the value of services exceeds that of products.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.2.3.2, p. 56" }, { "text": "No State aid is presumed for PCP where the price reflects market value of benefits and risks, notably with an open, transparent, non-discriminatory selection, published contract terms including IPR, no preference in later commercial supply, and either wide dissemination with IPR to the buyer or free buyer access plus market-terms third-party access.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Section 2.3, points 32-35" }, { "text": "Where R&D services are procured separately with IPR left to suppliers, third-country operators have no secured access under international agreements, and place-of-performance conditions may be applied.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 4.2.3.2, p. 57" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "European Commission, DG CONNECT innovation procurement (Horizon Europe PCP topics); national procurers for own PCPs", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/pre-commercial-procurement" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 3, "innovation": 3, "research": 2 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "low", "mid", "high" ], "actor": [ "public", "companies", "startups" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Describe the unmet public need, not the solution, and run an open market consultation.", "Plan competing suppliers through the solution design, prototype and test phases; suppliers keep the IPR, the buyer gets use rights.", "Several public buyers can ask for EU co-funding through a Horizon Europe PCP action." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "COM(2007) 799, the 2021 Guidance (sections 4.2.3, 5), the R&D&I framework sections 1.3 and 2.3 and Horizon Europe General Annexes B, G and H were read. The Commission PCP policy page returned HTTP 403. CORDIS searches (projects and topics mentioning quantum with 'pre-commercial procurement') found no quantum PCP project or topic, so no quantum example is given.", "family_label": "Innovation procurement (PCP and PPI)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "ppi", "name": "Public procurement of innovative solutions (PPI)", "short": "Public procurement of innovative solutions (PPI)", "family": "innovation-procurement", "kind": "procurement", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "PPI is procurement where contracting authorities act as launch customers (the first 20% of EU buyers) for innovative goods or services not yet available at large commercial scale; it may include conformity testing but not R&D.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 42" }, { "text": "The guidance covers buying the outcomes of innovation, with the buyer acting as early adopter of a product, service or process new to the market.", "source": "guidance-innovation-procurement-2021", "locator": "Section 1.1, p. 5" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Horizon Europe PPI actions aim to help a transnational buyers' group deploy innovative solutions early by pooling demand and sharing early-adopter risks, under a lead procurer.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex B, Types of action, p. 15" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "PPI is prepared and executed by public procurers or mandated entities; 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urgent restricted procedures may not be used.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 43" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "PPI uses ordinary procurement procedures under the directives that do not involve R&D; framework agreements with lots may be used.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 43" }, { "text": "Preliminary market consultations are allowed before a procurement, if they do not distort competition or breach non-discrimination and transparency.", "source": "dir-2014-24", "locator": "Article 40" }, { "text": "EU contracting authorities may hold a preliminary market consultation and must take measures if an advising operator later takes part.", "source": "fr-2024-2509", "locator": "Article 169(1); Annex I, point 15" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "An open market consultation with potential tenderers and end-users is required before Horizon Europe co-funded PPI (unless after a PCP or low value), and the market must be informed early by a PIN.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, pp. 42-43" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "A PPI that follows a compliant PCP may use the negotiated procedure without publication (Article 32(3)(a) of Directive 2014/24/EU), requesting at least three offers including from successful PCP providers.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, footnote 60, p. 42" }, { "text": "Selection criteria must not be disproportionate; specifications should be functional/performance-based; evaluation on best value for money.", "source": "he-ga-2026-2027", "locator": "General Annex H, p. 43" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "GENCI and Forschungszentrum Jülich ran a joint Franco-German PPI, supported by the EuroHPC JU, that selected Pasqal's Fresnel analogue simulators (at least 100 qubits) for HPCQS; announced 30 May 2022, price not stated.", "source": "ehpc-hpcqs-ppi-2022", "locator": "Press release body" }, { "text": "HPCQS (grant 101018180, topic EuroHPC-2020-01-b, call H2020-JTI-EuroHPC-2020-01) is a Research and Innovation Action coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich, 1 Dec 2021 to 31 May 2026, total cost EUR 12 000 000 and EU contribution EUR 6 000 000; CORDIS does not label it a PPI action.", "source": "cordis-hpcqs", "locator": "Project fact sheet" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "European Commission, DG CONNECT innovation procurement (Horizon Europe PPI topics); national procurers", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/public-procurement-innovative-solutions" }, "fit": { "goals": { "buy": 3, "deployment": 2 }, "role": [ "buy" ], "trl": [ "high" ], "actor": [ "public", "companies" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [], "budget": [ "small", "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "medium" ], "ownership": [ "public", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Use when innovative solutions are nearly or newly on the market and the public buyer is an early adopter; run an open market consultation first.", "Several public buyers can ask for EU co-funding through a Horizon Europe PPI action." