The Call for Proposals in Quantum Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies: QuantERA Co-funded Call 2021 is open.
The submitted proposals are expected to be aligned with one of the two QuantERA cofunded call 2021 topics:
- Quantum Phenomena and Resources (QPR)
- Applied Quantum Science (AQS)
Funded projects in both topics are expected to address one or more of the following areas:
- Quantum communication
- Quantum simulation
- Quantum computation
- Quantum information sciences
- Quantum metrology sensing and imaging
The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) will financially support only successful Czech applicants involved in the applied research projects. TA CR Czech applicants involved in the basic research projects will be supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS).
TACR and MEYS organize on March 15, 2021 from 10 a.m. information webinar for the Czech applicants. Registration here.
TA CR will support successful Czech applicants and their projects with the amount of 1 000 000 EUR. Both enterprises and research organizations can apply for TACR funding. Funding rules for the Czech applicants are defined by a funding programme EPSILON. Deadline for submission of pre-proposals is May 13, 2021, 17:00 CET.
The project consortia must involve a minimum of 3 eligible partners requesting funding in at least 3 of the following participating countries:
Austria (FFG, FWF), Belgium (FNRS, FWO), Bulgaria (BNSF), Croatia (HRZZ), Czech Republic (MEYS, TA CR), Denmark (IFD), Estonia (ETAg), Finland (AKA), France (ANR), Germany (DFG, BMBF, VDI/TZ), Hungary (NKFIH), Ireland (SFI), Israel (Innovation Auth), Italy (CNR, INFN, MIUR), Latvia (VIAA), Lithuania (RCL), Luxembourg (FNR), Malta (MFIN), Norway (RCN), Poland (NCBR, NCN), Portugal (FCT), Romania (UEFISCDI), Slovakia (SAS), Slovenia (MIZS), Spain (AEI), Sweden (VR), Switzerland (SNSF), Turkey (TUBITAK)
Partner Search Tool is available at www.ncn.gov.pl/partners/quantera/
For more inforamtion visit www.quantera.eu and www.tacr.cz.