Support standardisation for the EuroQCI
Funds one consortium to run standardisation work for European quantum key distribution components, systems and certification.
This standardisation-only topic sits inside a bigger call: a sibling topic in the same call, DIGITAL-IRIS2-2025-QCI-01, is a Digital SME Support Action worth EUR 30 million across five expected grants, aimed at SMEs rather than a single standardisation consortium — a QKD component-maker that doesn't fit this topic's single-consortium, standards-only remit could fit that one instead. The underlying…
This call funds standardisation activities for the EuroQCI, covering QKD components (single-photon sources, transmitters, receivers, detectors), multiplexing with classical signals, software-hardware interfaces and network-level interoperability. It also covers formal evaluation and certification of QKD protocols, building on interdisciplinary work between national authorities and accredited evaluation labs.
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