Quantum Missions pilot: Quantum Computing and Quantum Networks

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £9.5 million for Quantum Computing (QC) and Quantum Networks (QN) projects.

These will be to support the five Quantum Missions that were established to deliver the UK National Quantum Strategy.

The aim of this competition is to accelerate the QC and QN technologies by increasing their capabilities and removing technological barriers to their commercialisation and adoption.

Your project must identify one or more key technological barriers or limitations and propose an innovative project that will address them.

Your QC project must be in the form of hardware development. We particularly encourage projects in the intersection of both themes, for example, networking of quantum computers to advance information processing.

Funding for QC projects will be up to £3 million and up to £1 million for QN projects. If your project is both Quantum Computing and Quantum Networks, funding will be up to £3 million.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it.

This competition open on 4 November 2024 and closes at 11am on 11 December 2024. 

Find out more about this funding opportunity here