[ { "slug": "proqure-scaling-uk-quantum-computing", "name": "ProQure: Scaling UK Quantum Computing", "shortName": "ProQure", "type": "programme", "status": "active", "startYear": 2026, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "innovate-uk", "leadName": "Innovate UK", "partners": [], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Phase 1 contracts up to £14m each (up to 10 expected); phase 2 up to £75m; up to £1bn for later procurement of large-scale quantum computers", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "A government procurement programme to fund prototype quantum computers now and buy large-scale machines for national infrastructure in the 2030s.", "description": "ProQure was announced in March 2026 as part of a quantum package worth up to £2 billion. It is the government's programme to procure quantum computers at scale. The wider budget is up to £1 billion for buying large-scale quantum computers beyond 2030.\n\nInnovate UK runs phase 1 as a Contracts for Innovation competition. It opened on 27 March 2026 and closed on 29 May 2026. Contracts are worth up to £14 million each, and Innovate UK expects to fund up to 10. Projects start on 1 October 2026, last 18 to 24 months, and must deliver an operational testbed for independent checks before July 2028. Successful firms may be invited to a phase 2 contract of up to £75 million.", "website": "https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunities/contracts-for-innovation-proqure-scaling-uk-quantum-computing/", "sources": [ { "title": "Contracts for Innovation: ProQure - Scaling UK Quantum Computing (Innovate UK Business Connect)", "url": "https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunities/contracts-for-innovation-proqure-scaling-uk-quantum-computing/" }, { "title": "UK's 'Quantum leap' ... up to £2 billion (GOV.UK, 17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum" }, { "title": "UK Investment In Quantum With £2 billion From UK Government (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-technology-quantum-rollout/" }, { "title": "NQCC Announces UK's £2 Billion Quantum Computing Investment (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-computing-investment-nqcc-uks/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/proqure-scaling-uk-quantum-computing/" }, { "slug": "qatch-quantum-advantage-turbocharger", "name": "Quantum Advantage TurboCHarger", "shortName": "QATCH", "type": "programme", "status": "active", "startYear": 2026, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "quantum-software-lab-edinburgh", "leadName": "Quantum Software Lab", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 20000000, "fundingNote": "£20m from the UK Government, as stated by the University of Edinburgh; UKRI describes £20m for the NQCC and the Quantum Software Lab together", "city": "Edinburgh", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.9445, "longitude": -3.1871, "summary": "A four-year programme on quantum software, algorithms and verification, led by the University of Edinburgh's Quantum Software Lab with the NQCC.", "description": "The award was announced on 17 March 2026 as part of a wider £2bn government quantum package. QATCH is led by the Quantum Software Lab in the School of Informatics, working with the National Quantum Computing Centre.\n\nThe programme covers software, algorithms and tools to check the results of quantum computers. Planned applications include healthcare, energy, finance and cyber security. Part of the money pays for new research posts and joint fellowships with industry.", "website": "https://www.quantumsoftwarelab.com", "sources": [ { "title": "University of Edinburgh: Quantum computing research turbocharged by funding boost", "url": "https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/quantum-computing-research-turbocharged-by-funding-boost" }, { "title": "UKRI: UK leads the world into the quantum age (17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-leads-the-world-into-the-quantum-age/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: A recap of the Quantum Software Lab's Quantum Fringe in Edinburgh", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qsl-quantum-software-lab-research-exceeds/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qatch-quantum-advantage-turbocharger/" }, { "slug": "spoqc", "name": "Satellite Platform for Optical Quantum Communications", "shortName": "SPOQC", "type": "collaboration", "status": "active", "startYear": 2026, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "heriot-watt-university", "leadName": "Heriot-Watt University", "partners": [ "university-of-bristol", "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-york", "stfc", "isispace" ], "funders": [ "epsrc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": null, "city": "Edinburgh", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.9097, "longitude": -3.3203, "summary": "A UK CubeSat mission to test quantum key distribution between a satellite and a ground station in Edinburgh.", "description": "SPOQC is led through the Heriot-Watt University-led Integrated Quantum Networks Hub, following six years of work in the earlier Quantum Communications Hub. The satellite launched on 30 March 2026 on a SpaceX Transporter-16 flight from Vandenberg.\n\nThe universities of Bristol and York built the quantum sources and ground receivers, and Strathclyde provided modelling. ISISPACE supplied the satellite. Signals are to be received at the Hub Optical Ground Station at Heriot-Watt, with full experiments expected in the second half of 2026.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Heriot-Watt University: Space mission launch advances UK standing in quantum communications", "url": "https://www.hw.ac.uk/news/2026/space-mission-launch-advances-uk-standing-in-quantum-communications" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: York team tested quantum keys on the SPOQC mission", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-keys-spoqc-mission-york/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/spoqc/" }, { "slug": "epsrc-quantum-technology-career-acceleration-fellowships", "name": "EPSRC Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowships", "shortName": null, "type": "programme", "status": "active", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "skills", "computing", "sensing" ], "leadOrg": "epsrc", "leadName": "Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council", "partners": [ "university-of-oxford", "university-of-warwick", "durham-university", "newcastle-university", "university-of-birmingham", "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-edinburgh", "university-college-london", "university-of-sheffield" ], "funders": [ "epsrc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "£15m for 11 fellowships (UKRI); given as £15.1m in the April 2025 government package", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "EPSRC fellowships for 11 early-career quantum technology researchers at UK universities.", "description": "In April 2025 EPSRC announced £15 million for 11 Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowships. The scheme supports early-career researchers working on quantum technologies, with uses from drug discovery to disease diagnostics.\n\nThe fellows are based at the universities of Oxford (two), Warwick, Durham (two), Newcastle, Birmingham, Strathclyde, Edinburgh, Sheffield and University College London.", "website": "https://www.ukri.org/news/investing-in-quantum-technology-fellowships-for-future-success/", "sources": [ { "title": "Investing in quantum technology fellowships for future success (UKRI, 14 April 2025)", "url": "https://www.ukri.org/news/investing-in-quantum-technology-fellowships-for-future-success/" }, { "title": "£121 million boost for quantum technology (GOV.UK, 14 April 2025)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/121-million-boost-for-quantum-technology-set-to-tackle-fraud-prevent-money-laundering-and-drive-growth" }, { "title": "Durham Physicists Win £3M Quantum Fellowships (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/prestigious-quantum-fellowship/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/epsrc-quantum-technology-career-acceleration-fellowships/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-testbed-aegiq-artemis", "name": "ARTEMIS photonic testbed (Aegiq)", "shortName": "ARTEMIS", "type": "testbed", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "aegiq", "leadName": "Aegiq", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme", "city": "Sheffield", "region": "Yorkshire and the Humber", "latitude": 53.3811, "longitude": -1.4701, "summary": "A photonic quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.", "description": "Aegiq, a Sheffield company, was one of seven winners of the NQCC testbed competition announced in February 2024. Its testbed, called ARTEMIS, takes its own approach to photonic quantum computing.\n\nThe NQCC reports that Aegiq has commissioned the system at the centre.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/science-minister-andrew-griffith-announces-the-results-of-the-30m-quantum-computing-testbed-competition/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Aegiq commissions photonic quantum computer at the UK's NQCC", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/aegiq-commissions-photonic-quantum-computer-at-the-uks-nqcc/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-testbed-aegiq-artemis/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-testbed-orca-asteroidea", "name": "Asteroidea photonic testbed (ORCA Computing)", "shortName": "Asteroidea", "type": "testbed", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "orca-computing", "leadName": "ORCA Computing", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5246, "longitude": -0.134, "summary": "A photonic quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.", "description": "ORCA Computing, a London company, built a photonic testbed called Asteroidea for the NQCC under the 2024 testbed programme.\n\nThe NQCC reports that ORCA delivered and installed the system at the centre.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/science-minister-andrew-griffith-announces-the-results-of-the-30m-quantum-computing-testbed-competition/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: NQCC receives first photonic quantum system from ORCA Computing", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uks-national-quantum-computing-centre-receives-first-photonic-quantum-system-from-orca-computing/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-testbed-orca-asteroidea/" }, { "slug": "cdt-quantum-information-science-technologies", "name": "EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Information Science and Technologies", "shortName": null, "type": "programme", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2028, "themes": [ "skills", "computing" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-sussex", "leadName": "University of Sussex", "partners": [ "university-of-bristol", "nqcc", "npl", "bt-group", "oxford-instruments", "universal-quantum" ], "funders": [ "epsrc" ], "fundingGBP": 24000000, "fundingNote": "£24m from EPSRC, industry and other government bodies, including £11.6m from project partners", "city": "Brighton", "region": "South East", "latitude": 50.867, "longitude": -0.0877, "summary": "A doctoral training centre run by the universities of Sussex and Bristol to train PhD researchers in quantum technology.", "description": "The universities of Sussex and Bristol launched this £24 million Centre for Doctoral Training in 2024. It was one of 65 new EPSRC centres announced in March 2024. The funding comes from EPSRC, industry and other government bodies, including £11.6 million from project partners.\n\nIt offers fully funded four-year PhD programmes, starting from September 2024. Partners include the National Quantum Computing Centre, the National Physical Laboratory, BT, Hewlett Packard, Oxford Instruments, PsiQuantum and Universal Quantum.", "website": "https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/centres/sussex-centre-for-quantum-technologies/training-quantum-technologies/quantum-information-science-technologies-phd", "sources": [ { "title": "Universities of Sussex and Bristol launch £24m doctoral training centre (University of Sussex)", "url": "https://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/63917" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/cdt-quantum-information-science-technologies/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-testbed-rigetti-superconducting", "name": "Full-stack superconducting testbed (Rigetti UK)", "shortName": null, "type": "testbed", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "rigetti-uk", "leadName": "Rigetti UK", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5074, "longitude": -0.1278, "summary": "A superconducting quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.", "description": "Rigetti UK, the UK subsidiary of the US company Rigetti Computing, built a full-stack superconducting testbed with 24 qubits for the NQCC.\n\nThe NQCC reports a fully operational 24-qubit Ankaa-class Rigetti system at the centre.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/science-minister-andrew-griffith-announces-the-results-of-the-30m-quantum-computing-testbed-competition/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-testbed-rigetti-superconducting/" }, { "slug": "qci3-hub", "name": "Hub for Quantum Computing via Integrated and Interconnected Implementations", "shortName": "QCi3", "type": "hub", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2029, "themes": [ "computing", "networks", "software" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-oxford", "leadName": "University of Oxford", "partners": [ "university-of-bath", "university-of-cambridge", "cardiff-university", "durham-university", "university-of-edinburgh", "university-of-glasgow", "imperial-college-london", "newcastle-university", "npl", "royal-holloway-university-of-london", "university-of-sheffield", "university-of-southampton", "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-sussex", "university-college-london", "university-of-warwick", "airbus", "applied-quantum-computing", "astrazeneca", "awe", "aws", "bae-systems-quantum", "bt-group", "digital-catapult", "infleqtion-uk", "m-squared-lasers", "orca-computing", "oxford-ionics", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "qinetiq-quantum-technologies", "quantinuum", "quantrolox", "riverlane", "rolls-royce" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 21948358, "fundingNote": "EPSRC grant EP/Z53318X/1 (£21.9m, 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2029). Part of £160m for five hubs announced on 26 July 2024: £106m from EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and NIHR, plus more than £54m from industry and other partners. Industry partners pledged £9.9m to this hub.", "city": "Oxford", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.7596, "longitude": -1.2585, "summary": "The national research hub for quantum computing, led by the University of Oxford. It works on scalable and networked quantum computers.", "description": "QCi3 is one of five quantum technology research hubs funded from December 2024 under the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. Professor Dominic O'Brien directs it. The hub involves more than 50 co-investigators at 18 UK institutions, and works with around 30 industry partners.\n\nIt follows the NQIT hub (2014 to 2019) and the Quantum Computing and Simulation Hub (2019 to 2024). Its work covers hardware, the links between quantum processors, and the software and applications that will run on them.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "QCi3: Our partners", "url": "https://qci3.org/our-partners" }, { "title": "Gateway to Research: EP/Z53318X/1 (grant record, project partner list)", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FZ53318X%2F1" }, { "title": "University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science: New Oxford quantum hub to tackle key challenges in quantum technologies (26 July 2024)", "url": "https://eng.ox.ac.uk/news/new-oxford-quantum-hub-to-tackle-key-challenges-in-quantum-technologies" }, { "title": "Royal Holloway: Royal Holloway named as a partner in quantum technology hub (August 2024)", "url": "https://venue.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/news/royal-holloway-named-as-a-partner-in-quantum-technology-hub" }, { "title": "University of Cambridge: Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future (26 July 2024)", "url": "https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/five-hubs-launched-to-ensure-uk-benefits-from-quantum-future" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK Funds Quantum Tech Hubs With $220M (29 July 2024)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-launches-five-new-quantum-technology-hubs-with-220-million/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qci3-hub/" }, { "slug": "integrated-quantum-networks-hub", "name": "Integrated Quantum Networks Quantum Technology Research Hub", "shortName": "IQN", "type": "hub", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2029, "themes": [ "networks", "communications" ], "leadOrg": "heriot-watt-university", "leadName": "Heriot-Watt University", "partners": [ "imperial-college-london", "kings-college-london", "queens-university-belfast", "university-of-bristol", "university-of-cambridge", "university-of-edinburgh", "university-of-glasgow", "university-of-oxford", "university-of-sheffield", "university-of-southampton", "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-warwick", "university-of-york", "npl", "stfc", "aegiq", "alter-technology-tuv-nord-uk", "angoka", "arqit", "aws", "bay-photonics", "bt-group", "chase-research-cryogenics", "colt-technology-services", "craft-prospect", "crypta-labs", "digital-catapult", "duality-quantum-photonics", "kets-quantum-security", "lumino-technologies", "ncsc-uk", "nodeq", "nu-quantum", "orca-computing", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "quantinuum", "quantum-dice", "toshiba-europe", "vodafone" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 21872249, "fundingNote": "EPSRC grant EP/Z533208/1 (£21.9m, 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2029). Partner support of more than £20m. Part of £160m for five hubs announced on 26 July 2024: £106m from EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and NIHR, plus more than £54m from industry and other partners.", "city": "Edinburgh", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.9097, "longitude": -3.3203, "summary": "A national research hub building quantum networks, from local links to satellite connections. Heriot-Watt University leads it.", "description": "The IQN Hub is one of five quantum technology research hubs funded from December 2024. Professor Gerald Buller of Heriot-Watt University leads it. The hub says it brings together 14 UK universities and two national laboratories, the National Physical Laboratory and STFC RAL Space, with more than 50 industrial partners. Its partner list includes the National Cyber Security Centre and Scottish Enterprise.