Quantum Technologies grants
UK and EU funding across computing, sensing and communications
Quantum is a national priority with money behind it. Innovate UK, EPSRC and Horizon Europe all fund it, and the National Quantum Strategy keeps the pipeline open. The difficulty is credibility: assessors are practising physicists who spot overclaiming instantly. Our writers speak the language.
£190m+ won by our team
PhD-level specialists who have won these awards themselves.
Funders funding quantum technologies
- EPSRC
- EIC
Programmes that fit quantum technologies companies
Innovate UK Quantum CR&D
Quantum computing hardware, software stack, sensing and networking, including scaling quantum computing hardware calls.
EIC Pathfinder
Early-stage, high-risk quantum information science tied to frontier research priorities.
ESA quantum & digitalisation calls
Space-relevant quantum sensing and secure communications work.
What assessors actually score
- Honest coherence, fidelity and error-rate targets with measured baselines
- A clear boundary between what is demonstrated and what is projected
- A commercialisation story that does not depend on fault tolerance arriving first
Where we work in quantum technologies
Quantum Technologies grants in our directory
Live programmes from the UK grant directory that suit quantum technologies projects. Deadlines move between rounds, so each listing links through to the current detail.
Innovate UK
[IUK] UK-Netherlands Co-Innovation for Quantum Technology 2026
Innovate UK competition with up to £1.5 million for UK-Netherlands collaborative R&D to commercialise quantum technologies in networking, computing software, sensing and imaging, and quantum hardware manufacturing. UK registered businesses lead the UK side and must partner with at least one Netherlands business funded separately by RVO. UK grant requests of £250,000 to £400,000 for 18 to 24 month projects. Opened 3 November 2026; closes 9 February 2027 at 11:00am.
EU funding
[Other - EU Funding] -Xecs Eureka Clusters - Quantum Thematic Call
Supports international collaborative R&D projects that advance the industrialisation and commercialisation of quantum technologies. The call focuses on applied innovation, helping technologies progress from TRL 4–5 to TRL 6–7
Innovate UK
Quantum computing hardware scale-up CR&D
Themed competition funding UK quantum computing hardware development towards commercial scale.
European Innovation Council
EIC Pathfinder
Early-stage funding for collaborative research into breakthrough technologies of the future, including open and Challenge calls.
Innovate UK
[IUK] Eureka Globalstars Japan 2027
Funding to support UK-Japan international business-led innovation collaboration. Innovate UK will support UK businesses to collaborate with Japanese and other Eureka country counterparts. Innovate UK funds the UK partners only; funded projects require national funding body approval.
EIT Urban Mobility
[EIT Urban Mobility] Strategic Innovation Open Call - Mobility data management
Open to consortia of innovators, including businesses, researchers, educators and cities, working on urban mobility solutions. This is a multi-beneficiary call requiring a minimum of two independent legal entities working together, established in two different European Member States and/or Third countries associated with Horizon Europe.
Relevant client wins
Grants our team has won for companies solving comparable technical problems.
£452,654
For composite production leap
Mayku
Advanced manufacturing: composites
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£596,670
Awarded for AI risk management
Holistic AI
AI / software: AI assurance
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