Quantum grants in Germany

Open

Funds frontier research by established researchers in Europe-backed programmes across any discipline with high-risk, high-impact ambitions.

Open

Funds investigator-led frontier research across disciplines, enabling high-risk discovery with strong scientific autonomy.

Open

Supports internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers placed in Israeli institutions to build independent research careers through EU mobility fellowships.

Scheduled

Funds one €4M coordination action to spot future digital technologies and connect the people who can bring them into use.

Scheduled

Funds €14–15M projects that mature quantum gravimeters for space and build Europe's next Earth-observation sensing capability.

Scheduled

Funds foundational quantum-cryptography research for secure future hybrid networks.

Between cycles

Funds late stage deep tech start ups and small businesses with combined non dilutive and growth support across technology fields.

Between cycles

Invests in scale-up ventures in digital, clean technology, and biotechnology through equity to accelerate commercialization pathways.

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Funds researchers 5 to 15 years past their PhD who are building an independent research team in Europe through an ERC Consolidator Grant.

Between cycles

Funds innovative SME-led international R&D consortia through the Eurostars Call 12 grant process.

Between cycles

Funds bottom-up research for breakthrough deep-tech, any field of science.

Between cycles

Invests in European deep-tech scale-up ventures with momentum needing capital for commercial expansion.

Between cycles

Funds early-stage deep tech startups developing solutions at TRL 4-5 in collaboration with industry partners through a 4-month co-creation programme.

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Funds research talent through annual fellowships for computing and artificial intelligence work.

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Funds for-profit deep-tech companies from any NATO member nation that are developing dual-use solutions to critical defence and security challenges, through competitive annual and dynamic challenge calls.

Funds early-stage quantum-computing firms to build a technical and financial roadmap.

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Runs themed competitions in which teams compete over several stages to solve one defined technical problem.

Between cycles

Supports early-stage German innovators through a pilot challenge route with mentoring and development funding.

Pays one consortium EUR 500,000 to 1 million to build an open benchmarking framework for hybrid quantum-classical supercomputing systems.

Closed

Funds one coordination project up to EUR 4.5 million to run Europe's Quantum Technologies Flagship, tracking global progress and coordinating national quantum strategies.

Closed

Funds one consortium to coordinate national and cross-border EuroQCI quantum-communication deployments across the EU and ESA.

Closed

Funds a pan-European network of 10-18 startup and scaleup hubs that can pass on up to EUR 60,000 per deep-tech startup for cross-border scaling support.

Closed

Pays three European teams up to EUR 500,000 each to produce investment-ready technical and financial roadmaps for quantum navigation sensors, as a readiness study ahead of separate EIB investment.

Funds research exploring quantum computing, post-quantum cryptography and quantum sensing for air traffic management.