\n\nThe hub aims to build networks that can share quantum entanglement. Uses include secure communications and linking quantum computers together. It builds on ten years of research in the National Quantum Technologies Programme.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "IQN Hub: Our partners", "url": "https://iqnhub.org/partners/" }, { "title": "IQN Hub: Research team (partner institutions)", "url": "https://iqnhub.org/people-overview/research-team/" }, { "title": "Gateway to Research: EP/Z533208/1", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FZ533208%2F1" }, { "title": "Heriot-Watt University: Heriot-Watt University to lead UK's pioneering quantum internet research (30 July 2024)", "url": "https://hw.ac.uk/news/2024/heriot-watt-university-to-lead-uks-pioneering-quantum-internet-research" }, { "title": "nodeQ: nodeQ part of the Integrated Quantum Networks (IQN) Hub", "url": "https://www.nodeq.io/news/nodeq-part-of-the-integrated-quantum-networks-iqn-hub" }, { "title": "University of Cambridge: Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future (26 July 2024)", "url": "https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/five-hubs-launched-to-ensure-uk-benefits-from-quantum-future" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK Funds Quantum Tech Hubs With $220M (29 July 2024)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-launches-five-new-quantum-technology-hubs-with-220-million/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/integrated-quantum-networks-hub/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-quantum-computing-testbed-programme", "name": "NQCC Quantum Computing Testbed Programme", "shortName": null, "type": "programme", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "nqcc", "leadName": "NQCC", "partners": [ "aegiq", "infleqtion-uk", "orca-computing", "oxford-ionics", "quantum-motion", "quera-computing-uk", "rigetti-uk" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "nqcc", "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": 30000000, "fundingNote": "£30m from the UKRI Technology Missions Fund and the NQCC; competition delivered by Innovate UK", "city": "Harwell", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.5717, "longitude": -1.315, "summary": "A £30m programme that paid seven companies to build prototype quantum computers, known as testbeds, at the NQCC in Harwell.", "description": "The results of the competition were announced in February 2024. The seven projects cover superconducting, trapped-ion, neutral-atom, photonic and silicon spin qubits. Each company was to build and deliver its testbed at the NQCC's facilities by March 2025.\n\nThe testbeds let the NQCC characterise and benchmark early quantum computers built on different hardware. The programme was funded through the UKRI Technology Missions Fund and the NQCC, with Innovate UK running the competition.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/science-minister-andrew-griffith-announces-the-results-of-the-30m-quantum-computing-testbed-competition/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK Funds Quantum Sector with £45M Investment", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-government-announces-new-quantum-funding-investing-45m-into-quantum-sector-aiming-for-quantum-enabled-economy-by-2033/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: NQCC open access testbed programme", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nqcc-quantum-computing-platforms/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-quantum-computing-testbed-programme/" }, { "slug": "qubic-quantum-business-incubation-programme", "name": "Quantum Business Incubation Centre programme", "shortName": "QuBIC", "type": "programme", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing", "skills" ], "leadOrg": "quantum-business-incubation-centre", "leadName": "Quantum Business Incubation Centre", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "stfc", "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Up to £50k R&D funding and £10k in vouchers per company", "city": "Harwell", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.574, "longitude": -1.315, "summary": "An incubation programme at Harwell, run by STFC with the NQCC, that gives quantum start-ups small grants and business support.", "description": "QuBIC launched at Harwell Campus on 30 April 2024. It is run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council with support from the National Quantum Computing Centre. Companies can receive up to £50,000 of targeted R&D funding, up to £10,000 in vouchers for work with public sector partners, and business support such as coaching and investment readiness.\n\nThe first call focused on quantum computing hardware, software and applications. The first companies were Applied Quantum Computing, Finchetto and OpenQuantum. A later call in 2025 widened the scope to other quantum technologies, including sensing, imaging and networks.", "website": "https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunities/quantum-business-incubation-centre/", "sources": [ { "title": "QuBIC launches at Harwell Campus (Harwell Campus)", "url": "https://www.harwellcampus.com/qubic-launches-at-harwell-campus/" }, { "title": "Quantum Business Incubation Centre (Innovate UK Business Connect)", "url": "https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunities/quantum-business-incubation-centre/" }, { "title": "First call for participants to work with QuBIC (NQCC)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/?p=19093" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum start-ups join business incubation programme supported by the NQCC", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/in-partnership-with-nqcc-the-stfc-announces-the-quantum-start-ups/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qubic-quantum-business-incubation-programme/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-testbed-oxford-ionics-quartet", "name": "QUARTET trapped-ion testbed (Oxford Ionics)", "shortName": "QUARTET", "type": "testbed", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "oxford-ionics", "leadName": "Oxford Ionics", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme", "city": "Oxford", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.752, "longitude": -1.2577, "summary": "A trapped-ion quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.", "description": "Oxford Ionics built a trapped-ion testbed called QUARTET, based on technology first developed at the University of Oxford. The NQCC reports that QUARTET was installed in its Harwell data centre.\n\nOxford Ionics was bought by the US company IonQ in September 2025.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/science-minister-andrew-griffith-announces-the-results-of-the-30m-quantum-computing-testbed-competition/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Oxford Ionics installs quantum computer at UK's NQCC", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/oxford-ionics-installs-quantum-computer-at-uks-nqcc/" }, { "title": "IonQ: IonQ completes acquisition of Oxford Ionics", "url": "https://ionq.com/news/ionq-completes-acquisition-of-oxford-ionics-rapidly-accelerating-its-quantum" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-testbed-oxford-ionics-quartet/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-testbed-quantum-motion-silicon", "name": "Silicon Cloverleaf testbed (Quantum Motion)", "shortName": null, "type": "testbed", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "quantum-motion", "leadName": "Quantum Motion", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5362, "longitude": -0.103, "summary": "A silicon spin qubit quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.", "description": "Quantum Motion, a London company, built a testbed called Silicon Cloverleaf that uses spin qubits on a silicon chip.\n\nThe company said in September 2025 that it had delivered a full-stack quantum computer made with a standard silicon CMOS process to the NQCC. It was the first silicon spin-qubit system installed under the testbed programme.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/science-minister-andrew-griffith-announces-the-results-of-the-30m-quantum-computing-testbed-competition/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/" }, { "title": "DCD: Quantum Motion delivers silicon CMOS-based quantum computer to UK's NQCC", "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/quantum-motion-delivers-silicon-cmos-based-quantum-computer-to-uks-national-quantum-computing-centre/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-testbed-quantum-motion-silicon/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-testbed-infleqtion-sqale", "name": "SQALE neutral-atom testbed (Infleqtion)", "shortName": "SQALE", "type": "testbed", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "infleqtion-uk", "leadName": "Infleqtion UK (ColdQuanta UK Ltd)", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme", "city": "Oxford", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.829, "longitude": -1.307, "summary": "A neutral-atom quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.", "description": "Infleqtion, formerly ColdQuanta, won its place through its UK company, listed in the competition as Cold Quanta UK. Infleqtion's parent company is in the United States. Its testbed, called SQALE, uses neutral atoms.\n\nThe NQCC reports that Infleqtion delivered a 100-qubit system to the centre, and a separate 256-qubit neutral-atom array demonstration.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/science-minister-andrew-griffith-announces-the-results-of-the-30m-quantum-computing-testbed-competition/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Infleqtion delivers UK's first 100-qubit quantum computer to NQCC", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/qubit-quantum-computer-infleqtion-uks/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-testbed-infleqtion-sqale/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-testbed-quera-neutral-atom", "name": "Towards an error-corrected neutral-atom quantum computer (QuEra)", "shortName": null, "type": "testbed", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "quera-computing-uk", "leadName": "QuEra Computing (UK)", "partners": [ "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme", "city": "Harwell", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.575, "longitude": -1.311, "summary": "A neutral-atom quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.", "description": "QuEra Computing, whose parent company is in the United States, won a place in the NQCC testbed competition with a neutral-atom project aimed at error correction. QuEra said it would build the testbed with UK-based collaborators and expected it to be working in early 2025.\n\nThe NQCC testbed page does not give a delivery status for this testbed.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/science-minister-andrew-griffith-announces-the-results-of-the-30m-quantum-computing-testbed-competition/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-computing-testbeds/" }, { "title": "Quantum Insider: QuEra to build advanced quantum computing testbed in UK", "url": "https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/02/07/quera-to-build-advanced-quantum-computing-testbed-in-uk/" }, { "title": "Harwell Campus: QuEra Computing opens UK hub at Harwell Campus", "url": "https://www.harwellcampus.com/quera-opens-uk-hub-at-harwell-accelerating-europe-expansion/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-testbed-quera-neutral-atom/" }, { "slug": "qepnt-hub", "name": "UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation and Timing", "shortName": "QEPNT", "type": "hub", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2029, "themes": [ "timing-navigation", "sensing", "defence" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-glasgow", "leadName": "University of Glasgow", "partners": [ "imperial-college-london", "university-of-bristol", "university-of-cambridge", "university-of-edinburgh", "loughborough-university", "university-of-strathclyde", "heriot-watt-university", "queens-university-belfast", "npl", "airbus", "alter-technology-tuv-nord-uk", "bae-systems-quantum", "bay-photonics", "digital-catapult", "fraunhofer-cap", "gooch-and-housego", "infleqtion-uk", "iqe", "kelvin-nanotechnology", "oxford-instruments", "qlm-technology", "toshiba-europe", "vector-photonics" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 21885197, "fundingNote": "EPSRC grant EP/Z533178/1 (£21.9m, 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2029). Part of £160m for five hubs announced on 26 July 2024: £106m from EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and NIHR, plus more than £54m from industry and other partners.", "city": "Glasgow", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.8721, "longitude": -4.2882, "summary": "A national research hub for quantum position, navigation and timing, led by the University of Glasgow. It aims to reduce reliance on satellite signals such as GPS.", "description": "QEPNT is one of five quantum technology research hubs funded from December 2024. Professor Douglas Paul of the University of Glasgow is principal investigator. At its launch the hub named Imperial College London, the universities of Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Loughborough and Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt, Queen's University Belfast and the National Physical Laboratory as research partners. The grant record lists more than 30 project partners from industry and government, including Toshiba Europe, BAE Systems, Airbus and Fraunhofer UK.\n\nThe hub develops quantum clocks, sensors and navigation systems. The aim is to keep national security and critical infrastructure working if global satellite navigation signals are lost or jammed.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "QEPNT: Launch of new Quantum Hub to support national security and critical infrastructure (November 2024)", "url": "https://qepnt.org/news/headline_1132013_en.html" }, { "title": "QEPNT: Investigators", "url": "https://qepnt.org/aboutus/investigators/" }, { "title": "Gateway to Research: EP/Z533178/1 (grant record, project partner list)", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FZ533178%2F1" }, { "title": "University of Glasgow: University of Glasgow set to play key roles in new quantum hubs (July 2024)", "url": "https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2024/july/headline_1094846_en.html" }, { "title": "University of Cambridge: Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future (26 July 2024)", "url": "https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/five-hubs-launched-to-ensure-uk-benefits-from-quantum-future" }, { "title": "Loughborough University: Loughborough University to play key role in new £21.9m quantum technology hub (July 2024)", "url": "https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2024/july/quantum-technology-hub-loughborough/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK Quantum Hub Boosts Security, Infrastructure (6 December 2024)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-launches-quantum-hub-to-boost-national-security-and-infrastructure/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK Funds Quantum Tech Hubs With $220M (29 July 2024)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-launches-five-new-quantum-technology-hubs-with-220-million/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qepnt-hub/" }, { "slug": "q-biomed-hub", "name": "UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub", "shortName": "Q-BIOMED", "type": "hub", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "sensing", "biomedical", "imaging" ], "leadOrg": "university-college-london", "leadName": "University College London", "partners": [ "university-of-cambridge", "university-of-oxford", "university-of-warwick", "heriot-watt-university", "cardiff-university", "astrazeneca", "element-six", "niqs-tech", "npl" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri", "nihr" ], "fundingGBP": 24000000, "fundingNote": "£24m from UKRI and NIHR (EPSRC grant EP/Z533191/1). Part of £160m for five hubs announced on 26 July 2024: £106m from EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and NIHR, plus more than £54m from industry and other partners. In 2026 the hub received a further £902,000 from EPSRC to expand partnerships.", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5246, "longitude": -0.134, "summary": "A national research hub that develops quantum sensors for earlier diagnosis of disease. UCL and the University of Cambridge lead it.", "description": "Q-BIOMED is one of five quantum technology research hubs announced in July 2024. It was formally launched at The Shard in London in December 2024. UCL and the University of Cambridge lead it, with Oxford, Warwick, Heriot-Watt and Cardiff as academic partners. At its launch in December 2024 the co-directors were Professor Rachel McKendry (UCL) and Professor Mete Atatüre (Cambridge). The hub now lists Professor John Morton (UCL), Professor Mete Atatüre and Professor Molly Stevens as co-directors.