Project description
Reinforcing European scientific leadership in the quantum technologies domain
The QuantERA II ERA-NET Cofund answers the ever-growing need for collaborative endeavors and common funding schemes within the highly interdisciplinary quantum technology (QT) domain. As the widest European network of research funding organisations in QT, QuantERA II aims to encourage and promote excellent QT research through a coordinated action: directing the transnational calls for proposals, fostering international dialogue and cooperation, and mapping the development of public policies in QT. The calls for proposals continue to reward outstanding ideas, providing a catalyst for new QT research. Recognising the importance of gender balance in research and promoting the inclusion of Widening Countries, QuantERA II continues its mission to spread research excellence across Europe and beyond, aiming to reinforce European scientific leadership.
Objective
Quantum Technologies (QT) is a highly interdisciplinary, paradigm-changing area of research. European researchers have been at the forefront of these developments, delivering many groundbreaking scientific results and advancing technological exploitation. For the past four years, the QuantERA network has been successfully providing the research community with a coordinated Europe-wide approach to support cutting-edge research in QT. Building on this experience, with EU support, the QuantERA consortium (currently present in 30 countries) will continue its activities and develop them even further. The central objective of this proposal is to launch a transnational co-funded call with a planned budget of over €26M of national contributions. €15M of EU contribution is expected to support the co-funded call budget and project tasks. In accordance with the FET Work Programme 2018-2020, the scientific scope of the QuantERA II co-funded call will complement the Quantum Technologies Flagship activities. QuantERA II will seek to effectively liaise with the QT Flagship and other stakeholders in the field of QT research to make the best use of the collective European experience in QT research funding, as well as address the gender imbalance in QT research and spread the research excellence across European Research Area (ERA). A range of additional activities will be integrated into the launch of the co-funded call: strengthening the multilateral dialogue with policy makers regarding the design of future funding instruments, stimulation of networking and exchange of best practices, continuation of mapping of public QT policies in Europe, use of the Guidelines on Responsible Research and Innovation in QT developed in the first QuantERA programme. The QuantERA II proposal conforms to the specific challenges and scope of the Work Programme Horizon 2020-Future and Emerging Technologies by providing a structured framework to coordinate national and regional research programmes in QT.
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30 312 Krakow
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1090 Wien
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1010 Wien
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1000 Sofia
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10000 Zagreb
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118 12 Prague
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160 00 Praha
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1100 Kobenhavn K
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51004 Tartu
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00531 Helsinki
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75013 Paris
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53175 Bonn
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53175 Bonn
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40468 Duesseldorf
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115 10 ATHENS
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1077 Budapest
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D02 Dublin
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6812511 Jerusalem
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00185 Roma
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00044 Frascati
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00153 Roma
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1050 Riga
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LT-01103 Vilnius
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4365 Esch-Sur-Alzette
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VLT2000 Valletta
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0283 Oslo
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00-801 WARSZAWA
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1249 074 Lisboa
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010362 Bucuresti
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814 38 Bratislava
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1000 Ljubljana
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28071 Madrid
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28100 Alcobendas
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101 38 Stockholm
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3012 Bern
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06100 Ankara
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SN2 1FL Swindon
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2593 CE Den Haag
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VLT 1129 VALETTA
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LV-1050 RIGA
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2628 CJ Delft
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FRN 1810 FLORIANA
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00185 Roma
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1000 Ljubljana
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