Deadline: 2-Jul-25
The Contracts for Innovation: Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer Competition accelerate the development and adoption of quantum sensors (QS) and quantum position, navigation, and timing (QPNT) products and services.
Research Categories
- Phase 1: Product maturity studies
- This means planned research or critical investigation to gain new knowledge and skills for developing new products, processes or services.
Funding Information
- Total eligible costs for Phase 1 projects can range in size between £500,000 and £1.5 million, inclusive of VAT.
Eligible Projects
- Your phase 1 project must deliver:
- A Product Maturity Plan which includes plans or roadmaps describing your future product development activities, investment needs, and how they address your intended market.
- A Product Performance Report which shows the results of a test, a demonstration, modelling, or a trial from which you derive your confidence in being able to meet the technical requirements of your chosen market.
- Your project must:
- be fundamentally about the development of an innovative product or service
- demonstrate the current status of the technology
- outline future plans for developing the maturity of the product or service, that are founded on a mature product concept and market knowledge
- identify technical, commercial, and regulatory barriers to adoption
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects must always start on the first of the month, even if this is a non-working day. You must not start your project until your Contract has been approved by Innovate UK.
- You must only include eligible project costs in your application
- To lead a project, you can:
- be an organisation of any size, including those based in the EU, EEA or internationally
- work alone or with the subcontracted skills and expertise of others from business, research organisations, research and technology organisations, or the third sector (charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups)
- Contracts will be awarded to a single legal entity only. The majority of the project work and key deliverables must be completed by the applicant and be carried out in the UK. Subcontractors can be used, but only for specialist skills.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They will not fund projects that:
- are not original in scope and duplicates someone else’s work
- do not cover a product or service that uses second generation quantum technologies
- are covered by existing commercial agreements to deliver the product or service
- do not generate product or service plans
- are only paper or desk-based studies
- are based on immature technologies
For more information, visit Innovate UK.