\n\nThe hub works on quantum sensors that can detect cells, molecules and processes in the body. Its projects include quantum magnetic field sensors for Alzheimer's and heart disease, and fast, low-cost blood tests for infection and cancer using nanodiamond sensors. Industry, NHS, charity and patient groups also take part.", "website": "https://www.qbiomed.org/", "sources": [ { "title": "Q-BIOMED: Partners", "url": "https://www.qbiomed.org/partners" }, { "title": "Q-BIOMED: Our team", "url": "https://www.qbiomed.org/our-team" }, { "title": "UCL News: Quantum research hub for healthcare is launched (December 2024)", "url": "https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/dec/quantum-research-hub-healthcare-launched" }, { "title": "University of Warwick: University of Warwick powers quantum innovations in healthcare", "url": "https://warwick.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/university_of_warwick_powers_quantum_innovations_in_healthcare1/" }, { "title": "Q-BIOMED: Residencies and secondments (grant EP/Z533191/1)", "url": "https://www.qbiomed.org/residencies-and-secondments" }, { "title": "University of Cambridge: Five hubs launched to ensure UK benefits from quantum future (26 July 2024)", "url": "https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/five-hubs-launched-to-ensure-uk-benefits-from-quantum-future" }, { "title": "NIQS Tech: NIQS named latest Q-BIOMED partner (November 2025)", "url": "https://www.niqstech.com/news/niqs-named-latest-q-biomed-partner" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Q-BIOMED Secures £902K to Expand Healthcare Quantum Sensing (31 May 2026)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/healthcare-quantum-sensing-q-biomed-902k/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Quantum and Healthcare Fields Connect for Collaboration (8 October 2026)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/q-biomed-quantum-healthcare-fields-collaboration/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK Funds Quantum Tech Hubs With $220M (29 July 2024)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-launches-five-new-quantum-technology-hubs-with-220-million/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/q-biomed-hub/" }, { "slug": "qusit-hub", "name": "UK Quantum Technology Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing", "shortName": "QuSIT", "type": "hub", "status": "active", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2029, "themes": [ "sensing", "imaging", "timing-navigation" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-birmingham", "leadName": "University of Birmingham", "partners": [ "university-of-glasgow", "university-of-bristol", "durham-university", "heriot-watt-university", "imperial-college-london", "university-of-nottingham", "university-of-southampton", "university-of-strathclyde", "british-geological-survey", "npl", "awe", "bae-systems-quantum", "bt-group", "cerca-magnetics", "covesion", "delta-g", "infleqtion-uk", "inex-microtechnology", "qlm-technology", "rsk-group" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 21969588, "fundingNote": "EPSRC grant EP/Z533166/1 (£22.0m, 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2029). Part of £160m for five hubs announced on 26 July 2024: £106m from EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC and NIHR, plus more than £54m from industry and other partners.", "city": "Birmingham", "region": "West Midlands", "latitude": 52.4508, "longitude": -1.9305, "summary": "A national research hub for quantum sensing, imaging and timing, led by the University of Birmingham.", "description": "QuSIT is one of five quantum technology research hubs funded from December 2024. Professor Michael Holynski of the University of Birmingham is principal investigator. Partners include eight other universities, the British Geological Survey and the National Physical Laboratory.\n\nThe hub joins up work from two earlier hubs: the UK Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing and the QuantIC imaging hub. It works on sensors, cameras and clocks for uses such as health, transport, infrastructure and defence. In 2026 it allocated £774,000 from its Accelerating Capability Fund to several projects.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: EP/Z533166/1 (grant record, project partner list)", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FZ533166%2F1" }, { "title": "University of Birmingham: New Hub focussing on quantum sensing, imaging and timing to be launched as part of £160m investment (26 July 2024)", "url": "https://birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/new-hub-focussing-on-quantum-sensing-imaging-and-timing-to-be-launched-as-part-of-160m-investment" }, { "title": "University of Glasgow: University of Glasgow set to play key roles in new quantum hubs (July 2024)", "url": "https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2024/july/headline_1094846_en.html" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: QuSIT to boost UK quantum sensing and imaging projects with £774k grant (8 September 2026)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-sensing-imaging-qusit-boost-774k/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK Funds Quantum Tech Hubs With $220M (29 July 2024)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-launches-five-new-quantum-technology-hubs-with-220-million/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qusit-hub/" }, { "slug": "uk-quantum-mission-1-computing", "name": "Quantum Mission 1: Quantum computing", "shortName": "Mission 1", "type": "mission", "status": "active", "startYear": 2023, "endYear": 2035, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "dsit", "leadName": "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology", "partners": [], "funders": [ "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "£670m for quantum computing announced June 2025; up to £1bn for procurement of large-scale quantum computers announced March 2026", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5045, "longitude": -0.1265, "summary": "A government goal that by 2035 there will be accessible, UK-based quantum computers able to run one trillion operations.", "description": "Mission 1 is one of five quantum missions set out with the National Quantum Strategy, published in March 2023. It says that by 2035 there will be accessible, UK-based quantum computers capable of running one trillion operations, supporting applications that bring benefits well beyond classical supercomputers across key sectors of the economy.\n\nIn June 2025 the government said £670 million would go to quantum computing through the Industrial Strategy, and gave the National Quantum Computing Centre a 10-year funding settlement. techUK reported that more than £500 million of this would be spent over four years from 2026/27. In March 2026 the government announced a package worth up to £2 billion, including £1 billion to procure large-scale quantum computers and over £500 million for quantum computing over four years.", "website": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions", "sources": [ { "title": "National Quantum Strategy Missions (GOV.UK)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions" }, { "title": "UK Government publishes the National Quantum Strategy (UKRI NQTP)", "url": "https://uknqt.ukri.org/news/uk-government-publishes-the-national-quantum-strategy/" }, { "title": "Tech innovators backed to set up and scale up in Britain through Industrial Strategy (GOV.UK, 23 June 2025)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tech-innovators-backed-to-set-up-and-scale-up-in-britain-through-industrial-strategy" }, { "title": "Ambitious quantum computing mission officially funded as part of the Industrial Strategy (techUK)", "url": "https://www.techuk.org/insights/news/ambitious-quantum-computing-mission-officially-funded-as-part-of-the-industrial-strategy" }, { "title": "UK's 'Quantum leap' ... up to £2 billion (GOV.UK, 17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum" }, { "title": "UK Quantum & Tech Gets £1 Billion Boost (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/1-billion-boost-for-uk-quantum-semiconductor-biotech-innovation/" }, { "title": "UK Investment In Quantum With £2 billion From UK Government (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-technology-quantum-rollout/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/uk-quantum-mission-1-computing/" }, { "slug": "uk-quantum-mission-2-networks", "name": "Quantum Mission 2: Quantum networks", "shortName": "Mission 2", "type": "mission", "status": "active", "startYear": 2023, "endYear": 2035, "themes": [ "networks", "communications" ], "leadOrg": "dsit", "leadName": "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology", "partners": [], "funders": [ "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "£125m for quantum networking announced March 2026", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5045, "longitude": -0.1265, "summary": "A government goal that by 2035 the UK will have deployed the world's most advanced quantum network at scale.", "description": "Mission 2 is one of the five quantum missions published with the National Quantum Strategy in 2023. In the government's words, by 2035 the UK will have deployed \"the world's most advanced quantum network at scale\", pioneering the future quantum internet.\n\nThe March 2026 quantum package included £125 million of dedicated funding for quantum networking. Innovate UK's Quantum Missions pilot competition funded early network projects towards this goal in 2025.", "website": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions", "sources": [ { "title": "National Quantum Strategy Missions (GOV.UK)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions" }, { "title": "UK Government publishes the National Quantum Strategy (UKRI NQTP)", "url": "https://uknqt.ukri.org/news/uk-government-publishes-the-national-quantum-strategy/" }, { "title": "UK's 'Quantum leap' ... up to £2 billion (GOV.UK, 17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum" }, { "title": "UK Investment In Quantum With £2 billion From UK Government (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-technology-quantum-rollout/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/uk-quantum-mission-2-networks/" }, { "slug": "uk-quantum-mission-3-healthcare", "name": "Quantum Mission 3: Quantum sensing in the NHS", "shortName": "Mission 3", "type": "mission", "status": "active", "startYear": 2023, "endYear": 2030, "themes": [ "sensing", "imaging", "biomedical" ], "leadOrg": "dsit", "leadName": "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology", "partners": [], "funders": [ "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "£205m for quantum sensing and navigation announced March 2026 (shared with Missions 4 and 5)", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5045, "longitude": -0.1265, "summary": "A government goal that by 2030 every NHS Trust will benefit from quantum sensing-enabled solutions.", "description": "Mission 3 is one of the five quantum missions published with the National Quantum Strategy in 2023. It says that by 2030 every NHS Trust will benefit from quantum sensing-enabled solutions, helping people with chronic illness live healthier, longer lives through early diagnosis and treatment.\n\nResearchers at the Q-BIOMED hub, led by University College London, are exploring wearable brain scanners for epilepsy. In March 2026 the government announced £205 million for quantum sensing and navigation.", "website": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions", "sources": [ { "title": "National Quantum Strategy Missions (GOV.UK)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions" }, { "title": "UK Government publishes the National Quantum Strategy (UKRI NQTP)", "url": "https://uknqt.ukri.org/news/uk-government-publishes-the-national-quantum-strategy/" }, { "title": "UK's 'Quantum leap' ... up to £2 billion (GOV.UK, 17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/uk-quantum-mission-3-healthcare/" }, { "slug": "uk-quantum-mission-4-navigation", "name": "Quantum Mission 4: Quantum navigation", "shortName": "Mission 4", "type": "mission", "status": "active", "startYear": 2023, "endYear": 2030, "themes": [ "timing-navigation", "sensing" ], "leadOrg": "dsit", "leadName": "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology", "partners": [], "funders": [ "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "£205m for quantum sensing and navigation announced March 2026 (shared with Missions 3 and 5)", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5045, "longitude": -0.1265, "summary": "A government goal that by 2030 quantum navigation systems, including clocks, will be deployed on aircraft.", "description": "Mission 4 is one of the five quantum missions published with the National Quantum Strategy in 2023. It says that by 2030 quantum navigation systems, including clocks, will be deployed on aircraft, giving accuracy and resilience that do not depend on satellite signals.\n\nInnovate UK has run several competitions towards this goal. These include the Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer in 2025 and two further sensing and position, navigation and timing (PNT) competitions in 2026. The March 2026 package included £205 million for quantum sensing and navigation.", "website": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions", "sources": [ { "title": "National Quantum Strategy Missions (GOV.UK)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions" }, { "title": "UK Government publishes the National Quantum Strategy (UKRI NQTP)", "url": "https://uknqt.ukri.org/news/uk-government-publishes-the-national-quantum-strategy/" }, { "title": "UK's 'Quantum leap' ... up to £2 billion (GOV.UK, 17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum" }, { "title": "Government support to get quantum to work faster (GOV.UK, 7 November 2025)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-support-to-get-quantum-to-work-faster-boosting-uks-health-defence-energy-and-more" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/uk-quantum-mission-4-navigation/" }, { "slug": "uk-quantum-mission-5-sensing", "name": "Quantum Mission 5: Networked quantum sensors", "shortName": "Mission 5", "type": "mission", "status": "active", "startYear": 2023, "endYear": 2030, "themes": [ "sensing", "defence" ], "leadOrg": "dsit", "leadName": "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology", "partners": [], "funders": [ "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "£205m for quantum sensing and navigation announced March 2026 (shared with Missions 3 and 4)", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5045, "longitude": -0.1265, "summary": "A government goal that by 2030 mobile, networked quantum sensors will give new situational awareness across critical infrastructure.", "description": "Mission 5 is one of the five quantum missions published with the National Quantum Strategy in 2023. It says that by 2030 mobile, networked quantum sensors will have unlocked new situational awareness capabilities, used across critical infrastructure in transport, telecoms, energy and defence.\n\nInnovate UK's Quantum Sensing Mission Primer awards in 2025 funded 14 projects in this area. The March 2026 package included £205 million for quantum sensing and navigation.", "website": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions", "sources": [ { "title": "National Quantum Strategy Missions (GOV.UK)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-quantum-strategy/national-quantum-strategy-missions" }, { "title": "UK Government publishes the National Quantum Strategy (UKRI NQTP)", "url": "https://uknqt.ukri.org/news/uk-government-publishes-the-national-quantum-strategy/" }, { "title": "UK's 'Quantum leap' ... up to £2 billion (GOV.UK, 17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum" }, { "title": "Government support to get quantum to work faster (GOV.UK, 7 November 2025)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-support-to-get-quantum-to-work-faster-boosting-uks-health-defence-energy-and-more" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/uk-quantum-mission-5-sensing/" }, { "slug": "london-quantum-secured-metro-network", "name": "London Quantum-Secured Metro Network", "shortName": null, "type": "collaboration", "status": "active", "startYear": 2022, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "bt-group", "leadName": "BT Group", "partners": [ "toshiba-europe", "ey", "hsbc", "aws" ], "funders": [], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": null, "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5074, "longitude": -0.1278, "summary": "A commercial trial of a quantum-secured fibre network in London, run by BT with quantum key distribution equipment from Toshiba.", "description": "BT and Toshiba launched the network on 26 April 2022 after announcing it in October 2021. BT runs the network over Openreach fibre and Toshiba supplies the quantum key distribution hardware and key management software. EY was the first customer, linking sites in Canary Wharf and near London Bridge.\n\nIn July 2023 HSBC joined, linking its Canary Wharf headquarters to a data centre in Berkshire about 62 km away. AWS took part in that trial with edge computing services.