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Horizon Europe General Annexes B, G and H, the 2021 Guidance and the EuroHPC/CORDIS HPCQS pages were read. The Commission PPI policy page returned HTTP 403. The HPCQS procurement is called a PPI by the EuroHPC JU but CORDIS lists the grant as an RIA, not a PPI action.", "family_label": "Innovation procurement (PCP and PPI)", "kind_label": "Procurement (a public buyer contracts and pays for a result)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "investeu", "name": "InvestEU (Regulation (EU) 2021/523)", "short": "InvestEU", "family": "finance", "kind": "loan", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "InvestEU provides an EU budget guarantee and an InvestEU financial instrument behind financing and investment operations by implementing partners that serve EU internal-policy objectives, plus an advisory mechanism to develop investable projects.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 1" }, { "text": "Its general objectives include the competitiveness of the Union, including research, innovation and digitisation, and (since the STEP amendment) investments contributing to the objectives of the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 3(1)(a) and (h)" }, { "text": "A research, innovation and digitisation policy window covers R&D and innovation, technology transfer to market, demonstration and deployment of innovative solutions and scaling-up of innovative companies.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 8(1)(b)" }, { "text": "The Quantum Europe Strategy states that investment funds will be encouraged to crowd in capital for quantum technologies, including through first-loss guarantees and tailored co-investment schemes via InvestEU.", "source": "com-2025-363-quantum-strategy", "locator": "Section 2.3.3, pp. 13-14" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The InvestEU website is managed by the Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW); the Commission manages and finances the InvestEU Advisory Hub.", "source": "investeu-hub-page", "locator": "Page footer; 'InvestEU Advisory Hub' section" }, { "text": "The Commission establishes the InvestEU Advisory Hub and concludes advisory agreements with the EIB Group and other advisory partners.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 25(1)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The EU guarantee is granted to implementing partners and implemented in indirect management; 75% of the EU-compartment guarantee (EUR 21 789 232 555) goes to the EIB Group and the remaining 25% to other implementing partners.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 13(1), (4) and (5)" }, { "text": "The EIB Group signed its guarantee agreement in March 2022 covering 75% of the guarantee; for the first time national promotional banks and international financial institutions can also become implementing partners after a pillar assessment and a call for expression of interest.", "source": "investeu-ip-page", "locator": "Introduction; 'How to become an Implementing Partner'" }, { "text": "Current implementing partners listed include the EIB, the EIF, the Council of Europe Development Bank and the Nordic Investment Bank among others; the Commission reported 18 implementing partners as of October 2026.", "source": "investeu-fund-page", "locator": "'Key figures - EU compartment'; 'Current InvestEU Implementing Partners'" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Project promoters (private and public) obtain direct or intermediated financing from the implementing partners, not from the Commission.", "source": "investeu-fund-page", "locator": "'How to get financing'" }, { "text": "Financial institutions apply to become implementing partners via a Commission call for expression of interest; the last call for partners other than the EIB Group closed on 28 November 2025 for EUR 1.6 billion of guarantee.", "source": "investeu-ip-page", "locator": "'Selection of implementing partners under InvestEU'" }, { "text": "Public authorities and project promoters can request project-development assistance via the Advisory Hub central entry point.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 25(2)(a)" } ], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The EU guarantee for the EU compartment is EUR 29 052 310 073 in current prices, provisioned at 40%.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 4(1), first subparagraph" }, { "text": "The Commission's programme page still presents a EUR 26.2 billion guarantee intended to mobilise at least EUR 372 billion; as of October 2026 the Investment Committee had approved 440 operations and a maximum EU guarantee of EUR 31.7 billion.", "source": "investeu-fund-page", "locator": "Header and 'Key figures - EU compartment [as of October 2026]'" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "For strategic operations in defence, space and cybersecurity, the investment guidelines may limit transfer and licensing of intellectual property rights to critical technologies.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 8(10)" } ], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2021/523, as amended by Regulations (EU) 2024/795, 2025/2088 and 2025/2005.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Consolidated text header" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "An independent Investment Committee (four configurations, one per policy window, six external experts each) examines proposals that passed the Commission policy check or the EIB Statute Article 19 procedure and verifies compliance with the regulation and investment guidelines.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 24(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "Member States may add a Member State compartment by channelling cohesion or RRF resources, subject to a contribution agreement with the Commission.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 10(1)-(2)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Supported operations must address market failures or sub-optimal investment situations with additionality, fall within a policy window under Annex II, avoid excluded activities and comply with the investment guidelines.