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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Grand Challenge on Quantum Sensors for Inertial Navigation
🇳🇴EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds a coordination action that benchmarks quantum-sensor navigation technology and builds an investment-ready roadmap for EIB follow-on funding.
Large-Scale Photonic Quantum Computing Platform Technologies
🇳🇴EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds a startup-led consortium building a scalable photonic quantum computing platform toward 1,000 qubits by 2030.
NVIDIA Academic Grant Program
NVIDIA · United States
Provides in-kind GPU compute and hardware to faculty-led research at PhD-granting universities.
Odysseus Programme
🇧🇪FWO · Belgium
Funds internationally focused research talent moving to Flanders with comprehensive support.
Standards for Quantum Technologies
🇳🇴EuroHPC JU · European Union
Funds one coordination action that drafts European and international standards for quantum computing, sensing and communication.
Take-off Phase 2 — Early-Stage Loan (Vroegefasetraject)
🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands
Invests Netherlands firms in knowledge startups building commercialization-ready products through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.
SNSF Project Funding
🇨🇭SNSF · Switzerland
Funds Swiss individual and team science projects across strategic research areas.
NSERC Alliance Quantum Grants
🇨🇦NSERC · Canada
Funds Canadian academic and industrial consortia advancing quantum computing, communications, and sensing technologies.
Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies
🇬🇧EPSRC · United Kingdom
Collaborative UK-Japan research in advanced connectivity technologies.
FFG COMET Projects
🇦🇹FFG · Austria
Supports Austrian academia and firms through collaborative innovation projects that turn research outputs into commercial solutions.
ERC Starting Grant
🇪🇺European Commission · European Union
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.
EuroHPC Matching Funds Call (Invited Applicants)
🇫🇮RCF · Finland
Funds Finnish groups in EuroHPC consortia for AI and quantum high-performance computing initiatives.
DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI)
🇺🇸DARPA · United States
Funds United States quantum technology research aiming for scalable, error-corrected computing breakthroughs.
Innobooster Grant
🇩🇰Innovationsfonden · Denmark
Funds Danish small businesses and entrepreneurs for knowledge based technology development with co investment support.
KMU-innovativ — Stichtag
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds German small and medium enterprises pursuing high-impact innovation in AI, climate, energy, and built environments.
R&D Tax Credit — Income Tax Credit (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports established United States companies with income tax credits tied to qualified innovation spending.
R&D Tax Credit — QSB Payroll Offset (Section 41) — TY2025 / Filed
🇺🇸IRS · United States
Supports United States small businesses through payroll tax offsets when they fund qualifying innovation activity.
The KMU-innovativ funding programme
🇩🇪BMFTR · Germany
Funds R&D projects at German SMEs and research institutions with rates up to 100%.
AFRL/RX Functional Materials Open BAA
🇺🇸Air Force · United States
Supports advanced functional materials research in the United States through Air Force opportunities.
EIC Pathfinder Challenges
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds European consortia developing breakthrough solutions across AI, climate, energy, materials, medical, and quantum fields.
CIRIF Intake 1
🇨🇦CFI · Canada
Funds institutions hosting Canada Impact Chairs through major infrastructure support.
FAPESP / M-ERA.NET — Materials & Engineering
🇧🇷FAPESP · Brazil
Funds transnational materials and engineering collaborations between Brazilian and international partners.
EDF Research Actions
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Funds collaborative European defense research consortia delivering disruptive solutions across security, space, and quantum technologies.
EUDIS (Disruptive Technologies and SME Calls)
🇪🇺EDF · European Union
Supports small and medium defense innovators across Europe through development calls, coaching, and early-stage consortium opportunities.