PROGRAMME SUMMARY
The QuantERA III Consortium announces a new Call for international research projects in Quantum Technologies – QuantERA Call 2025.
Through this Call, the QuantERA Consortium seeks to boost cross-border collaboration and accelerate breakthrough research and cutting-edge engineering in quantum technologies, with funding from QuantERA partners and contribution from the European Commission.
Researchers are invited to apply for funding in one of two topics:
- Quantum Phenomena and Resources (QPR) – with the goal of laying the foundations for the QT of the future;
- Applied Quantum Science (AQS) – aimed at leveraging established quantum effects and concepts from quantum science, translating them into technological applications and developing new products.
All projects aligned with one of the two Call 2025 topics are expected to address one or more of the following areas:
- Quantum communication
- Quantum computing
- Quantum simulation
- Quantum sensing and metrology
- General quantum science
The Call is open to transnational research consortia comprising organisations based in at least in three different countries listed in the Call:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom.
Deadline for proposal submission: 5 December 2025
The Call follows a one-stage submission and evaluation procedure.
Webinar: An online webinar will be hosted by the QuantERA Coordinator and the Call Secretariat, aiming to answer the questions related to the call. This will take place on 8 October 2025. Registration to the event is required – the registration form will be available soon.
For details please refer to: QuantERA Call Announcement
Partner search tool
In order to facilitate the process of forming research consortia, a Partner Search Tool is available. This tool can be used by projects looking for partners and partners looking for projects.
FUNDING SPECIFICS
The estimated budget for this call is 53 MEUR
The total FNR financial contribution for this call is limited to EUR 350.000
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Luxembourg participants: A principal investigator may act in one proposal only. A consortium leader from a Luxembourg-based public research institution should be a researcher with solid experience of managing collaborative research projects.
Submissions have to be made through the online QuantERAIII submission system. The Project Coordinator prepares a joint proposal for the whole project consortium, using the templates available on the QuantERA website. The two forms (proposal form and financial form) composing the proposal are submitted via the Electronic Submission System (ESS), which will be available in late September.
In addition to the QuantERA II documents, Luxembourg applicants need to submit the FNR INTER documents via the FNR Online Grant Management System no more than 7 days after the QuantERA II deadline. Applicants will need to provide basic information and attach the proposal (including all further relevant documents) based on the form provided by the QuantERA II call.