Quantum Grand Challenge — Phase 1
Pays quantum computing start-ups up to EUR 300,000 each to build a technical and financial roadmap plus a working hardware-software prototype.
Phase 1 grants a single company up to EUR 300,000 to produce a technical and financial roadmap for an integrated hardware-and-software quantum computer, together with a physical proof of principle or early prototype. During the roughly four-month project, the European Investment Bank's advisory arm provides tailored technical and financial planning support to help the company assess its own commer…
This topic funds individual quantum computing start-ups to produce a detailed technical and financial roadmap for their integrated hardware-and-software quantum computer, alongside a physical proof of principle or preliminary prototype. It wants benchmarking against component-, system- and application-level metrics, a financial viability assessment, and identified target application sectors with expressions of interest from prospective end users — standalone software-only or hardware-only proposals are not considered.
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