Quantum grants in South Korea

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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 two projects, worth up to EUR 5 million each, to build a hardware-agnostic software stack that lets the same quantum applications run across different quantum computers.

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Funds up to three joint EU-South Korea projects, worth EUR 2.5–2.7 million each, on quantum communication, computing or sensing.

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Funds Korean startups and small and medium-sized enterprises through low-interest loans managed by KOSME and the Ministry of enterprise and innovation support.

Between cycles

Funds Korean startups building products and market access with global companies through open-innovation projects.

Between cycles

Funds Korean venture-stage companies with market-development support and loan guarantees to accelerate scaling.

Between cycles

Funds Korean SMEs entering overseas markets through projects run with companies that already have global channels.

Between cycles

Funds Korean startups solving defined technology problems with large companies and public institutions.

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Supports foreign-founded startups entering Korea with market localization and expansion assistance.

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Funds Korean micro-enterprises turning proven export demand into products, brands, certifications, and overseas sales.

Gives free mentoring and pitch coaching to international student founders building in Korea.

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Funds high-growth Korean technology companies scaling overseas, raising global capital, and preparing for public markets.

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Provides collateral-light access to bank financing in Korea through technology-based credit guarantees for innovative startups and small businesses.

Awards $40,000 per track to teams solving real quantum problems for five global enterprises.

Pays startups, research teams and enterprises a share of $200,000 in prizes for solutions that turn quantum computing research into deployable industrial pilots across five sectors.

Offers $200,000 in prizes across five enterprise challenge streams for teams building quantum, AI and HPC solutions to real industrial problems.

Open

Provides in-kind GPU compute and hardware to faculty-led research at PhD-granting universities.

Open

Invests in hardware, aerospace, and defense innovation founders through a corporate venture platform tied to Lockheed Martin.

Between cycles

Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.

Awards a free exhibition pod, travel and mentorship to deep-tech scale-ups that place in this annual competition at GITEX North Star in Dubai.

Between cycles

Supports allocation of exascale compute resources for scientific codes and high-impact computing studies.

Between cycles

Runs research teams and institutions for INCITE Allocation in artificial intelligence, quantum systems, and energy systems.

Between cycles

Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.

Awards a ¥10 million grand prize to deep-tech startups pitching at Global Startup EXPO 2026.