Quantum grants in the Netherlands

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

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

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

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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 early-career researchers building an independent research team and pursuing frontier research through an ERC Starting Grant hosted at a public or private research organisation.

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

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

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

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

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Supports European deep-tech ventures advancing laboratory research toward validated prototypes and near-market technologies.

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

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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.

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

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Funds collaborative European defense research consortia delivering disruptive solutions across security, space, and quantum technologies.

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

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

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Funds existing ERC grant holders in testing the commercial or societal potential of already-funded research through a fixed EUR 150,000 top-up grant.

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Supports small and medium defense innovators across Europe through development calls, coaching, and early-stage consortium opportunities.

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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.

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Backs quantum navigation systems for use where GPS signals are jammed or denied.

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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.

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

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Pays one project, led by a photonic-quantum-computing startup, EUR 10 million to build toward a 1,000-qubit photonic quantum computer by 2030 with a named end-user demonstration.

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Funds up to five projects that mature and security-certify European quantum key distribution hardware and systems for deployment in telecom networks.