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 14(1)" }, { "text": "The Advisory Hub may help promoters develop projects, including important projects of common European interest.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 25(2)(c)" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "InvestEU Advisory Hub (European Commission) / InvestEU implementing partners", "url": "https://investeu.europa.eu/investeu-programme/investeu-advisory-hub_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "scaleup": 3, "industrial": 2, "deployment": 2 }, "role": [ "invest" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "companies", "startups", "public" ], "scope": [ "one", "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "yes", "no" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large", "xlarge" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "InvestEU works through implementing partners (EIB Group, national promotional banks); talk to them, and use the InvestEU Advisory Hub for project preparation." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Read the consolidated InvestEU Regulation (24.12.2025) via the Publications Office and the investeu.europa.eu programme, fund, implementing-partner and Advisory Hub pages. No quantum-specific InvestEU operation was found on a page I could read: the operations list is dynamic and eib.org/eif.org are blocked.", "family_label": "Finance: equity, loans and guarantees", "kind_label": "Loan, venture debt or guarantee", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "eib-venture-debt", "name": "EIB financing (venture debt, European Growth Finance Facility, EIB quantum investments)", "short": "EIB venture debt", "family": "finance", "kind": "loan", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The EIB's Treaty task is to contribute to the balanced development of the internal market by granting loans and guarantees on a non-profit-making basis, including for projects of common interest to several Member States.", "source": "tfeu-art-309", "locator": "Article 309 TFEU" }, { "text": "The Quantum Europe Strategy names the EIB Group's European Tech Champions Initiative and InvestEU guarantees as channels to crowd in capital for quantum start-ups and scale-ups, and says the Commission will explore with the EIB initiatives to crowd private investment into venture and growth capital.", "source": "com-2025-363-quantum-strategy", "locator": "Section 2.3.3, pp. 13-14" } ], "designed_by": [], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The EIB grants finance, in particular loans and guarantees, to Member States or to private or public undertakings for investments in Member States, where funds are not available elsewhere on reasonable terms.", "source": "eib-statute", "locator": "Protocol No 5, Article 16(1)" }, { "text": "The EIB Group receives 75% of the InvestEU EU-compartment guarantee.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 13(4)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Any undertaking or public or private entity may apply directly to the Bank, or through the Commission or the Member State where the investment is made.", "source": "eib-statute", "locator": "Protocol No 5, Article 19(1)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "As far as possible, EIB loans are granted only on condition that other sources of finance are also used.", "source": "eib-statute", "locator": "Protocol No 5, Article 16(2)" } ], "typical_size": [], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "The Member State concerned and the Commission must give their opinions on a financing application within two months; without a reply the Bank may assume there is no objection.", "source": "eib-statute", "locator": "Protocol No 5, Article 19(2)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Article 309 TFEU and the EIB Statute (Protocol No 5).", "source": "tfeu-art-309", "locator": "Article 309 TFEU" }, { "text": "EIB Statute: financing operations under Articles 16 and 19.", "source": "eib-statute", "locator": "Articles 16 and 19" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "The Board of Directors rules on financing operations submitted by the Management Committee, which first checks compliance with the Statute.", "source": "eib-statute", "locator": "Protocol No 5, Article 19(3)-(4)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Loans to undertakings require a Member State guarantee, other adequate guarantees or the financial strength of the debtor.", "source": "eib-statute", "locator": "Protocol No 5, Article 16(3)" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "European Investment Bank", "url": "https://www.eib.org/en/products/equity/venture-debt/index" }, "fit": { "goals": { "scaleup": 3, "industrial": 2 }, "role": [ "invest" ], "trl": [ "market" ], "actor": [ "companies", "startups" ], "scope": [ "one", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Companies apply to the EIB directly; the EIB decides on bankability." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "not-verified", "verification_note": "Every eib.org page (venture debt product page, press releases including a 2022 IQM quantum fabrication loan found by search) returned HTTP 403 or a Cloudflare block, so no product terms, ticket sizes or quantum deals could be read. Facts are limited to the Treaty, the EIB Statute, the InvestEU Regulation and the Quantum Europe Strategy.", "family_label": "Finance: equity, loans and guarantees", "kind_label": "Loan, venture debt or guarantee", "verification_label": "Not verified" }, { "id": "eif-equity", "name": "EIF equity (European Tech Champions Initiative, ESCALAR, InvestEU equity products)", "short": "EIF equity (funds of funds)", "family": "finance", "kind": "equity", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "ESCALAR, developed by the Commission with the EIF, supports venture capital and growth financing so that promising companies can scale up in Europe; it was to provide up to EUR 300 million to increase the investment capacity of VC and private equity funds, triggering investments of up to EUR 1.2 billion.", "source": "ec-escalar-news", "locator": "News item, 07/01/2021, paragraphs 4-5" }, { "text": "The Quantum Europe Strategy cites the EIB Group's European Tech Champions Initiative (a fund of