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Toshiba: BT and Toshiba launch first commercial trial of quantum secured communication services", "url": "https://asia.toshiba.com/?p=9053" }, { "title": "Toshiba: HSBC becomes first bank to join the UK's pioneering commercial quantum secure metro network", "url": "https://asia.toshiba.com/highlights/english/hsbc-becomes-first-bank-to-join-the-uks-pioneering-commercial-quantum-secure-metro-network/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/london-quantum-secured-metro-network/" }, { "slug": "nqcc-sparq", "name": "SparQ quantum readiness programme", "shortName": "SparQ", "type": "programme", "status": "active", "startYear": 2022, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing", "software", "skills" ], "leadOrg": "nqcc", "leadName": "NQCC", "partners": [], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": null, "city": "Harwell", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.5717, "longitude": -1.315, "summary": "The NQCC's programme for helping UK companies and researchers find uses for quantum computers and get access to them.", "description": "The NQCC launched SparQ in 2022. It began by supporting the discovery and development of quantum applications. It has since added access to quantum computing platforms, collaborative R&D projects, public-private funding and training such as hackathons.\n\nThrough SparQ Access, UK academics and businesses can request time on several quantum computing platforms. Academic allocations are made each quarter.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/sparq/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Spearheading quantum readiness: applications discovery and the SparQ programme", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/?p=24970" }, { "title": "NQCC: SparQ", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/sparq/" }, { "title": "GOV.UK: New national quantum laboratory to open up access to quantum computing (25 October 2024)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-quantum-laboratory-to-open-up-access-to-quantum-computing-unleashing-a-revolution-in-ai-energy-healthcare-and-more" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: NQCC SparQ: quantum access for UK academics", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/nqcc-sparq-access-program/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/nqcc-sparq/" }, { "slug": "glasgow-centre-for-quantum-technology", "name": "Centre for Quantum Technology, University of Glasgow", "shortName": null, "type": "centre", "status": "active", "startYear": 2021, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "imaging", "sensing", "computing" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-glasgow", "leadName": "University of Glasgow", "partners": [ "kelvin-nanotechnology" ], "funders": [], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": null, "city": "Glasgow", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.8721, "longitude": -4.2882, "summary": "A University of Glasgow centre that brings together the university's quantum research and development.", "description": "The University of Glasgow unveiled the centre on 29 September 2021 at the SPIE Photonex conference. It is directed by Professor Miles Padgett.\n\nThe centre draws on the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre and its commercial arm, Kelvin Nanotechnology, which make components for quantum technologies. At launch the university said its researchers worked with more than 50 industrial partners. A £850,000 scholarship fund was set up with SPIE.", "website": "https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/quantumtechnology/", "sources": [ { "title": "University of Glasgow: University of Glasgow launches Centre for Quantum Technology", "url": "https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_812972_en.html" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/glasgow-centre-for-quantum-technology/" }, { "slug": "national-quantum-computing-centre", "name": "National Quantum Computing Centre", "shortName": "NQCC", "type": "centre", "status": "active", "startYear": 2020, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing", "software", "skills" ], "leadOrg": "nqcc", "leadName": "NQCC", "partners": [ "stfc" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "epsrc", "stfc" ], "fundingGBP": 93000000, "fundingNote": "Initial £93m UKRI investment through EPSRC and STFC; UKRI has invested a further £50m, including through the Technology Missions Fund", "city": "Harwell", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.5717, "longitude": -1.315, "summary": "The UK's national laboratory for quantum computing, based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire.", "description": "The NQCC was launched in September 2020 as part of the National Quantum Technologies Programme. EPSRC provides its core funding, and its programme is delivered jointly by EPSRC and STFC. It works with businesses, government and researchers to turn UK research into working quantum computers and to grow the number of people who can use them.\n\nIts purpose-built 4,000 square metre facility at Harwell was opened on 25 October 2024. The government said the building will house 12 quantum computers. The centre hosts the seven testbeds from its £30m testbed programme and runs the SparQ programme for users in industry and academia.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk", "sources": [ { "title": "GOV.UK: New national quantum laboratory to open up access to quantum computing (25 October 2024)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-quantum-laboratory-to-open-up-access-to-quantum-computing-unleashing-a-revolution-in-ai-energy-healthcare-and-more" }, { "title": "NQCC: Breaking-ground ceremony", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/?p=7414" }, { "title": "NQCC: About us", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/about-us/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/national-quantum-computing-centre/" }, { "slug": "bristol-quantum-technologies-innovation-centre", "name": "Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre", "shortName": "QTIC", "type": "facility", "status": "active", "startYear": 2017, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing", "communications", "sensing" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-bristol", "leadName": "University of Bristol", "partners": [], "funders": [ "west-of-england-combined-authority" ], "fundingGBP": 35000000, "fundingNote": "£35m from local government: £14.97m Local Growth Fund (2017) and £20m from the West of England Combined Authority (2019)", "city": "Bristol", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.449, "longitude": -2.581, "summary": "A University of Bristol innovation centre with facilities and support for quantum and deep tech start-ups.", "description": "The University of Bristol received £14.97m in 2017 for the centre. In October 2019 the West of England Combined Authority added £20m to extend it. The full facility is planned for the university's Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus.\n\nThe centre offers space and support to help researchers and start-ups become commercially viable. The university says the pilot stage has been successful. Members listed on its site include Phasecraft, KETS Quantum Security, QLM and Zero Point Motion.", "website": "https://www.bristol.ac.uk/qtic/", "sources": [ { "title": "University of Bristol: Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre", "url": "https://www.bristol.ac.uk/qtic/" }, { "title": "University of Bristol: £20m investment in QTIC (14 October 2019)", "url": "https://bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/october/qtic-investment.html" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: West of England lands UK's first US quantum deal", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-tech-uk-deal-west-england/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/bristol-quantum-technologies-innovation-centre/" }, { "slug": "npl-quantum-metrology-institute", "name": "Quantum Metrology Institute", "shortName": "QMI", "type": "centre", "status": "active", "startYear": 2015, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "timing-navigation", "sensing", "computing", "communications" ], "leadOrg": "npl", "leadName": "NPL", "partners": [], "funders": [], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": null, "city": "Teddington", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.423, "longitude": -0.341, "summary": "NPL's institute that provides measurement expertise and facilities for testing and validating quantum technologies.", "description": "The Quantum Metrology Institute was set up at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington as part of the National Quantum Technologies Programme. It was formally opened on 5 November 2015.\n\nIt brings together NPL's quantum research with its time and frequency work. It offers academia and industry the expertise and facilities to test and validate quantum technologies, and supports work on standards. NPL is building an Advanced Quantum Metrology Laboratory at the Teddington site to expand this work.", "website": "https://www.npl.co.uk/qmi", "sources": [ { "title": "NPL: Quantum Metrology Institute", "url": "https://www.npl.co.uk/qmi" }, { "title": "optics.org: Quantum buzz as metrology institute opens", "url": "https://optics.org/news/quantum-buzz-as-metrology-institute-opens" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/npl-quantum-metrology-institute/" }, { "slug": "uk-national-quantum-technologies-programme", "name": "UK National Quantum Technologies Programme", "shortName": "NQTP", "type": "programme", "status": "active", "startYear": 2014, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing", "sensing", "imaging", "timing-navigation", "communications", "networks", "skills" ], "leadOrg": "ukri", "leadName": "UK Research and Innovation", "partners": [ "epsrc", "innovate-uk", "stfc", "npl", "dstl", "gchq", "ministry-of-defence", "dsit" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "epsrc", "innovate-uk", "stfc", "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Over £1bn of public funding since 2014 (GOV.UK, March 2026)", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "The UK's national programme for quantum technologies, set up in 2014 as a partnership between government, academia and industry.", "description": "The National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP) was set up in 2014 as a 10-year programme by government research agencies. Its first phase ran from 2014 to 2019 and its second from 2019 to 2024. Partners include EPSRC, Innovate UK, STFC, NPL, Dstl, GCHQ, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.\n\nThe programme funds the national network of quantum research hubs, skills training, the National Quantum Computing Centre and industry competitions. In 2019 the government said total investment in the programme had passed £1 billion. In March 2026 it said the programme had been backed by more than £1 billion of public funding.", "website": "https://uknqt.ukri.org/", "sources": [ { "title": "About the NQTP (UKRI)", "url": "https://uknqt.ukri.org/about-us/" }, { "title": "Quantum technologies theme (UKRI)", "url": "https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/our-main-funds-and-areas-of-support/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/quantum-technologies-theme" }, { "title": "New £153 million programme to commercialise UK's quantum tech (GOV.UK, 2019)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-153-million-programme-to-commercialise-uks-quantum-tech" }, { "title": "UK's 'Quantum leap' ... up to £2 billion (GOV.UK, 17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum" }, { "title": "Sir Peter Knight, The Physicist Who Helped Build Britain's Quantum Programme (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/peter-knight/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/uk-national-quantum-technologies-programme/" }, { "slug": "fraunhofer-cap-quantum-technologies", "name": "Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics", "shortName": "Fraunhofer CAP", "type": "centre", "status": "active", "startYear": 2012, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "sensing", "communications", "materials" ], "leadOrg": "fraunhofer-cap", "leadName": "Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics", "partners": [ "university-of-strathclyde" ], "funders": [ "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "£8m from DSIT over four years, announced December 2025", "city": "Glasgow", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.861, "longitude": -4.243, "summary": "Fraunhofer's first UK research centre, in Glasgow, with a dedicated unit for lasers and photonics used in quantum technologies.", "description": "Fraunhofer CAP was set up in Glasgow in 2012 and is based at the University of Strathclyde's Technology and Innovation Centre. A dedicated quantum technologies business unit was reported in November 2021, when quantum work made up half of the centre's workload.\n\nIn December 2025 the centre received £8m from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology for four years of work on photonics and quantum technologies. It led the QT Assemble project under the Quantum Technologies Challenge.", "website": "https://www.cap.fraunhofer.co.uk", "sources": [ { "title": "University of Strathclyde: Fraunhofer funding (8 December 2025)", "url": "https://www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathclyde/news/2025/fraunhoferfunding/" }, { "title": "Quantum Insider: UK's first Fraunhofer centre launches dedicated quantum technology unit", "url": "https://thequantuminsider.com/2021/11/07/uks-first-fraunhofer-centre-launches-dedicated-quantum-technology-unit/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: £14M funds UK and Germany quantum computing and sensors", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-germany-quantum-technology-quantum-investment/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/fraunhofer-cap-quantum-technologies/" }, { "slug": "accelerating-adoption-quantum-sensing-pnt", "name": "Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT", "shortName": null, "type": "programme", "status": "planned", "startYear": 2026, "endYear": 2028, "themes": [ "sensing", "timing-navigation" ], "leadOrg": "innovate-uk", "leadName": "Innovate UK", "partners": [], "funders": [ "ukri", "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": 14300000, "fundingNote": "Up to £14.3m; grants of £1m to £3m per project", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "An Innovate UK grant competition to remove barriers to the use of quantum sensing and navigation technology.", "description": "Innovate UK opened this competition on 4 August 2026 and closed it on 18 September 2026. It offers up to £14.3 million from UKRI. Each project can request £1 million to £3 million.\n\nProjects must tackle specific technical and commercial barriers to the adoption of quantum position, navigation and timing (PNT) and sensing technologies. They must start by 1 December 2026, last 12 to 24 months and end by 30 November 2028.", "website": "https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2539/overview/d3ba2c8c-c752-4d49-90d6-e0a56f232c3c", "sources": [ { "title": "Funding competition: Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT (Innovation Funding Service)", "url": "https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2539/overview/d3ba2c8c-c752-4d49-90d6-e0a56f232c3c" }, { "title": "Innovate UK to invest up to £14.3M in quantum sensing & PNT projects (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/innovate-uk-quantum-sensing-pnt/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/accelerating-adoption-quantum-sensing-pnt/" }, { "slug": "centre-for-quantum-commercialisation-skills", "name": "Centre for Quantum Commercialisation Skills", "shortName": null, "type": "centre", "status": "planned", "startYear": 2026, "endYear": 2030, "themes": [ "skills" ], "leadOrg": "epsrc", "leadName": "Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council", "partners": [], "funders": [ "epsrc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "EPSRC funding opportunity for one centre, up to £11.3m over four years; UKRI's March 2026 announcement gave £12m", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5679, "longitude": -1.7853, "summary": "A planned national centre, funded by EPSRC, to teach researchers the skills needed to turn quantum research into companies and products.", "description": "EPSRC opened a funding opportunity in 2026 for a single national centre. Projects must start on 1 December 2026 and run for four years. The host organisation had not been announced when this record was written.\n\nThe centre will build commercialisation skills across the UK quantum community. It is not meant to run its own research programme. It will complement existing National Quantum Technologies Programme investments.", "website": "https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/centre-for-quantum-commercialisation-skills/", "sources": [ { "title": "UKRI: Centre for Quantum Commercialisation Skills funding opportunity", "url": "https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/centre-for-quantum-commercialisation-skills/" }, { "title": "UKRI: UK leads the world into the quantum age (17 March 2026)", "url": "https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-leads-the-world-into-the-quantum-age/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/centre-for-quantum-commercialisation-skills/" }, { "slug": "scaling-supply-chains-quantum-sensing-pnt", "name": "Scaling Supply Chains for Quantum Enabled Sensing and PNT", "shortName": null, "type": "programme", "status": "planned", "startYear": 2026, "endYear": 2030, "themes": [ "sensing", "timing-navigation" ], "leadOrg": "innovate-uk", "leadName": "Innovate UK", "partners": [], "funders": [ "dsit", "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": 32800000, "fundingNote": "Up to £32.8m; grants of £4m to £6m per project", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "An Innovate UK grant competition, funded by DSIT, to build supply chains around quantum sensing and navigation system makers.", "description": "This Innovate UK competition, funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, offers up to £32.8 million. It opened on 3 June 2026 and closed on 8 July 2026. Each project can request £4 million to £6 million.