Summary
The aim of the competition is to stimulate the commercialisation of quantum technologies in the UK through the development of early-stage quantum technology opportunities.
Your proposal must identify a promising application of quantum technologies, a project to demonstrate its potential and a route to market.
Eligibility
Your project must:
To lead a project your organisation must:
A research organisation, academic institution or research and technology organisation (RTO) cannot work alone but they can lead a project if they have a UK registered business as a partner.
In this competition, organisations can lead on up to two applications and can collaborate on any number of applications.
The funding will be made as an SDR (Special Drawing Rights) Small Value Funding Opportunity (SVFO) subsidy grant. These are for subsidies up to SDR of 325,000 (approximately £345,000) given to a single beneficiary for a period of up to 3 fiscal years. This includes any cumulation of grants under EC De minimis for the same period.
Scope
Your proposal must identify a promising application of quantum technologies, a project to demonstrate its potential and a route to market.
Your project must:
Proposals should identify what future work and funding would be required to bring the project to commercial maturity.