funds to support European tech champions) as a source of support for quantum scale-up financing.", "source": "com-2025-363-quantum-strategy", "locator": "Section 2.3.3, p. 14 and footnote 64" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "ESCALAR is a Commission programme managed by the EIF; the first pilot was backed by the Investment Plan for Europe.", "source": "ec-escalar-news", "locator": "News item, paragraph 2" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The EIF (part of the EIB Group) is an InvestEU implementing partner that designs and implements equity and debt instruments for small businesses and publishes calls for expression of interest to select financial intermediaries, including for InvestEU equity products.", "source": "investeu-fund-page", "locator": "'The European Investment Fund (EIF)'" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Fund managers (financial intermediaries) respond to EIF calls for expression of interest; companies receive the money through the selected funds.", "source": "investeu-fund-page", "locator": "'The European Investment Fund (EIF)'" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "In the first ESCALAR deal the programme took a EUR 37.5 million participation, around 23% of the capital raised by the fund.", "source": "ec-escalar-news", "locator": "News item, paragraph 2" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The first ESCALAR-backed fund aimed to invest between EUR 3 million and EUR 15 million in up to 12 SMEs.", "source": "ec-escalar-news", "locator": "News item, paragraph 3" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "EIF equity under InvestEU relies on the InvestEU EU guarantee implemented by the EIB Group as implementing partner.", "source": "investeu-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 13(1) and (4)" } ], "governance": [], "conditions": [], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "European Investment Fund", "url": "https://www.eif.org/" }, "fit": { "goals": { "scaleup": 3 }, "role": [ "invest" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "startups" ], "scope": [ "several", "eu" ], "cofund": [ "yes", "no" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "The EIF invests in venture funds, not directly in companies; a Member State can contribute to an EIF-managed mandate." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "not-verified", "verification_note": "eif.org (ETCI and ESCALAR pages) returned HTTP 403, so ETCI size, ESCALAR terms and any quantum fund commitments could not be read. Facts come only from a Commission DG GROW news item (2021), the InvestEU website and the Quantum Europe Strategy.", "family_label": "Finance: equity, loans and guarantees", "kind_label": "Equity or blended finance", "verification_label": "Not verified" }, { "id": "ipcei", "name": "Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) - Communication 2021/C 528/02", "short": "IPCEI", "family": "state-aid", "kind": "state-aid", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "IPCEI lets the Commission find State aid compatible with the internal market for integrated, large-scale cross-border projects from at least four Member States with high technological or financial risk that benefit the EU, for example by creating European ecosystems.", "source": "comp-ipcei-page", "locator": "Introduction" }, { "text": "R&D&I projects must be of a major innovative nature, and first industrial deployment projects must develop a new product or service with high research and innovation content or a fundamentally innovative production process; mass production and commercial activities are excluded.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Points 22-24" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Member States are in the driving seat: in the design phase participating Member States, led by coordinating Member State(s), shape the IPCEI, decide its scope and select projects nationally, ending with pre-notification to the Commission.", "source": "comp-ipcei-dsh", "locator": "'Tasks' and 'Background'" }, { "text": "Potential IPCEIs are identified in the Joint European Forum for IPCEI, co-led by DG COMP and DG GROW with Member State authorities.", "source": "comp-jef-ipcei", "locator": "'Objectives' and 'Key principles'" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Aid is granted by the participating Member States; a DG COMP-led Design Support Hub supports Member States during design without replacing national selection.", "source": "comp-ipcei-dsh", "locator": "'Tasks'" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Undertakings are selected by Member States through national calls for expression of interest; all Member States must be given a genuine opportunity to participate in an emerging project.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 17" }, { "text": "The Design Support Hub helps Member States set up coordinated national calls for expression of interest and match-making events.", "source": "comp-ipcei-dsh", "locator": "'Tasks'" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "The maximum aid is set by the funding gap in relation to the eligible costs and, if justified by the funding-gap analysis, may cover all eligible costs.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 33" }, { "text": "The project must involve important co-financing by the beneficiary.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 19" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "State aid approved plus expected private investment in the ten R&D&I-type integrated IPCEIs add up to over EUR 92.2 billion.", "source": "comp-ipcei-approved", "locator": "Introductory paragraphs" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Article 107(3)(b) TFEU; the Commission applies the 2021 IPCEI Communication (OJ C 528, 30.12.2021) from 1 January 2022.", "source": "comp-ipcei-page", "locator": "'Legal bases'" }, { "text": "The Communication applies to all notified aid decided on or after 1 January 2022.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Points 53-54" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "IPCEI aid is notified to and approved by the Commission; the lifecycle runs through identification, design, assessment and implementation.", "source": "comp-ipcei-dsh", "locator": "'Background'" }, { "text": "Notifying Member States must give a full description of the counterfactual scenario without aid.