\n\nProjects must group supply chain partners around a sensing system integrator or manufacturer, and deliver a deployable demonstrator that relies on quantum technologies. They start no earlier than 1 November 2026 and must end by 31 March 2030.", "website": "https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2495/overview/b2a4cd81-a226-4a11-83c8-966284542f59", "sources": [ { "title": "Funding competition: Scaling Supply Chains for Quantum Enabled Sensing and PNT (Innovation Funding Service)", "url": "https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2495/overview/b2a4cd81-a226-4a11-83c8-966284542f59" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/scaling-supply-chains-quantum-sensing-pnt/" }, { "slug": "quantum-centre-nuclear-defence-security", "name": "Quantum Centre for Nuclear Defence and Security", "shortName": "QCNDS", "type": "centre", "status": "planned", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "computing", "sensing", "defence" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-strathclyde", "leadName": "University of Strathclyde", "partners": [ "awe", "university-of-birmingham", "university-of-oxford" ], "funders": [ "ministry-of-defence" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": null, "city": "Aldermaston", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.3683, "longitude": -1.146, "summary": "A centre of excellence launched by AWE in November 2025 and led by the University of Strathclyde, applying quantum sensing and computing to nuclear science for national security.", "description": "AWE launched the Quantum Centre for Nuclear Defence and Security (QCNDS) in November 2025 as a centre of excellence for quantum projects that support national security. The government announcement says it is led by the University of Strathclyde and includes the University of Birmingham, through the QuSIT hub, and the University of Oxford, through the QCi3 hub. Planned work includes quantum sensing to assess the condition of components and quantum computing for materials simulation.\n\nAWE made Strathclyde a strategic alliance partner in August 2025, with quantum among the research areas. No funding figure for the centre was given in the sources.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Government support to get quantum to work faster (GOV.UK, 7 November 2025)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-support-to-get-quantum-to-work-faster-boosting-uks-health-defence-energy-and-more" }, { "title": "AWE announces new strategic alliance with University of Strathclyde (BINDT)", "url": "https://www.bindt.org/News/august-2025/awe-announces-new-strategic-alliance-with-university-of-strathclyde/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantum-centre-nuclear-defence-security/" }, { "slug": "adopt-tem", "name": "ADOPT-TEM: Anomaly Detection OPTimisation with Tensor Error Mitigation", "shortName": "ADOPT-TEM", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "algorithmiq-uk", "leadName": "Algorithmiq UK", "partners": [ "rigetti-uk", "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Funded through the NQCC SparQ programme", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5227, "longitude": -0.0727, "summary": "A proof of concept that applied Algorithmiq error mitigation to a Rigetti fraud detection method on NQCC hardware.", "description": "Algorithmiq UK led the project with Rigetti UK and the NQCC. The Financial Conduct Authority was an observer. The team adapted Algorithmiq's tensor-network error mitigation to improve a hybrid quantum-classical fraud detection method developed by Rigetti.\n\nThe work ran on Rigetti's 36-qubit system at the NQCC and tested a hybrid quantum and HPC workflow. It was awarded under the 2025 STFC Cross Cluster Proof of Concept SparQ call.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/adopt-tem:-anomaly-detection-optimisation-with-tensor-error-mitigation/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: ADOPT-TEM", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/adopt-tem:-anomaly-detection-optimisation-with-tensor-error-mitigation/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Collaborative R&D (SparQ proof of concept projects)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/technology-and-research/collaborative-research/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Quantum Machine Learning Fights Financial Fraud", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigetti-quantum-machine-learning-fraud-detection/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/adopt-tem/" }, { "slug": "quantum-sensing-mission-primer-awards", "name": "Contracts for Innovation: Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer", "shortName": "Quantum Sensing Mission Primer", "type": "programme", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "sensing", "timing-navigation", "imaging" ], "leadOrg": "innovate-uk", "leadName": "Innovate UK", "partners": [ "delta-g", "monirail", "npl", "cerca-magnetics", "toshiba-europe", "infleqtion-uk", "aquark-technologies", "quantum-fabrix", "fraunhofer-cap", "bt-group" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "dsit" ], "fundingGBP": 14000000, "fundingNote": "£14m shared by 14 projects of £0.5m to £1.5m", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "Innovate UK contracts for 14 projects building quantum sensors and position, navigation and timing products, run as phase 1 of the sensing missions.", "description": "Innovate UK ran this Contracts for Innovation competition in mid-2025 as phase 1 of a possible two-phase programme. Projects ran from 1 September 2025 to 31 March 2026, with budgets of £500,000 to £1.5 million each. The aim was to speed up the development and adoption of quantum sensors and quantum position, navigation and timing (PNT) products.\n\nIn November 2025 the government announced 14 projects sharing £14 million. Awardees included Delta g, Xairos UK, MoniRail, NPL, Nascent Semiconductor, Siloton, Cerca Magnetics, Toshiba Europe, ColdQuanta UK (Infleqtion), Curtiss-Wright Wimborne, AQuark Technologies, Quantum Fabrix, Fraunhofer UK Research and BT. Projects ranged from quantum eye scanning and brain imaging to gravity cartography and single-photon flash lidar.", "website": "https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2209/overview/28f8801b-a8b3-48c8-8c81-64d75341b81d", "sources": [ { "title": "Government support to get quantum to work faster (GOV.UK, 7 November 2025)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-support-to-get-quantum-to-work-faster-boosting-uks-health-defence-energy-and-more" }, { "title": "Funding competition: Contracts for Innovation: Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer (Innovation Funding Service)", "url": "https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2209/overview/28f8801b-a8b3-48c8-8c81-64d75341b81d" }, { "title": "£1.4M TimeLink Program De-risks Xairos Quantum Protocols for Timing (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/xairos-quantum-protocols-14m-timelink-2/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantum-sensing-mission-primer-awards/" }, { "slug": "q-ctrl-sparq-nitrogen-doped-graphene", "name": "Nitrogen Doped Graphene Catalysts", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "computing", "materials" ], "leadOrg": "q-ctrl-uk", "leadName": "Q-CTRL UK", "partners": [ "johnson-matthey", "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Funded through the NQCC SparQ programme", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5255, "longitude": -0.0776, "summary": "Q-CTRL and Johnson Matthey used quantum optimisation to study metal-free catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells.", "description": "Fuel cells usually need costly platinum group metal catalysts. Nitrogen-doped graphene is a cheaper, metal-free option. Q-CTRL UK framed the placement of nitrogen atoms as an optimisation problem and ran it with its Fire Opal software on IBM quantum computers.\n\nJohnson Matthey Technology Centres and the NQCC were partners. The project was one of the NQCC SparQ proof of concept projects for 2025-26.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/nitrogen-doped-graphene-catalysts/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Nitrogen Doped Graphene Catalysts", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/nitrogen-doped-graphene-catalysts/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Collaborative R&D (SparQ proof of concept projects)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/technology-and-research/collaborative-research/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/q-ctrl-sparq-nitrogen-doped-graphene/" }, { "slug": "open-architecture-quantum-testbed", "name": "Open Architecture Quantum (OAQ) Testbed", "shortName": "OAQ Testbed", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "treq", "leadName": "TreQ", "partners": [ "oxford-ionics", "q-ctrl-uk", "qruise", "rigetti-uk" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Built for Innovate UK's Quantum Missions pilot. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £1,157,160.", "city": "Oxford", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.752, "longitude": -1.2577, "summary": "A TreQ-led consortium that built a modular quantum computing testbed in Oxfordshire that mixes processors, control systems and software from different suppliers.", "description": "The project ran from April 2025 to March 2026. The design combines two quantum processors, two control systems and two software stacks to give eight possible set-ups.\n\nRigetti supplied a Novera processor. Q-CTRL and Qruise supplied control and calibration software. The aim is to let component suppliers test their products together in one system.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Open Architecture Quantum (OAQ) Testbed", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10151275" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: TreQ builds multi-vendor quantum system", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/multi-vendor-quantum-system-treq-builds/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/open-architecture-quantum-testbed/" }, { "slug": "qta-foil", "name": "QTA-Foil (Quantum and Tensor Approaches to aeroFoil design)", "shortName": "QTA-Foil", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "aegiq", "leadName": "Aegiq", "partners": [ "bae-systems-quantum", "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Funded through the NQCC SparQ programme", "city": "Sheffield", "region": "Yorkshire and the Humber", "latitude": 53.3811, "longitude": -1.4701, "summary": "Aegiq and BAE Systems estimated the quantum resources needed to speed up aerodynamic and hydrodynamic design.", "description": "Computational fluid dynamics is used to design wings, hulls and other shapes. Aegiq led the project with BAE Systems and the NQCC, with NVIDIA as an observer.\n\nThe team combined GPU and quantum processor expertise to set out timescales and resource needs for quantum-accelerated fluid dynamics. It was one of the NQCC SparQ proof of concept projects for 2025-26.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/qta-foil-(quantum-and-tensor-approaches-to-aeroFoil-design)/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: QTA-Foil", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/qta-foil-(quantum-and-tensor-approaches-to-aeroFoil-design)/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Collaborative R&D (SparQ proof of concept projects)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/technology-and-research/collaborative-research/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qta-foil/" }, { "slug": "quantum-missions-pilot", "name": "Quantum Missions pilot: Quantum Computing and Quantum Networks", "shortName": "Quantum Missions pilot", "type": "programme", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "computing", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "innovate-uk", "leadName": "Innovate UK", "partners": [ "vector-photonics", "quantum-motion", "nu-quantum", "lumino-technologies", "aegiq", "toshiba-europe", "redwave-labs", "oxford-ionics", "rigetti-uk", "riverlane", "nqcc", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "treq", "infleqtion-uk", "duality-quantum-photonics", "bt-group", "university-of-bristol" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Over £12m to 10 projects (March 2025), plus a further £10m for five projects (May 2025)", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "An Innovate UK competition that funded industry projects in quantum computing and quantum networks towards the UK quantum missions.", "description": "Innovate UK opened the Quantum Missions pilot competition in November 2024. Projects had to start from 1 April 2025 and end by 31 March 2026. The aim was to move quantum computing and quantum networking technologies towards commercial use, in line with the mission goals for 2035.\n\nIn March 2025 Innovate UK named 10 winners sharing over £12 million. They included projects led by Vector Photonics, Alter Technology TÜV Nord UK, Quantum Motion, Nu Quantum, Lumino Technologies, Aegiq, Toshiba Europe, Redwave Labs, Oxford Ionics and SEEQC UK. In May 2025 a further £10 million funded five more projects, led by Rigetti UK (with Riverlane and the NQCC), Oxford Quantum Circuits (with Riverlane), TreQ, ColdQuanta UK (Infleqtion) and Duality Quantum Photonics (with BT and the University of Bristol, among others).", "website": "https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2053/overview/19887003-54f6-4391-a146-a30a85b43e58", "sources": [ { "title": "Quantum Missions pilot competition winners announced (UKRI, 10 March 2025)", "url": "https://ukri.org/news/quantum-missions-pilot-competition-winners-announced" }, { "title": "Quantum Missions pilot competition: further winners announced (UKRI, 13 May 2025)", "url": "https://www.ukri.org/news/quantum-missions-pilot-competition-further-winners-announced/" }, { "title": "Funding competition: Quantum Missions pilot (Innovation Funding Service)", "url": "https://apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk/competition/2053/overview/19887003-54f6-4391-a146-a30a85b43e58" }, { "title": "UK Funds Quantum Computing & Networking Projects (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-announces-groundbreaking-advancements-in-quantum-computing-and-networking-with-collaborative-industry-academia-projects/" }, { "title": "Rigetti: £3.5M for Quantum Error Correction (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigetti-secures-3-5m-from-innovate-uk-to-advance-quantum-error-correction-on-superconducting-computers/" }, { "title": "£1.65M for TreQ-Led Open Architecture Quantum Testbed (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/innovate-uk-awards-1-65-million-to-treq-led-consortium-for-open-architecture-quantum-testbed-development/" }, { "title": "TreQ Builds Multi-Vendor Quantum System in Three Months for Pilot (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/multi-vendor-quantum-system-treq-builds/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantum-missions-pilot/" }, { "slug": "oqc-sparq-qpinn-derivative-pricing", "name": "Quantum Physics Informed Neural Networks for Derivative Pricing", "shortName": "QPINN", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "oxford-quantum-circuits", "leadName": "Oxford Quantum Circuits", "partners": [ "citigroup", "quantum-software-lab-edinburgh", "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Funded through the NQCC SparQ programme", "city": "Reading", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.4564242, "longitude": -0.9700664, "summary": "OQC and Citi tested whether quantum-compressed neural networks can price financial derivatives.", "description": "Oxford Quantum Circuits led the project with Citi, the Quantum Software Lab and the NQCC. The team used quantum circuits to compress layers of physics-informed neural networks used to price derivatives.\n\nOQC reported that a key layer needed far fewer parameters while pricing stayed broadly close to a classical model in many test cases. The work was part of the NQCC SparQ proof of concept projects for 2025-26.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-physics-informed-neural-networks-for-derivative-pricing/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Quantum Physics Informed Neural Networks for Derivative Pricing", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-physics-informed-neural-networks-for-derivative-pricing/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Collaborative R&D (SparQ proof of concept projects)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/technology-and-research/collaborative-research/" }, { "title": "OQC: Exploring quantum AI for financial modelling", "url": "https://oqc.tech/resources/exploring-quantum-ai-for-financial-modelling" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: OQC, Citi and NQCC find quantum-AI cuts data needs for finance", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-ai-finance-oqc-citi/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/oqc-sparq-qpinn-derivative-pricing/" }, { "slug": "4colors-sparq-aircraft-loading", "name": "Quantum-Accelerated Mixed-Integer Optimisation for Aircraft Loading", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "4colors-research", "leadName": "4colors Research", "partners": [ "airbus", "orca-computing", "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Funded through the NQCC SparQ programme", "city": "Cambridge", "region": "East of England", "latitude": 52.2053, "longitude": 0.1218, "summary": "A 4colors-led proof of concept that tested hybrid classical and quantum algorithms for loading cargo on aircraft.", "description": "Aircraft cargo loading means deciding what to load and where, while meeting weight, balance and structural limits. 