Quantum-Testing Infrastructure for Quantum Technologies
Quantum-Testing Infrastructure for Quantum Technologies · HORIZON-JU-RIA · TRL 3 to 7 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds the creation of a pan-European open-access infrastructure for testing and certifying quantum technologies, such as processors, sensors, photonics and control systems. It supports building interconnected testing facilities, benchmarking and certification methodologies, and a digital platform for remote test access. The goal is to help SMEs, start-ups and research institutions validate quantum components faster, improving quality and time-to-market for quantum products across Europe.
quantum technologies · research excellence · photonics · sme scaleup
Who wins this
This call suits a consortium of research and technology organisations and academic infrastructures across multiple European countries that already operate quantum testing facilities and want to expand and interconnect them into a certified, open-access network.
Could you win this call?
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €19M to €20M
- Funding model
- Budget-based. Reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- research organisation
- Also required
- The proposal must implement the testing related part of the action plan established under the Framework Partnership Agreement for Qu-Test, and only one grant is expected to be awarded.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligibility Conditions described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes The general criteria are described in the General Annex D of the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026-2027. described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions The documents are described in General Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026-2027.