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 31" }, { "text": "Project execution is subject to regular reporting and possibly an ex post evaluation.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 52" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "The project must ordinarily involve at least four Member States, and its benefits must extend to a wider part of the Union.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 16" }, { "text": "The project must address important market or systemic failures or societal challenges.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 15" }, { "text": "The Commission may require a claw-back mechanism.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 36" }, { "text": "Aid may be cumulated with Union funding within the most favourable applicable funding rate.", "source": "ipcei-communication", "locator": "Point 35" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "No quantum IPCEI is approved; 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the Commission (DG COMP) assesses it under the IPCEI Communication.", "Start with a call for expression of interest in each Member State and the Joint European Forum for IPCEI." ], "related": { "participation": [ "ipcei" ], "funding_instruments": [] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "Read the full 2021 IPCEI Communication via the Publications Office and the DG COMP IPCEI, approved IPCEIs, Design Support Hub and JEF-IPCEI pages. The quantum status (identification phase only, 10 Member States, Q2 2026) comes from the JEF-IPCEI page.", "family_label": "State aid and IPCEI", "kind_label": "State aid rules (national money under EU rules)", "verification_label": "Verified" }, { "id": "gber", "name": "General Block Exemption Regulation (Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014) - R&D aid", "short": "GBER (block-exempted aid)", "family": "state-aid", "kind": "state-aid", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The GBER declares specific categories of State aid compatible if conditions are met, exempting them from prior notification and Commission approval, so Member States can grant aid quickly.", "source": "comp-gber-review", "locator": "'Overview'" }, { "text": "Aid for R&D projects (fundamental research, industrial research, experimental development, feasibility studies) meeting Article 25 and Chapter I is exempt from notification.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 25(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "Investment aid for constructing or upgrading research infrastructures that perform economic activities is exempt under Article 26.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 26(1)" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "The Commission (DG COMP) adopts and reviews the GBER.", "source": "comp-gber-review", "locator": "'Overview'" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Member States grant the aid themselves without prior Commission approval.", "source": "comp-gber-review", "locator": "'Background to this initiative'" } ], "who_applies": [], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Maximum aid intensities: 100% for fundamental research, 50% for industrial research, 25% for experimental development and 50% for feasibility studies.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 25(5)" }, { "text": "Industrial research and experimental development may be raised to at most 80%: +10 points for medium and +20 for small enterprises; +15 points for effective collaboration, wide dissemination, licensing commitments or an Art. 107(3)(a) region; +5 points for an Art. 107(3)(c) region; or +25 points for projects selected in an open call within a project jointly designed by at least three Member States.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 25(6)(a)-(d)" }, { "text": "Research infrastructure aid is limited to 50% of eligible costs, rising to 60% if at least two Member States fund it or it is selected at Union level.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 26(6)" }, { "text": "Co-funding of EDF or EDIDP projects can bring total public funding up to 100% of eligible costs.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 25e(1)-(3)" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "Notification thresholds for R&D aid: EUR 55 million per undertaking per project for predominantly fundamental research, EUR 35 million for industrial research and EUR 25 million for experimental development; doubled for Eureka projects, projects implemented by a JU or projects meeting Article 25(6)(d).", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 4(1)(i)(i)-(iv)" }, { "text": "Thresholds are EUR 35 million per research infrastructure, EUR 25 million per testing and experimentation infrastructure, and EUR 80 million per undertaking per project for EDF/EDIDP co-funding.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 4(1)(i)(xi), (j) and (ja)" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "If an EDF co-funded beneficiary receives more than the Article 25 intensity, it must pay a market price to use the resulting IPR or prototypes for non-defence applications, capped at the excess aid.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 25e(4)" } ], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014, as amended (last by Regulation (EU) 2023/1315), applies until 31 December 2026.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 59" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "The Commission is reviewing the GBER: a draft was consulted publicly from 25 February to 23 April 2026, with adoption of the revised GBER planned for end-2026 and entry into force on 1 January 2027.", "source": "comp-gber-review", "locator": "'Overview' and 'Next Steps'" }, { "text": "At the end of validity, schemes exempted under the GBER remain exempted during a 6-month adjustment period.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 58(4)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Research infrastructure access must be open to several users on transparent, non-discriminatory terms at market prices; firms financing at least 10% of investment may get proportionate preferential access.