4colors Research led the project with Airbus, ORCA Computing and the NQCC. DNV took part as an observer.\n\nThe team ran hybrid algorithms on gate-based and photonic quantum hardware and compared them with classical methods. It was one of the NQCC SparQ proof of concept projects for 2025-26, awarded under the 2025 STFC Cross Cluster Proof of Concept call.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-accelerated-mixed-integer-optimisation-for-aircraft-loading/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Quantum-Accelerated Mixed-Integer Optimisation for Aircraft Loading", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-accelerated-mixed-integer-optimisation-for-aircraft-loading/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Collaborative R&D (SparQ proof of concept projects)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/technology-and-research/collaborative-research/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Quantum Computing Optimizes Aircraft Cargo Loading", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/4colors-research-partners-secure-funding/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/4colors-sparq-aircraft-loading/" }, { "slug": "aqc-sparq-icu-decision-support", "name": "Quantum-Enhanced Clinical Decision Support for Intensive Care Medicine", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2025, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "computing", "software", "biomedical" ], "leadOrg": "applied-quantum-computing", "leadName": "Applied Quantum Computing", "partners": [ "university-college-london", "evelina-london-childrens-hospital", "kings-college-london", "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Funded through the NQCC SparQ programme", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5074, "longitude": -0.1278, "summary": "Applied Quantum Computing built a prototype hybrid quantum-classical model to predict risks for intensive care patients.", "description": "Intensive care clinicians must spot urgent risks in large volumes of patient data. Applied Quantum Computing led the project with UCL, Evelina London Children's Hospital, King's College London and the NQCC.\n\nThe team tested hybrid quantum-classical risk prediction models alongside classical models on several datasets. The main output was a prototype model for ICU risk prediction. It was one of the NQCC SparQ proof of concept projects for 2025-26.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-enhanced-clinical-decision-support-for-intensive-care-medicine/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: Quantum-Enhanced Clinical Decision Support for Intensive Care Medicine", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantum-enhanced-clinical-decision-support-for-intensive-care-medicine/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Collaborative R&D (SparQ proof of concept projects)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/technology-and-research/collaborative-research/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/aqc-sparq-icu-decision-support/" }, { "slug": "frazer-nash-sparq-batteries-to-windfarms", "name": "From batteries to windfarms: Quantum optimisation solutions for the renewable sector", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "frazer-nash-consultancy", "leadName": "Frazer-Nash Consultancy", "partners": [ "orca-computing", "the-crown-estate", "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Funded through the NQCC SparQ programme", "city": "Leatherhead", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.2967, "longitude": -0.3317, "summary": "Frazer-Nash, ORCA Computing and The Crown Estate looked at whether quantum optimisation can help renewable energy planning.", "description": "Frazer-Nash Consultancy led the consortium with ORCA Computing, The Crown Estate and the NQCC. The project asked whether quantum computers could help with new computing problems in the renewable sector, from batteries to wind farms.\n\nIt was one of 12 SparQ proof of concept projects announced in November 2024, which ran until the end of March 2025.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/from-batteries-to-windfarms-quantum-optimisation-solutions-for-the-renewable-sector/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: From batteries to windfarms", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/from-batteries-to-windfarms-quantum-optimisation-solutions-for-the-renewable-sector/" }, { "title": "NQCC: STFC Cross Cluster Proof of Concept SparQ quantum computing call", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/stfc-cross-cluster-proof-of-concept-sparq-quantum-computing-call/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Collaborative R&D (SparQ proof of concept projects)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/technology-and-research/collaborative-research/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: 12 NQCC Quantum Computing Projects Awarded SparQ Funding", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/12-nqcc-quantum-computing-projects-awarded-sparq-funding/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/frazer-nash-sparq-batteries-to-windfarms/" }, { "slug": "marconi-qkd-receivers", "name": "MARCONI: Modular UK QKD receivers for Quantum Internet", "shortName": "MARCONI", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "redwave-labs", "leadName": "RedWave Labs", "partners": [ "bay-photonics", "chase-research-cryogenics", "fraunhofer-cap", "phlux-technology", "university-of-cambridge", "university-of-glasgow" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": 1500000, "fundingNote": "Reported as £1.5 million from Innovate UK. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £1,492,450.", "city": "Didcot", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.5661, "longitude": -1.3099, "summary": "A RedWave Labs-led consortium building two UK-made receiver modules for entanglement-based quantum key distribution.", "description": "MARCONI ran from July 2024 to March 2026. One receiver uses four-channel single-photon avalanche detectors from Phlux, packaged by Bay Photonics, for short links.\n\nThe second uses a 64-channel superconducting nanowire detector system from the University of Glasgow, cooled by a 1 K system from Chase Cryogenics, for long-distance links.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: MARCONI: Modular UK QKD receivers for Quantum Internet", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10103658" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK Develops Secure Quantum Key Distribution Modules", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-project-develops-secure-quantum-key-distribution-receiver-modules/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/marconi-qkd-receivers/" }, { "slug": "qassure", "name": "QAssure", "shortName": "QAssure", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2026, "themes": [ "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "bt-group", "leadName": "BT Group", "partners": [ "hsbc", "kets-quantum-security", "kings-college-london", "loughborough-university", "nodeq", "npl", "toshiba-europe", "university-of-bristol" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Gateway to Research lists a project value of £1,972,331.", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5074, "longitude": -0.1278, "summary": "A BT-led consortium developing ways to assure the security and reliability of quantum key distribution systems.", "description": "QAssure ran from May 2024 to March 2026. Assurance gives users confidence that a technology meets its requirements, which matters before it is used in critical systems such as finance or health.\n\nThe project brought quantum key distribution developers together with cyber security specialists, researchers and an end user, HSBC.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: QAssure", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10102791" }, { "title": "nodeQ: nodeQ part of the QAssure project funded by Innovate UK", "url": "https://www.nodeq.io/news/nodeq-part-of-the-qassure-project-funded-by-innovate-uk-2" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qassure/" }, { "slug": "quantico", "name": "QuantiCo: Quantum Computing for Corrosion", "shortName": "QuantiCo", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2024, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing", "materials" ], "leadOrg": null, "leadName": null, "partners": [ "capgemini-uk", "airbus", "kings-college-london", "nqcc" ], "funders": [ "nqcc" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Funded through the NQCC SparQ programme", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5117, "longitude": -0.0983, "summary": "A consortium of Capgemini UK, Airbus, King's College London and the NQCC that used quantum chemistry methods to predict corrosion of aluminium alloys.", "description": "The NQCC lists the consortium as Capgemini UK, Airbus, the NQCC and King's College London. The project developed molecular embedding methods to calculate the energies of the oxygen reduction reaction on aluminium alloy surfaces.\n\nThe aim was to feed more accurate reaction rates into engineering models used in aerospace and energy. It was one of 12 SparQ proof of concept projects announced in November 2024, which ran until the end of March 2025.", "website": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantico-quantum-computing-for-corrosion/", "sources": [ { "title": "NQCC: QuantiCo", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/quantico-quantum-computing-for-corrosion/" }, { "title": "NQCC: STFC Cross Cluster Proof of Concept SparQ quantum computing call", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/updates/stfc-cross-cluster-proof-of-concept-sparq-quantum-computing-call/" }, { "title": "NQCC: Collaborative R&D (SparQ proof of concept projects)", "url": "https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/technology-and-research/collaborative-research/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: 12 NQCC Quantum Computing Projects Awarded SparQ Funding", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/12-nqcc-quantum-computing-projects-awarded-sparq-funding/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantico/" }, { "slug": "quantum-catalyst-fund", "name": "SBRI: Quantum Catalyst Fund", "shortName": "Quantum Catalyst Fund", "type": "programme", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2023, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing", "sensing", "imaging", "timing-navigation" ], "leadOrg": "innovate-uk", "leadName": "Innovate UK", "partners": [ "quantinuum", "monirail", "cerca-magnetics", "delta-g", "q-ctrl-uk", "phasecraft" ], "funders": [ "dsit", "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": 15000000, "fundingNote": "£15m: up to £2m for phase 1 feasibility, up to £13m for phase 2 prototypes", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "A £15 million SBRI competition, funded by DSIT and Innovate UK, to help the public sector adopt quantum solutions.", "description": "The Quantum Catalyst Fund was a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition funded by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Innovate UK. It opened in May 2023. Its aim was to speed up the use of quantum solutions by the public sector and for public benefit.\n\nPhase 1 funded 30 three-month feasibility studies in late 2023. In February 2024 six projects went on to build prototypes in phase 2, which had to finish by 31 March 2025. They were led by Quantinuum (actinide chemistry), MoniRail (railway inertial navigation), Cerca Magnetics (brain imaging), Delta g (gravity cartography), Q-CTRL UK (train schedules) and Phasecraft (energy grid optimisation).", "website": "https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunities/sbri-quantum-catalyst-fund-phase-1-and-phase-2/", "sources": [ { "title": "SBRI: Quantum Catalyst Fund, phase 1 and phase 2 (Innovate UK Business Connect)", "url": "https://iuk-business-connect.org.uk/opportunities/sbri-quantum-catalyst-fund-phase-1-and-phase-2/" }, { "title": "£15 million competition to accelerate use of quantum in Government (GOV.UK)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/15-million-competition-to-accelerate-use-of-quantum-in-government" }, { "title": "Unlocking the potential of quantum: £45 million investment (GOV.UK, 5 February 2024)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/unlocking-the-potential-of-quantum-45-million-investment-to-drive-breakthroughs-in-brain-scanners-navigation-systems-and-quantum-computing" }, { "title": "UK Funds Quantum Sector with £45M Investment (Quantum Zeitgeist)", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/uk-government-announces-new-quantum-funding-investing-45m-into-quantum-sector-aiming-for-quantum-enabled-economy-by-2033/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantum-catalyst-fund/" }, { "slug": "autoqt", "name": "Autonomous Quantum Technologies", "shortName": "AutoQT", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2022, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "riverlane", "leadName": "Riverlane", "partners": [ "mind-foundry", "npl", "oxford-ionics", "seeqc-uk", "university-of-edinburgh", "university-of-oxford" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Gateway to Research lists a project value of £5,331,166. Funded through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (Commercialising Quantum Technologies challenge).", "city": "Cambridge", "region": "East of England", "latitude": 52.2053, "longitude": 0.1218, "summary": "A Riverlane-led consortium developing automated methods to control and tune large numbers of qubits.", "description": "AutoQT ran from March 2022 to March 2025. Controlling even a few qubits takes skilled researchers and much manual tuning. The project aimed to automate this so that hundreds or thousands of qubits can be kept working at once.\n\nPartners included hardware makers Oxford Ionics and SEEQC, machine learning firm Mind Foundry, the National Physical Laboratory and the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Autonomous quantum technologies (AutoQT)", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004359" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/autoqt/" }, { "slug": "universal-quantum-error-corrected-processor", "name": "Developing an error corrected quantum processor solution for commercial quantum computing", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2022, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "universal-quantum", "leadName": "Universal Quantum", "partners": [ "diamond-microwave", "edwards-vacuum", "imperial-college-london", "qureca", "riverlane", "rolls-royce", "sia-partners", "stfc", "tmd-technologies", "university-of-sussex" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 7500000, "fundingNote": "£7.5 million grant from Innovate UK's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £5,660,802.", "city": "Brighton", "region": "South East", "latitude": 50.8225, "longitude": -0.1372, "summary": "A Universal Quantum-led consortium building a trapped-ion quantum computer that can correct its own errors, with Rolls-Royce as end user.", "description": "The consortium was announced in November 2021 and the work ran from February 2022 to March 2025. Rolls-Royce, supported by the STFC Hartree Centre, explored applications in jet engine design, starting with fluid dynamics.\n\nRiverlane provided the error correction software. Edwards, TMD Technologies and Diamond Microwave were supply-chain partners. Sia Partners and Qureca worked on commercialisation and outreach.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Developing an error corrected quantum processor solution for commercial quantum computing", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004857" }, { "title": "University of Sussex: University of Sussex spin-out led consortium awarded millions to build commercial quantum computer", "url": "https://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/article/56673-university-of-sussex-spin-out-led-consortium-awarded-millions-to-build-commercial-quantum-computer" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Quantum Error Correction Gets £7.5M UK Boost", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/british-quantum-error-correction-qec-consortium-gets-a-boost-with-7-5m-grant/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/universal-quantum-error-corrected-processor/" }, { "slug": "qupharma", "name": "Quantum Enhanced Computing Platform for Pharmaceutical R&D", "shortName": "QuPharma", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2022, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing", "biomedical" ], "leadOrg": "seeqc-uk", "leadName": "SEEQC UK", "partners": [ "medicines-discovery-catapult", "merck", "oxford-instruments", "riverlane", "stfc", "university-of-oxford" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Described by STFC as a £4.7 million project within the Commercialising Quantum Technologies challenge. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £5,069,355.", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5072, "longitude": -0.1276, "summary": "A SEEQC-led consortium linking a quantum computer with a classical supercomputer to model drug properties.", "description": "QuPharma ran from March 2022 to March 2025. Merck was the end user. STFC's Hartree Centre, its Scientific Computing Department and the National Quantum Computing Centre took part.\n\nThe stated aim was to speed up parts of drug development by a factor of ten. The first focus was simulation tools for photodynamic cancer therapies.