Deadline: 5-Sep-25
The national funding bodies from Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Türkiye, and Ukraine have allocated funding for organisations collaborating on international R&D projects in the field(s) of applied quantum technologies.
Scope
- Quantum technology includes many layers of technology from the individual modalities of quantum information processing, algorithms, and the use of quantum computers for a variety of applications.
- The main objective of this call for projects is to support organisations as they develop quantum technologies that outperform or accelerate existing technologies and contribute to solving problems relevant to industry, science, and society.
Funding Information
- Austria (FFG) funding:
- Call for projects budget: 1 million euro
- Belgium, Flanders (VLAIO) funding:
- Budget: 2 million euro
- Staff and other costs related to the development project can be funded with a 25% to 60% subsidy of the project budget. The minimum budget is equivalent to 25,000 euro and the maximum budget is 3,000,000 euro.
- Staff and other costs related to the research project can be funded with a 25% to 70% subsidy of the project budget, The minimum budget is equivalent to 100,000 euro and the maximum budget is 3,000,000 euro.
- Denmark (IFD) funding:
- Call for projects budget: 2 million euro (initial commitment)
- Spain (CDTI) funding:
- Call for projects budget: Open budget
- Spanish partners can receive a soft loan of up to 85% of eligible costs (Euribor 1 year interest fee). Your project must have a minimum budget of 175,000 euro (there is no maximum budget).
- Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) funding:
- Call for projects budget: 3 million euro
- For projects applying to the relevant call, the project budget for Turkish project partners cannot exceed 600,000 euro. Budgets for institutions other than joint-stock companies cannot exceed 50% of the total project budget and cannot exceed 300,000 euro in total project budget.
- Ukraine (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine) funding:
- Ukrainian research institutions and higher education institutions are eligible to receive grants of up to 199,000 Ukrainian hryvnia (according to the exchange rate applicable at that time, now approximately 4,400 euro) per year for a project duration of up to 3 years. It is recommended to include a Ukrainian SME as part of the consortium.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eureka has limited eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Network Projects consortium:
- Your project idea must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project.
- The project must be directed at researching or developing an innovative product, process, or service with the goal of commercialisation.
- The project must have a civilian purpose.
- Your consortium must include at least two independent legal entities from a minimum of two Eureka countries.
- No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.
- This call for projects has additional criteria for organisations to be eligible to receive funding.
- The duration of the project may not exceed 36 months
- Projects are expected to start no later than May 2026
- National funding bodies have additional criteria for organisations to be eligible to receive funding:
- Austria (FFG) eligibility
- All for-profit companies registered in Austria are eligible for funding (with cooperation possibilities for universities and research organisations).
- Belgium, Flanders (VLAIO) eligibility:
- Only companies based in Flanders can apply for funding via subsidies. Flemish or foreign academic partners or research institutes can be funded by VLAIO if their expertise is crucial for their Flemish partner (a company) and if they are subcontracted by this company.
- Belgium, Wallonia (SPW Recherche) eligibility
- Only companies based in Wallonia can apply for funding. Walloon or foreign academic partners or research institutes can be funded by SPW-Recherche if their expertise is crucial for their Walloon partner (a company) and if they are subcontracted by this company, up to 20% of the budget of each Walloon partner.
- Denmark (IFD) eligibility
- All Danish organisations directly involved in activities in the projects are eligible as applicants to IFD. IFD only funds projects with at least one Danish enterprise.
- The maximum funding rates vary between 25 and 90% for each individual participant. Please see tables 1-4 in their Guidelines for international Collaborations here.
- Be aware that appointed RTO’s (GTS Institutes) can participate with either economic activities or non-economic activities (not both). If acting in the role of an enterprise partner, hence having actions relating to economic activities, they must apply for funding under enterprise rules and cannot use their GTS cost factor on salaries according to their Guidelines for international Collaborations.
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