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 26(3)-(4)" }, { "text": "Aid above the Article 4 thresholds falls outside the GBER and must be notified.", "source": "gber-consolidated", "locator": "Article 4(1)" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "National State aid granting authorities; European Commission DG COMP", "url": "https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/state-aid/gber-review_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "research": 2, "innovation": 2, "industrial": 2, "deployment": 1, "skills": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "low", "mid", "high" ], "actor": [ "states" ], "scope": [ "one" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "small", "medium" ], "time": [ "fast" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "A national scheme within the GBER conditions and thresholds needs no prior notification; report it to the Commission within 20 working days." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Read Articles 4, 25, 25e, 26, 58 and 59 of the consolidated GBER (01.07.2023, the latest consolidation listed in Cellar) via the Publications Office, and the DG COMP GBER review page. No official page naming a quantum GBER measure was read.", "family_label": "State aid and IPCEI", "kind_label": "State aid rules (national money under EU rules)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "rdi-framework", "name": "Framework for State aid for research and development and innovation (2022/C 414/01)", "short": "State aid R&D&I framework", "family": "state-aid", "kind": "state-aid", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "The Framework gives guidance on the Commission's compatibility assessment under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU for R&D&I aid schemes and individual aid that must be notified.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Points 2 and 15" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Adopted by the European Commission as a Communication.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Title / point 2" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "Member States notify the aid; the Commission assesses compatibility.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Points 14-15" } ], "who_applies": [], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Annex II maximum intensities: fundamental research 100%; industrial research 70/60/50% (small/medium/large), rising to 80/75/65% with effective collaboration or wide dissemination; experimental development 45/35/25%, rising to 60/50/40%.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Annex II" }, { "text": "If the Commission establishes that aid is limited to the minimum necessary (funding-gap/IRR method), higher intensities may be allowed, e.g. applied research up to 80/70/60%.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Point 95" }, { "text": "Testing and experimentation infrastructures co-funded by Union funding may receive public support up to 100% of eligible investment costs if a credible funding-gap assessment demonstrates the need.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Point 89" } ], "typical_size": [], "trl": [], "ownership": [ { "text": "In pre-commercial procurement there is no State aid if, among other conditions, either all IPR goes to the public purchaser with free dissemination of non-IPR results, or providers keeping IPR give the purchaser unlimited free access and grant third parties access (e.g. non-exclusive licences) at market conditions.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Point 34(d)" } ], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Article 107(3)(c) TFEU; notification under Article 108(3) TFEU.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Points 2 and 14" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Member States must notify R&D&I aid unless it meets the conditions of a block exemption regulation.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Point 14" }, { "text": "For notifiable individual aid, meeting the maximum intensities is not enough: the Commission checks that aid does not exceed the minimum needed, e.g. through IRR benchmarks or counterfactual NPV.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Points 92-94" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Centrally managed Union funding (e.g. from EU institutions, agencies or JUs) not under Member State control is not State aid; only the State aid part counts towards thresholds and intensities, and the combined public funding must not exceed the most favourable Union funding rate.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Points 10 and 88" }, { "text": "R&D services bought through an open tender under the procurement directives are generally not State aid; PCP is not aid if selection is open and transparent, IPR terms are published in advance, no preference is given for commercial volumes, and the IPR conditions in point 34(d) are met.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Points 32-34" }, { "text": "If the PCP conditions are not met, Member States may rely on an individual assessment of the contract terms, without prejudice to the general notification obligation.", "source": "rdi-framework-2022", "locator": "Point 35" } ], "quantum_examples": [] }, "contact": { "body": "European Commission, DG COMP (State aid notifications via national authorities)", "url": "https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/state-aid/legislation_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "research": 2, "innovation": 2, "industrial": 2, "deployment": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "low", "mid", "high" ], "actor": [ "states" ], "scope": [ "one" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "medium" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "access" ], "sensitivity": [ "open", "sensitive" ] }, "next_steps": [ "National aid above the GBER thresholds or outside its conditions is notified to DG COMP and assessed under the framework." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Read the R&D&I Framework (2022/C 414/01) via the Publications Office, focusing on points 10-16, 32-35, 76-95 and Annex II; other sections were not reviewed in full. No Commission decision on a quantum R&D&I aid measure was read.", "family_label": "State aid and IPCEI", "kind_label": "State aid rules (national money under EU rules)", "verification_label": "Partly verified" }, { "id": "cohesion-funds", "name": "Cohesion policy funds (ERDF Regulation (EU) 2021/1058; CPR (EU) 2021/1060; STEP Regulation (EU) 2024/795)", "short": "Cohesion policy funds (ERDF)", "family": "shared-management", "kind": "shared", "restricted": false, "facts": { "purpose": [ { "text": "Under policy objective 1, the ERDF supports R&I capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies, digitisation, SME competitiveness, smart-specialisation skills, STEP investments and (since 2025) industrial capacities for defence, prioritising dual-use.", "source": "erdf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 3(1)(a)(i)-(vii)" }, { "text": "STEP supports the development or manufacturing of critical technologies, including digital technologies and deep tech innovation.", "source": "step-reg-2024-795", "locator": "Article 2(1)(a)(i)" }, { "text": "The Quantum Europe Strategy urges Member States and regions, when reprogramming under the cohesion mid-term review, to focus on breakthrough companies in strategic value chains such as quantum technologies.", "source": "com-2025-363-quantum-strategy", "locator": "Section 2.3.3, p. 14" } ], "designed_by": [ { "text": "Member States identify a managing authority and an audit authority for each programme; the Commission decision approving a programme fixes co-financing rates and maximum support per priority.", "source": "cpr-consolidated", "locator": "Articles 71(1) and 112(1)" } ], "implemented_by": [ { "text": "The managing authority manages the programme, selects operations using transparent, non-discriminatory criteria and may delegate tasks to intermediate bodies.", "source": "cpr-consolidated", "locator": "Articles 71(3), 72(1) and 73(1)" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "ERDF supports applied research and innovation, infrastructure, equipment and SME productive investment; productive investment in non-SMEs is allowed in limited cases, e.g. R&I cooperation with SMEs, STEP and defence objectives in eligible regions, or approved IPCEIs.", "source": "erdf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 5(1)-(2)" } ], "funding_rate": [ { "text": "Maximum co-financing rates under Investment for jobs and growth: 85% for less developed regions, 70% for transition regions formerly less developed, 60% for transition regions, 50% for more developed regions formerly in transition, 40% for more developed regions.", "source": "cpr-consolidated", "locator": "Article 112(3)" } ], "typical_size": [], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 on the ERDF and Cohesion Fund, as amended by 2024/795, 2024/3236 and 2025/1914.", "source": "erdf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Consolidated text header" }, { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 (Common Provisions Regulation).", "source": "cpr-consolidated", "locator": "Articles 15, 71-73, 112" }, { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2024/795 establishing STEP and the Sovereignty Seal.", "source": "step-reg-2024-795", "locator": "Articles 1-2, 4" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "Enabling conditions must be fulfilled; expenditure linked to a specific objective is not reimbursed until the Commission confirms that the relevant enabling condition is met.", "source": "cpr-consolidated", "locator": "Article 15(1)-(5)" }, { "text": "The thematic enabling condition for the R&I objective requires good governance of a national or regional smart specialisation strategy, including up-to-date analysis, a competent managing body, monitoring tools, an entrepreneurial discovery process and international cooperation measures.", "source": "cpr-consolidated", "locator": "Annex IV, point 1.1" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Projects with a STEP Sovereignty Seal (from Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, EDF and other listed calls) can get funding from other Union programmes, including cumulative or combined funding.", "source": "step-reg-2024-795", "locator": "Article 4(1)-(3)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "Spain's Quantum Technologies Strategy (announced 24 April 2025) has an estimated budget of EUR 808 million, funded from the ERDF and the national Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.", "source": "es-mtdfp-quantum-strategy", "locator": "Press release, paragraph on budget" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "National or regional managing authorities of ERDF programmes", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/funding/erdf_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 3, "innovation": 2, "industrial": 2, "skills": 2, "research": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "mid", "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "states", "public", "companies", "startups", "researchers" ], "scope": [ "one" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "public" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "Projects are selected by the national or regional managing authority under its programme; quantum must fit the smart specialisation strategy." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Read the consolidated ERDF Regulation (20.09.2025), the consolidated CPR (01.07.2026) and the STEP Regulation via the Publications Office, the Quantum Europe Strategy and a Spanish ministry press release. 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national coordinating bodies sit in an expert group co-chaired by the Commission's SG REFORM Task Force and DG ECFIN.", "source": "rrf-commission-page", "locator": "'Informal expert group on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility'" } ], "who_applies": [ { "text": "Only Member States apply, by submitting a recovery and resilience plan; final recipients are selected under national rules.", "source": "rrf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 18(1)" } ], "funding_rate": [], "typical_size": [ { "text": "At end-January 2026 the RRF envelope was EUR 573 billion: EUR 360 billion in grants and EUR 213 billion in loans.", "source": "rrf-commission-page", "locator": "Key figures and footnote" }, { "text": "Plans had to allocate at least 37% of their budget to green and 20% to digital measures.", "source": "rrf-commission-page", "locator": "'How it works' paragraph" } ], "trl": [], "ownership": [], "time_to_grant": [ { "text": "The Commission must make a preliminary