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Quantum Enhanced Computing Platform for Pharmaceutical R&D - QuPharma", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10005792" }, { "title": "STFC Hartree Centre: £50m funding for UK quantum computing projects with industry", "url": "https://www.hartree.stfc.ac.uk/news/2021/11/04/50m-funding-for-uk-quantum-computing-projects-with-industry/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qupharma/" }, { "slug": "quantum-data-centre-of-the-future", "name": "The Quantum Data Centre of the Future", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2022, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing", "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "orca-computing", "leadName": "ORCA Computing", "partners": [ "bp", "bt-group", "digital-catapult", "imperial-college-london", "kets-quantum-security", "ncc-group", "pqshield", "riverlane", "university-college-london", "university-of-bath", "university-of-bristol", "university-of-southampton" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Gateway to Research lists a project value of £8,792,417. Funded through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (Commercialising Quantum Technologies challenge).", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.4893335, "longitude": -0.1440551, "summary": "An ORCA-led consortium that designed and demonstrated how a quantum computer could sit inside a data centre alongside classical systems.", "description": "The project ran from March 2022 to March 2025. ORCA Computing led a group of companies and universities, with BT and KETS leading the architecture and communications work.\n\nThe partners showed a hybrid quantum and classical data centre design at BT's Adastral Park in early 2024. The work covered photonic quantum computing, quantum-secure networking and post-quantum cryptography.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: The quantum data centre of the future", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004793" }, { "title": "ORCA Computing: ORCA Computing and BT Group showcase technologies to enable quantum data centres of the future", "url": "https://orcacomputing.com/orca-computing-and-bt-group-showcase-technologies-to-enable-quantum-data-centres-of-the-future/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantum-data-centre-of-the-future/" }, { "slug": "cryo-cmos-scalable-quantum-computers", "name": "Development of cryo-CMOS to enable the next generation of scalable quantum computers", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2021, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing", "materials" ], "leadOrg": "surecore", "leadName": "sureCore", "partners": [ "oxford-instruments", "seeqc-uk", "semiwise", "synopsys-uk", "universal-quantum", "university-of-glasgow" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 6500000, "fundingNote": "Reported as a £6.5 million Innovate UK grant. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £4,846,790.", "city": "Sheffield", "region": "Yorkshire and the Humber", "latitude": 53.3776, "longitude": -1.4679, "summary": "A sureCore-led consortium designing chip technology that works at the very low temperatures inside quantum computers.", "description": "The project ran from November 2021 to March 2025. Most qubits need cryogenic cooling, and the control electronics must sit close to them. Standard chips are not designed for these temperatures.\n\nThe consortium worked on cryogenic CMOS design tools and building blocks so that control electronics can be placed next to large qubit arrays.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Development of cryo-CMOS to enable the next generation of scalable quantum computers", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10006017" }, { "title": "University of Sussex: University of Sussex spin-out led consortium awarded millions to build commercial quantum computer", "url": "https://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/article/56673-university-of-sussex-spin-out-led-consortium-awarded-millions-to-build-commercial-quantum-computer" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/cryo-cmos-scalable-quantum-computers/" }, { "slug": "airqkd", "name": "AIRQKD", "shortName": "AIRQKD", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2020, "endYear": 2023, "themes": [ "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "bt-group", "leadName": "BT Group", "partners": [ "angoka", "arqit", "bay-photonics", "csa-catapult", "fraunhofer-cap", "heriot-watt-university", "npl", "nu-quantum", "university-of-bristol", "university-of-edinburgh", "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-warwick" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Reported as a £7.7 million trial funded through the Quantum Technologies Challenge. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £5,791,324.", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5074, "longitude": -0.1278, "summary": "A BT-led consortium testing free-space quantum key distribution for short and mid-range links, including 5G and connected vehicles.", "description": "AIRQKD ran from July 2020 to September 2023. It aimed to build a UK supply chain from single-photon components up to networked quantum systems for free-space links.\n\nThe consortium ran pilot demonstrations of quantum-secured infrastructure for 5G networks and for autonomous and connected vehicles.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: AIRQKD", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=45364" }, { "title": "CSA Catapult: BT teams up with UK quantum tech start-ups to trial secure fixed-mobile network infrastructure", "url": "https://csa.catapult.org.uk/news-insights/bt-teams-up-with-uk-quantum-tech-start-ups-to-trial-worlds-most-secure-fixed-mobile-network-infrastructure-for-5g-and-connected-cars/" }, { "title": "BT: BT teams up with UK quantum tech start-ups to trial secure fixed-mobile network infrastructure for 5G and connected cars", "url": "https://newsroom.bt.com/bt-teams-up-with-uk-quantum-tech-start-ups-to-trial-worlds-most-secure-fixed-mobile-network-infrastructure-for-5g-and-connected-cars/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/airqkd/" }, { "slug": "discovery-quantum-computing-supply", "name": "DISCOVERY: Developing UK Industrial Supply for Commercial Quantum Computing", "shortName": "DISCOVERY", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2020, "endYear": 2024, "themes": [ "computing" ], "leadOrg": "m-squared-lasers", "leadName": "M Squared Lasers", "partners": [ "kelvin-nanotechnology", "npl", "orca-computing", "oxford-ionics", "tmd-technologies", "university-of-glasgow", "university-of-oxford", "university-of-strathclyde" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Described as a £10 million programme part-funded by the Quantum Technologies Challenge. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £7,160,242.", "city": "Glasgow", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.8642, "longitude": -4.2518, "summary": "An M Squared-led consortium that worked on the photonics needed to scale neutral-atom, trapped-ion and optical quantum computers.", "description": "DISCOVERY ran from August 2020 to March 2024. It targeted two barriers to commercial quantum computing hardware: scaling up the number of qubits and improving their fidelity.\n\nThe work covered three qubit approaches that rely on photonics: neutral atoms, ion microtraps and optical qubits. Industry partners worked alongside the universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde and Oxford and the National Physical Laboratory.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: DISCOVERY: Developing UK Industrial Supply for Commercial Quantum Computing", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=50133" }, { "title": "Quantum Communications Hub: £10 million project launched to overcome the technology barriers to commercial quantum computing", "url": "https://quantumcommshub.net/news/10-million-project-launched-to-overcome-the-technology-barriers-to-commercial-quantum-computing" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: M Squared Leads UK's £10M Quantum Computing Project", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/m-squared-to-spearhead-uks-largest-industry-led-project-for-the-commercialisation-of-quantum-computing/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/discovery-quantum-computing-supply/" }, { "slug": "next-generation-satellite-qkd", "name": "Next Generation Satellite QKD: Creating a UK Sovereign Capability for Manufacturing Satellite QKD Payloads", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2020, "endYear": 2024, "themes": [ "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "arqit", "leadName": "Arqit", "partners": [ "aegiq", "bt-group", "fraunhofer-cap", "heriot-watt-university", "nu-quantum", "orca-computing", "stfc", "toshiba-europe" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Gateway to Research lists a project value of £4,505,981. Funded through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (Commercialising Quantum Technologies challenge).", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.4893335, "longitude": -0.1440551, "summary": "An Arqit-led consortium working on UK manufacture of quantum key distribution payloads for satellites.", "description": "The project ran from July 2020 to March 2024. Quantum key distribution over fibre is limited to around 150 km without trusted relay points. Satellites can share keys over much longer distances.\n\nThe consortium set out to build UK capability to design and make satellite payloads for a commercial quantum key distribution service.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Next Generation Satellite QKD", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=41172" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/next-generation-satellite-qkd/" }, { "slug": "deltaflow-os-nisq-os", "name": "NISQ.OS (Deltaflow.OS quantum operating system)", "shortName": "NISQ.OS", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2020, "endYear": 2023, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "riverlane", "leadName": "Riverlane", "partners": [ "arm", "duality-quantum-photonics", "hitachi-europe", "npl", "oxford-ionics", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "seeqc-uk", "universal-quantum" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 7600000, "fundingNote": "£7.6 million grant from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, announced 14 May 2020. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £5,335,743.", "city": "Cambridge", "region": "East of England", "latitude": 52.2053, "longitude": 0.1218, "summary": "A Riverlane-led consortium that built Deltaflow.OS, an operating system meant to run the same software on different kinds of quantum hardware.", "description": "The consortium was awarded a £7.6 million grant in May 2020. It brought together UK quantum hardware companies working on silicon, photonic, superconducting and trapped-ion qubits, plus Arm and the National Physical Laboratory.\n\nThe project set out to give users access to each layer of the quantum computing stack so that tasks can be scheduled well. NPL's role was to help define a standard interface between software and hardware.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: NISQ.OS", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=48482" }, { "title": "Hitachi Europe: UK companies build new operating system for quantum computers", "url": "https://www.hitachi.com/en-eu/press/uk-companies-build-new-operating-system/" }, { "title": "Riverlane: Riverlane to build radically new operating system for quantum computers", "url": "https://www.riverlane.com/news/riverlane-to-build-radically-new-operating-system-for-quantum-computers" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/deltaflow-os-nisq-os/" }, { "slug": "qt-assemble", "name": "QT Assemble: Integrate Quantum Technology Programme", "shortName": "QT Assemble", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2020, "endYear": null, "themes": [ "materials", "sensing" ], "leadOrg": "fraunhofer-cap", "leadName": "Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics", "partners": [ "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-southampton", "inex-microtechnology", "powerphotonic", "gooch-and-housego", "photon-force", "infleqtion-uk", "skylark-lasers", "covesion", "redwave-labs", "caledonian-photonics", "alter-technology-tuv-nord-uk", "aegiq" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Overall project value £10m (public and industry); funded by the UKRI Quantum Technologies Challenge", "city": "Glasgow", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.861, "longitude": -4.243, "summary": "A three-year Fraunhofer CAP-led consortium to make quantum technology components smaller, more robust and easier to build.", "description": "QT Assemble began in September 2020 as a three-year project. Fraunhofer CAP in Glasgow led 13 UK partners from industry and academia. It was funded by the UK Quantum Technologies Challenge, led by UKRI.\n\nThe project tackled size, weight, power and reliability. It used assembly methods such as waveguide writing, nanoscale alignment and monolithic integration to make small integrated lasers, photon sources, detectors and cold-atom sources.", "website": "https://www.cap.fraunhofer.co.uk/en/QuantumTechnologies/QTAssemble.html", "sources": [ { "title": "Fraunhofer CAP: QT Assemble", "url": "https://www.cap.fraunhofer.co.uk/en/QuantumTechnologies/QTAssemble.html" }, { "title": "Quantum Insider: Fraunhofer in Scotland leads £10 million drive", "url": "https://thequantuminsider.com/2020/09/18/fraunhofer-in-scotland-leads-10-million-drive-to-take-quantum-technology-to-another-level/" }, { "title": "DIGIT: UniKLasers secures £800k funding for quantum technology research drive", "url": "https://digit.fyi/uniklasers-secures-800k-funding-for-quantum-technology-research-drive/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qt-assemble/" }, { "slug": "rigetti-uk-quantum-computing-platform", "name": "Quantum Computing Platform for NISQ Era Commercial Applications", "shortName": null, "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2020, "endYear": 2023, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "rigetti-uk", "leadName": "Rigetti UK", "partners": [ "oxford-instruments", "phasecraft", "standard-chartered", "university-of-edinburgh" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Announced as £10 million of government and industry investment through the Quantum Technologies Challenge. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £6,327,662.", "city": "London", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.5074, "longitude": -0.1278, "summary": "A Rigetti UK-led consortium that installed and ran a superconducting quantum computer in the UK and offered it over the cloud.", "description": "The three-year project was announced in September 2020. Rigetti UK assembled and operated the system, hosted with Oxford Instruments in Abingdon. Oxford Instruments supplied the dilution refrigerator.\n\nThe University of Edinburgh worked on testing and verifying quantum programs, and on quantum machine learning for finance with Standard Chartered. Phasecraft worked on near-term applications in materials and chemistry.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Quantum Computing Platform for NISQ Era Commercial Applications", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=44167" }, { "title": "Oxford Instruments: Commercial quantum computer consortium", "url": "https://www.oxinst.com/news/commercial-quantum-computer-consortium/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: Rigetti and Oxford Instruments launch one of UK's first quantum computers", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/rigetti-and-oxford-instruments-launch-one-of-uks-first-quantum-computers-boosting-national-tech-capabilities/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/rigetti-uk-quantum-computing-platform/" }, { "slug": "qfoundry", "name": "UK National Foundry for Quantum Components", "shortName": "QFoundry", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2020, "endYear": 2024, "themes": [ "materials", "communications", "sensing" ], "leadOrg": "compound-semiconductor-centre", "leadName": "Compound Semiconductor Centre", "partners": [ "bay-photonics", "cardiff-university", "csa-catapult", "csconnected", "iqe", "microchip-technology-caldicot", "npl", "toshiba-europe", "university-of-cambridge", "university-of-sheffield" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Gateway to Research lists a project value of £3,996,446. Part-funded by the UK Quantum Technologies Challenge.", "city": "Cardiff", "region": "Wales", "latitude": 51.5309, "longitude": -3.088, "summary": "A consortium led by the Compound Semiconductor Centre in Cardiff to set up an open-access foundry for quantum semiconductor components.", "description": "QFoundry started in September 2020. It focused on manufacturing platforms and supply chains for single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and for single-photon emitters and detectors.\n\nVCSELs are used in atomic clocks and magnetometers. Single-photon devices are used in quantum communications, computing, imaging and sensing. The aim was to use standard semiconductor methods to make these parts at scale in the UK.