Quantum grants
Explore grants for quantum technology companies. This directory brings together funding for quantum computing hardware and software, quantum sensing, quantum communications and the enabling components behind them, from national quantum programs, research councils and defense research agencies.
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Support standardisation for the EuroQCI
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds one consortium to run standardisation work for European quantum key distribution components, systems and certification.
Support to Standardisation Activities CEN/CENELEC/ETSI
🇪🇺EISMEA · European Union
Provides research teams and institutions for Support to Standardisation Activities CEN CENELEC ETSI in quantum systems, artificial intelligence, and materials science.
Supporting Digital Partnerships in Quantum technologies (RIA)
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
Funds up to three joint EU-South Korea projects, worth EUR 2.5–2.7 million each, on quantum communication, computing or sensing.
Tempo Funding
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Supports Finnish startups validating innovation demand and strengthening models before major business scaling.
UK-Switzerland Collaborative R&D
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds UK businesses doing joint R&D in specific technology areas with Swiss partners through Innovate UK bilateral competition rounds.
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11 — Academic Stream
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Supports early-career United Kingdom researchers at universities and institutes through UKRI Future Leaders Academic fellowships for independent research leadership.
Villum Young Investigator
🇩🇰Villum Fonden · Denmark
Funds early-career scientists in Denmark to build independent teams, leadership, and long-running research programmes.
XPRIZE Quantum Applications
XPRIZE · United States
Awards a $5 million prize purse to teams that design quantum algorithms and applications ready to deliver real-world impact once quantum hardware matures.
XPRIZE Quantum Applications — Phase II
XPRIZE · United States
Funds quantum application teams bridging fundamental discovery to practical deployment-ready technologies.
xTech|Phantum
🇺🇸Army · United States
Pays up to $200,000 in cash prizes to U.S. small businesses developing quantum sensor and photonics technology.
Young Innovative Companies (YIC) — Phase 1
🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland
Funds high-potential young Finnish startups with promising international expansion potential and innovation readiness.
Parkwalk EIS University Funds
🇬🇧Parkwalk Advisors · United Kingdom
Supports Parkwalk EIS and university founders with strategic innovation funds for early ventures.
Innovate UK Smart Grants
🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom
Funds United Kingdom technology ventures across broad sectors through competitive grants for deep technology and innovation.
Commercial POC Fund
🇬🇧UCLB · United Kingdom
Offers UCL teams access to support that turns campus proof-of-concept work into licensable and investable innovation.
STFC Bridging for Innovators
🇬🇧STFC · United Kingdom
Supports United Kingdom university and deep tech teams by bridging research outputs to follow-on funding.
Eurostars autumn 2026 call 11
🇸🇪Vinnova · Sweden
Funds Swedish SMEs and their international partners to bring near-market R&D to launch.
Eurostars Call 11 for projects
🇪🇺EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds international R&D and innovation projects led by an SME through each country's own national funding body.
Innovative SMEs - 11th Call (Eurostars-3 Call 11)
🇵🇱NCBR · Poland
Co-funds Polish SMEs running R&D projects with a partner in another Eurostars-3 country.
Globalstars
EUREKA · Global / Multinational
Funds joint research and development projects that pair an organisation from a EUREKA member country with an independent partner in a market outside the network, such as Japan, Taiwan, India or Uruguay.
MIT R&D Cooperation Projects
🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands
Funds Dutch SME teams doing joint R&D to develop or renew products, processes or services.
UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration Accounts 2027
🇬🇧UKRI · United Kingdom
Flexible early-stage funding for research organisations to progress research impact.
Michigan State Trade Expansion Program (MI-STEP)
🇺🇸MSF · United States
Funds Michigan small businesses pursuing export growth through pre-approved trade reimbursements.
ERC Proof of Concept Grants
🇪🇺ERC · European Union
Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.
Santander X Portugal Award - Startup
🇵🇹Santander X · Portugal
Splits a €20,000 prize among three Portuguese startups, plus a spot in the global final.