assessment of a payment request within two months at the latest; Member States may request payment twice a year.", "source": "rrf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 24(2)-(3)" } ], "legal_basis": [ { "text": "Regulation (EU) 2021/241 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (consolidated 01.03.2024).", "source": "rrf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Articles 3, 18, 20, 24" } ], "governance": [ { "text": "The Council approves the Commission's assessment of each plan by implementing decision, setting out reforms, investments, milestones, targets and financial contributions.", "source": "rrf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 20(1)-(2)" }, { "text": "Plans must set out milestones, targets and an indicative timetable for reforms and investments to be completed by 31 August 2026.", "source": "rrf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 18(4)(i)" }, { "text": "The Council implementing decision sets the deadline, no later than 31 August 2026, for completing the final milestones and targets.", "source": "rrf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 20(5)(d)" }, { "text": "Payments of financial contributions and loans must be made by 31 December 2026.", "source": "rrf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 24(1)" } ], "conditions": [ { "text": "Member States must ensure an effective internal control system and protect the Union's financial interests against fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest.", "source": "rrf-reg-consolidated", "locator": "Article 22(1)" }, { "text": "When revising RRF plans, Member States must treat STEP Sovereignty Seal projects as priority projects.", "source": "step-reg-2024-795", "locator": "Article 4(4)" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "Spain created a Quantum Communications Hub with EUR 10 million from Component 16 of its Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan (approved by the Council of Ministers in April 2025); its national quantum strategy is also partly RRF-funded.", "source": "es-mtdfp-quantum-strategy", "locator": "Press release, paragraphs on budget and the Quantum Communications Hub" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "National RRF coordinating bodies; European Commission Reform and Investment Task Force", "url": "https://reforms-investments.ec.europa.eu/recovery-and-resilience-facility-1_en" }, "fit": { "goals": { "deployment": 2, "innovation": 1, "industrial": 1 }, "role": [ "fund" ], "trl": [ "high", "market" ], "actor": [ "states" ], "scope": [ "one" ], "cofund": [ "no" ], "budget": [ "medium", "large", "xlarge" ], "time": [ "fast" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries", "public" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "The Facility ends in 2026: only measures already in a national recovery plan can still be completed; it is not a route for new actions." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [], "participation": [] }, "verification": "partly-verified", "verification_note": "Read the consolidated RRF Regulation (01.03.2024, latest consolidation in Cellar) and the Commission RRF page. 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Eligibility of Partners, page 13" }, { "text": "Call 2025 funding (about EUR 53 million) came from the QuantERA partners plus a European Commission contribution.", "source": "quantera-call-2025", "locator": "Call 2025 page" } ], "typical_size": [ { "text": "The typical total project cost, including own contributions, is about EUR 2 500 000; average requested funding in past calls ranged from EUR 750 000 to 1 500 000.", "source": "quantera-call-2025-announcement", "locator": "Project Costs, page 12" }, { "text": "Grants to one legal entity across all its consortia in the call may not exceed EUR 1 000 000, except when duly substantiated.", "source": "quantera-call-2025-announcement", "locator": "Funding per entity, page 12 and footnote 7" }, { "text": "Projects last 24 or 36 months.", "source": "quantera-call-2025", "locator": "Call 2025 page" } ], "trl": [ { "text": "Projects should start at TRL 1-4 and reach TRL 1-6, depending on the call topic.", "source": "quantera-call-2025-announcement", "locator": "Targeted Research, page 5" } ], "ownership": [ { "text": "All partners must sign a consortium agreement covering ownership of and access to key knowledge (IPR, data management, GDPR) and send it to the Coordination Office within three months of project start; 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each partner must also meet its funder's national eligibility rules.", "source": "quantera-call-2025-announcement", "locator": "Eligibility, pages 13-14" }, { "text": "Proposals are evaluated by international panels; a proposal is recommended only if it scores at least 3 on each of the three criteria.", "source": "quantera-call-2025-announcement", "locator": "Evaluation, page 15" } ], "quantum_examples": [ { "text": "QuantERA Call 2025 (topics Quantum Phenomena and Resources; Applied Quantum Science): 287 proposals and 39 projects funded with EUR 53 million, from 34 funding organisations in 29 countries.", "source": "quantera-call-2025-results", "locator": "Call 2025 results page" }, { "text": "Earlier calls were held in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023.", "source": "quantera-home", "locator": "Home page, Calls" } ] }, "contact": { "body": "QuantERA Call Secretariat (ANR, France); Programme Coordinator NCN (Poland); national contact points of each funder", "url": "https://quantera.eu/call-2025/" }, "fit": { "goals": { "research": 3, "coordination": 3 }, "role": [ "pool", "fund" ], "trl": [ "low", "mid" ], "actor": [ "researchers", "consortia", "states" ], "scope": [ "several", "global" ], "cofund": [ "yes" ], "budget": [ "medium" ], "time": [ "medium", "long" ], "ownership": [ "beneficiaries" ], "sensitivity": [ "open" ] }, "next_steps": [ "National funders join QuantERA joint calls and fund their own researchers; check which funders take part in the current call." ], "related": { "funding_instruments": [ "quantera-calls" ], "participation": [ "quantera" ] }, "verification": "verified", "verification_note": "The QuantERA home, about, Call 2025 and results pages and the main (non-annex) part of the Call 2025 announcement PDF were read. 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