In November 2018 the QuantERA Consortium, coordinated by the National Science Centre, will announce a 2nd Call for Proposals in the field of quantum technologies.

Thematic scope of proposals should include one or more of the following areas:

Quantum communication
Quantum simulation
Quantum computation
Quantum information sciences
Quantum metrology sensing and imaging

One stage application procedure (joint submission of short and full proposals) will be open for consortia composed of researchers from at least three countries participating in the Call: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Excellence,
Impact,
Quality and efficiency of the implementation.

The national/regional eligibility criteria will be defined by each participating funding agency.

The anticipated deadline for proposals is 18th February 2019. The results of the Call will be released in the Autumn of 2019.

For details please see:

QuantERA_Call_2019_Pre-Announcement_15.11.2018

QuantERA has secured a dedicated networking space for researchers interested in applying for funding within the QuantERA Call 2019. QuantERA Call 2019 Partner Search Tool gives applicants the opportunity to express interest either in joining an existing network or to search for new partner(s) in an already established network. To search for potential partners and share your project ideas you have to fill in the registration form available here.

Please note that this announcement is for information purposes only. It does not create any obligation for the QuantERA consortium nor for any of the participating funding organisations. The official Call Announcement, to be published later, shall prevail.

Call Information

French National Research Agency (ANR), France

Jérôme Lasne, [email protected], +33 (0)1 73 54 83 38, International Scientific Project Manager

QuantERA Programme Coordination

National Science Centre (NCN), Poland

Professor Konrad Banaszek, [email protected], Scientific Coordinator
Sylwia Kostka, [email protected], Programme Coordinator
Marlena Wosiak, [email protected], Coordination Office