Quantum Technologies grants
UK and EU funding across computing, sensing and communications
Quantum is a national priority with money behind it. Innovate UK, EPSRC and Horizon Europe all fund it, and the National Quantum Strategy keeps the pipeline open. The difficulty is credibility: assessors are practising physicists who spot overclaiming instantly. Our writers speak the language.
£190m+ won by our team
PhD-level specialists who have won these awards themselves.
Funders funding quantum technologies
- EPSRC
- EIC
Programmes that fit quantum technologies companies
Innovate UK Quantum CR&D
Quantum computing hardware, software stack, sensing and networking, including scaling quantum computing hardware calls.
EIC Pathfinder
Early-stage, high-risk quantum information science tied to frontier research priorities.
ESA quantum & digitalisation calls
Space-relevant quantum sensing and secure communications work.
What assessors actually score
- Honest coherence, fidelity and error-rate targets with measured baselines
- A clear boundary between what is demonstrated and what is projected
- A commercialisation story that does not depend on fault tolerance arriving first
Where we work in quantum technologies
Quantum Technologies grants in our directory
Live programmes from the UK grant directory that suit quantum technologies projects. Deadlines move between rounds, so each listing links through to the current detail.
EU funding
[Other - EU Funding] -Xecs Eureka Clusters - Quantum Thematic Call
Supports international collaborative R&D projects that advance the industrialisation and commercialisation of quantum technologies. The call focuses on applied innovation, helping technologies progress from TRL 4–5 to TRL 6–7
Innovate UK
Quantum computing hardware scale-up CR&D
Themed competition funding UK quantum computing hardware development towards commercial scale.
European Innovation Council
EIC Pathfinder
Early-stage funding for collaborative research into breakthrough technologies of the future, including open and Challenge calls.
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Civil Security for Society] Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate…
Open to legal entities (including research organisations, public bodies and international organisations with HQ in an EU Member State or Associated Country) eligible under Horizon Europe rules; consortia must include at least 3 national authorities in charge of disaster risk management as beneficiaries, each from a different EU Member State or Associated Country.
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Civil Security for Society] Development of ecosystem and next-generation capabilities for a secured European Critical…
Open to legal entities (including first responders' organisations, research bodies and companies) established in EU Member States or Associated Countries eligible under Horizon Europe; entities directly or indirectly controlled by China are excluded. Consortiums must include at least 3 first responders' organisations as beneficiaries.
Horizon Europe
[Horizon - Civil Security for Society] Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses t…
Open to entities established in EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries (with some non-associated countries also eligible under special provisions); entities controlled by China are excluded. Proposals must include at least 2 practitioner organisations (first responders) and 2 medical emergency authorities as beneficiaries, from at least 3 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. Relevant international organisations headquartered in a Member State or Associated Country are also exceptionally eligible.
Relevant client wins
Grants our team has won for companies solving comparable technical problems.
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