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: UK National Foundry for Quantum Components (QFoundry)", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=48484" }, { "title": "CSA Catapult: QFoundry", "url": "https://sc.catapult.org.uk/case-studies/live-projects/qfoundry" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/qfoundry/" }, { "slug": "quantum-communications-hub-phase-2", "name": "EPSRC Quantum Communications Hub", "shortName": null, "type": "hub", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2019, "endYear": 2024, "themes": [ "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-york", "leadName": "University of York", "partners": [ "university-of-bristol", "university-of-cambridge", "university-of-glasgow", "heriot-watt-university", "university-of-kent", "university-of-oxford", "queens-university-belfast", "university-of-sheffield", "university-of-strathclyde", "npl", "bt-group", "kets-quantum-security", "arqit", "chase-research-cryogenics", "fraunhofer-cap" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 23500000, "fundingNote": "£23.5m awarded in 2019 for phase 2 (2019 to 2024). Gateway to Research lists grant EP/T001011/1 at £27.8m, running to 31 March 2026. Part of £94m for four hubs announced in July 2019.", "city": "York", "region": "Yorkshire and the Humber", "latitude": 53.9461, "longitude": -1.0533, "summary": "The phase 2 national hub for quantum communications, led by the University of York. The hub's work ran from 2019 to 2024.", "description": "The Quantum Communications Hub led the communications strand of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme from 2014 to 2024. In 2019 it was awarded £23.5m for a second five-year phase. The University of York led it with nine partner universities. Professor Tim Spiller was principal investigator.\n\nThe hub worked on quantum key distribution, quantum networks and satellite quantum communications. It is now complete, and the Integrated Quantum Networks hub carries on this area of work.", "website": "https://www.quantumcommshub.net/", "sources": [ { "title": "Quantum Communications Hub: About the Hub", "url": "https://www.quantumcommshub.net/about-the-hub/" }, { "title": "Gateway to Research: EP/T001011/1", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT001011%2F1" }, { "title": "University of Bristol: £94 million for quantum technologies research hubs (July 2019)", "url": "https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/july/quantum-technologies-research-hubs.html" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantum-communications-hub-phase-2/" }, { "slug": "national-timing-centre", "name": "National Timing Centre R&D programme", "shortName": "NTC", "type": "programme", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2019, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "timing-navigation" ], "leadOrg": "npl", "leadName": "NPL", "partners": [ "university-of-strathclyde", "cranfield-university", "university-of-surrey", "university-of-birmingham", "bt-group" ], "funders": [ "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 36000000, "fundingNote": "£36m announced in February 2020, including £6.7m for SMEs and industry through Innovate UK calls", "city": "Teddington", "region": "London", "latitude": 51.423, "longitude": -0.341, "summary": "An NPL-led programme to build a network of atomic clocks so that the UK relies less on satellite timing signals.", "description": "The government announced £36m for the National Timing Centre in February 2020. The aim is a resilient network of clocks across the UK that can give accurate time to emergency services, the energy grid and banks without depending on satellites.\n\nThe UKRI-funded R&D phase ran from 2019 to March 2025. NPL designed and tested a secure time scale, known as RETSI, across two sites. The programme also set up Time and Frequency Innovation Nodes at the University of Strathclyde, Cranfield University and the University of Surrey. As of April 2025 a five-year follow-on programme was being planned.", "website": "https://www.npl.co.uk", "sources": [ { "title": "GOV.UK: World's first timing centre to protect UK from risk of satellite failure", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/worlds-first-timing-centre-to-protect-uk-from-risk-of-satellite-failure" }, { "title": "NPL: National Timing Centre R&D end of programme report 2019-2025", "url": "https://www.npl.co.uk/getattachment/19e9bcb8-5c04-4d10-bb01-eece817524aa/National-Timing-Centre-R-D-end-of-programme-report-2019-2025.pdf" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/national-timing-centre/" }, { "slug": "quantic-hub-phase-2", "name": "QuantIC - The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging", "shortName": "QuantIC", "type": "hub", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2019, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "imaging", "sensing" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-glasgow", "leadName": "University of Glasgow", "partners": [ "university-of-bristol", "university-of-edinburgh", "university-of-exeter", "heriot-watt-university", "imperial-college-london", "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-southampton", "npl", "fraunhofer-cap", "chase-research-cryogenics", "m-squared-lasers" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 24961172, "fundingNote": "EPSRC grant EP/T00097X/1, value £25.0m on Gateway to Research (1 December 2019 to 31 May 2025). The University of Glasgow announced £28m for phase 2 in July 2019, as part of £94m for four hubs.", "city": "Glasgow", "region": "Scotland", "latitude": 55.8721, "longitude": -4.2882, "summary": "The phase 2 national hub for quantum imaging, led by the University of Glasgow. Its grant ran from December 2019 to May 2025.", "description": "QuantIC was the quantum imaging hub of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. Phase 2 began in December 2019, led by the University of Glasgow with Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Heriot-Watt, Imperial, Strathclyde and Southampton. Professor Steve Beaumont was director at the 2019 announcement, and Professor Miles Padgett is principal investigator on the grant.\n\nThe hub worked on new kinds of cameras and imaging, such as single-photon and quantum-enhanced imaging. Its work continues in the QuSIT hub.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: EP/T00097X/1", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT00097X%2F1" }, { "title": "University of Glasgow: QuantIC wins £28m funding boost in 'Next Leap Forward' (11 July 2019)", "url": "https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2019/july/headline_655959_en.html" }, { "title": "University of Bristol: £94 million for quantum technologies research hubs (July 2019)", "url": "https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/july/quantum-technologies-research-hubs.html" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantic-hub-phase-2/" }, { "slug": "quantum-computing-and-simulation-hub", "name": "UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Computing and Simulation", "shortName": "QCS", "type": "hub", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2019, "endYear": 2024, "themes": [ "computing", "software" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-oxford", "leadName": "University of Oxford", "partners": [ "university-of-bath", "university-of-bristol", "university-of-cambridge", "cardiff-university", "durham-university", "university-of-edinburgh", "university-of-glasgow", "imperial-college-london", "royal-holloway-university-of-london", "university-of-sheffield", "university-of-southampton", "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-surrey", "university-of-sussex", "university-college-london", "university-of-warwick", "airbus", "bp", "bt-group", "dstl", "element-six", "fraunhofer-cap", "gooch-and-housego", "gsk-quantum", "iqe", "johnson-matthey", "m-squared-lasers", "ncsc-uk", "npl", "oxford-instruments", "oxford-quantum-circuits", "qinetiq-quantum-technologies", "quantinuum", "quantum-motion", "rigetti-uk", "rolls-royce" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 27341390, "fundingNote": "EPSRC grant EP/T001062/1, value £27.3m on Gateway to Research (1 December 2019 to 31 May 2025). Part of £94m for four hubs announced in July 2019.", "city": "Oxford", "region": "South East", "latitude": 51.7596, "longitude": -1.2585, "summary": "The phase 2 national hub for quantum computing and simulation, led by the University of Oxford. It ran from 2019 to 2024.", "description": "The Quantum Computing and Simulation Hub was one of four hubs in the second phase of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. The University of Oxford led a partnership of 17 universities. Professor Dominic O'Brien was principal investigator.\n\nIt followed the NQIT hub and worked on quantum computing hardware, simulation, software and applications. QCi3 succeeded it in December 2024.", "website": "https://www.qcshub.org/", "sources": [ { "title": "QCS Hub: Academic partners", "url": "https://www.qcshub.org/academic-partners.html" }, { "title": "QCS Hub: Industry partners", "url": "https://www.qcshub.org/industry-partners.html" }, { "title": "Gateway to Research: EP/T001062/1", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT001062%2F1" }, { "title": "QCS Hub website", "url": "https://www.qcshub.org/" }, { "title": "University of Bristol: £94 million for quantum technologies research hubs (July 2019)", "url": "https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/july/quantum-technologies-research-hubs.html" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/quantum-computing-and-simulation-hub/" }, { "slug": "sensors-and-timing-hub", "name": "UK Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing", "shortName": null, "type": "hub", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2019, "endYear": 2024, "themes": [ "sensing", "timing-navigation" ], "leadOrg": "university-of-birmingham", "leadName": "University of Birmingham", "partners": [ "university-of-glasgow", "imperial-college-london", "university-of-nottingham", "university-of-southampton", "university-of-strathclyde", "university-of-sussex", "british-geological-survey", "npl", "dstl", "redwave-labs", "pa-consulting-quantum-technology", "oxford-instruments", "m-squared-lasers", "bt-group", "magnetic-shields", "bae-systems-quantum", "qinetiq-quantum-technologies" ], "funders": [ "epsrc", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": 28630015, "fundingNote": "EPSRC grant EP/T001046/1, value £28.6m on Gateway to Research (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2024). £23.5m was announced for phase 2 in July 2019, as part of £94m for four hubs.", "city": "Birmingham", "region": "West Midlands", "latitude": 52.4508, "longitude": -1.9305, "summary": "The phase 2 national hub for quantum sensors and clocks, led by the University of Birmingham. It ran from 2019 to 2024.", "description": "The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing was one of four hubs in the second phase of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme. The University of Birmingham led it with Glasgow, Imperial, Nottingham, Southampton, Strathclyde and Sussex, plus the British Geological Survey. Dr Simon Bennett was director at the 2019 announcement, and Professor Michael Holynski is listed as principal investigator on the grant.\n\nPhase 2 focused on uses for quantum sensors, including magnetometry for healthcare, geophysics, navigation and timing. Its work continues in the QuSIT hub.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: EP/T001046/1", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT001046%2F1" }, { "title": "University of Birmingham: Government announces £23.5m for UK Quantum Technology Hub (11 July 2019)", "url": "https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2019/government-announces-23-5m-for-uk-quantum-technology-hub" }, { "title": "University of Bristol: £94 million for quantum technologies research hubs (July 2019)", "url": "https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/july/quantum-technologies-research-hubs.html" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/sensors-and-timing-hub/" }, { "slug": "aquasec", "name": "Agile Quantum Safe Communications", "shortName": "AQuaSeC", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2018, "endYear": 2021, "themes": [ "communications", "networks" ], "leadOrg": "toshiba-europe", "leadName": "Toshiba Europe", "partners": [ "bay-photonics", "bp", "bt-group", "heriot-watt-university", "iqe", "kets-quantum-security", "npl", "queens-university-belfast", "royal-holloway-university-of-london", "university-of-cambridge", "university-of-glasgow", "university-of-sheffield" ], "funders": [ "innovate-uk", "ukri" ], "fundingGBP": null, "fundingNote": "Gateway to Research lists a project value of £5,784,842. Funded through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (Commercialising Quantum Technologies challenge).", "city": "Cambridge", "region": "East of England", "latitude": 52.228, "longitude": 0.153, "summary": "A Toshiba-led consortium that built prototype quantum-safe communication systems. It combined quantum key distribution with quantum-resistant algorithms.", "description": "AQuaSeC ran from November 2018 to August 2021. It aimed to build flexible, low-cost prototypes for quantum-safe networks, to grow a UK supply chain for quantum communication components, and to set up a UK route for security evaluation and certification.\n\nIn October 2020 BT and Toshiba used the project to install a quantum key distribution link between the National Composites Centre and the Centre for Modelling and Simulation in Bristol.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Agile Quantum Safe Communications (AQuaSec)", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104615" }, { "title": "Quantum Communications Hub: AQuaSeC: Agile Quantum Safe Communications", "url": "https://www.quantumcommshub.net/industry-government-media/collaboration-opportunities/2253-2/iscf/aquasec-agile-quantum-safe-communications/" }, { "title": "Quantum Zeitgeist: UK's First Quantum-Secure Industrial Network Launched", "url": "https://quantumzeitgeist.com/bt-and-toshiba-install-first-quantum-secure-industrial-network-in-uk-to-protect-production-facilities-information-transfers/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/aquasec/" }, { "slug": "commercialising-quantum-technologies-challenge", "name": "ISCF Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge", "shortName": "CQT Challenge", "type": "programme", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2018, "endYear": 2025, "themes": [ "computing", "sensing", "imaging", "communications", "timing-navigation" ], "leadOrg": "innovate-uk", "leadName": "Innovate UK", "partners": [ "toshiba-europe", "arqit" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": 174000000, "fundingNote": "£174m public funding, supported by £390m from industry", "city": "Swindon", "region": "South West", "latitude": 51.5675, "longitude": -1.787, "summary": "An Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund programme, delivered by Innovate UK, that funded companies to turn quantum research into products.", "description": "The Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge ran from 2018 to 2025 as part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. UKRI lists total funding of £174 million, supported by £390 million from industry. Innovate UK delivered it.\n\nThe challenge funded collaborative research and development, industry-led technology projects, supply chain feasibility studies and an investment accelerator for early-stage companies. It began with £20 million for four pioneer prototypes in 2018: an underground survey sensor (RSK), a miniature atomic clock (Teledyne e2v), low-cost encryption chips (Toshiba) and quantum key receivers (Arqit). In June 2019 the government announced £153 million of challenge funding, matched by £205 million from industry.", "website": "https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/commercialising-quantum-technologies-challenge", "sources": [ { "title": "Commercialising quantum technologies challenge (UKRI)", "url": "https://www.ukri.org/what-we-do/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/commercialising-quantum-technologies-challenge" }, { "title": "New £153 million programme to commercialise UK's quantum tech (GOV.UK, 13 June 2019)", "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-153-million-programme-to-commercialise-uks-quantum-tech" }, { "title": "Impact evaluation of ISCF Commercialising Quantum Technologies (UKRI)", "url": "https://www.ukri.org/publications/impact-evaluation-of-iscf-commercialising-quantum-technologies/" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/commercialising-quantum-technologies-challenge/" }, { "slug": "gravity-pioneer", "name": "Pioneer Gravity: Gravity sensors for infrastructure productivity, situational awareness and seeing the invisible", "shortName": "Gravity Pioneer", "type": "consortium", "status": "completed", "startYear": 2018, "endYear": 2021, "themes": [ "sensing" ], "leadOrg": "rsk-group", "leadName": "RSK", "partners": [ "alter-technology-tuv-nord-uk", "altran-uk", "fraunhofer-cap", "geomatrix-earth-science", "magnetic-shields", "qinetiq-quantum-technologies", "silicon-microgravity", "skylark-lasers", "teledyne-uk", "university-of-birmingham", "university-of-southampton" ], "funders": [ "ukri", "innovate-uk" ], "fundingGBP": 6000000, "fundingNote": "£6 million from UK Research and Innovation through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.", "city": "Helsby", "region": "North West", "latitude": 53.275, "longitude": -2.771, "summary": "An RSK-led consortium that built and tested a cold-atom gravity sensor for surveying what lies underground.", "description": "Gravity Pioneer was announced in November 2018 at the National Quantum Technologies Showcase. RSK led the work and the University of Birmingham was the academic lead. The aim was a gravity instrument twice as sensitive as an industry-standard sensor and able to measure ten times faster.\n\nThe sensor uses cold-atom interferometry to detect small changes in gravity caused by buried objects such as pipes, voids and sinkholes. The goal is to cut the need to dig or drill to find out what is below the surface.", "website": null, "sources": [ { "title": "Gateway to Research: Pioneer Gravity", "url": "https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104613" }, { "title": "University of Birmingham: Gravity power: industry leaders enter partnership to develop new industry of quantum gravity sensors", "url": "https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news-archive/2018/gravity-power-industry-leaders-enter-partnership-to-develop-new-industry-of-quantum-gravity-sensors" } ], "url": "https://quantum.org.uk/projects/gravity-pioneer/" } ]