UK quantum funding

Funded projects, largest first

1. £174m

   #1 · 24% of total

   ISCF Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge (CQT Challenge)

   Completed Programme · 2018 to 2025 Led by Innovate UK

   Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK

   Funding note

   £174m public funding, supported by £390m from industry

2. £93m

   #2 · 13% of total

   National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC)

   Active Centre · 2020 onwards Led by NQCC

   Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council

   Funding note

   Initial £93m UKRI investment through EPSRC and STFC; UKRI has invested a further £50m, including through the Technology Missions Fund

3. £36m

   #3 · 5% of total

   National Timing Centre R&D programme (NTC)

   Completed Programme · 2019 to 2025 Led by NPL

   Funders: UK Research and Innovation

   Funding note

   £36m announced in February 2020, including £6.7m for SMEs and industry through Innovate UK calls

4. £35m

   #4 · 5% of total

   Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre (QTIC)

   Active Facility · 2017 onwards Led by University of Bristol

   Funders: West of England Combined Authority

   Funding note

   £35m from local government: £14.97m Local Growth Fund (2017) and £20m from the West of England Combined Authority (2019)

5. £32.8m

   #5 · 4% of total

   Scaling Supply Chains for Quantum Enabled Sensing and PNT

   Planned Programme · 2026 to 2030 Led by Innovate UK

   Funders: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Innovate UK

   Funding note

   Up to £32.8m; grants of £4m to £6m per project

6. £30m

   #6 · 4% of total

   NQCC Quantum Computing Testbed Programme

   Active Programme · 2024 onwards Led by NQCC

   Funders: UK Research and Innovation, NQCC, Innovate UK

   Funding note

   £30m from the UKRI Technology Missions Fund and the NQCC; competition delivered by Innovate UK

7. £28.6m

   #7 · 4% of total

   UK Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing

   Completed Hub · 2019 to 2024 Led by University of Birmingham

   Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

   Funding note

   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.

8. £27.3m

   #8 · 4% of total

   UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Computing and Simulation (QCS)

   Completed Hub · 2019 to 2024 Led by University of Oxford

   Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

   Funding note

   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.

9. £25m

   #9 · 3% of total

   QuantIC - The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging (QuantIC)

   Completed Hub · 2019 to 2025 Led by University of Glasgow

   Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

   Funding note

   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.

10. £24m

    #10 · 3% of total

    EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Information Science and Technologies

    Active Programme · 2024 to 2028 Led by University of Sussex

    Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

    Funding note

    £24m from EPSRC, industry and other government bodies, including £11.6m from project partners

11. £24m

    #11 · 3% of total

    UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub (Q-BIOMED)

    Active Hub · 2024 onwards Led by University College London

    Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation, National Institute for Health and Care Research

    Funding note

    £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.

12. £23.5m

    #12 · 3% of total

    EPSRC Quantum Communications Hub

    Completed Hub · 2019 to 2024 Led by University of York

    Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    £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.

13. £22m

    #13 · 3% of total

    UK Quantum Technology Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing (QuSIT)

    Active Hub · 2024 to 2029 Led by University of Birmingham

    Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    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.

14. £21.9m

    #14 · 3% of total

    Hub for Quantum Computing via Integrated and Interconnected Implementations (QCi3)

    Active Hub · 2024 to 2029 Led by University of Oxford

    Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    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.

15. £21.9m

    #15 · 3% of total

    UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation and Timing (QEPNT)

    Active Hub · 2024 to 2029 Led by University of Glasgow

    Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    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.

16. £21.9m

    #16 · 3% of total

    Integrated Quantum Networks Quantum Technology Research Hub (IQN)

    Active Hub · 2024 to 2029 Led by Heriot-Watt University

    Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    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.

17. £20m

    #17 · 3% of total

    Quantum Advantage TurboCHarger (QATCH)

    Active Programme · 2026 onwards Led by Quantum Software Lab

    Funders: UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    £20m from the UK Government, as stated by the University of Edinburgh; UKRI describes £20m for the NQCC and the Quantum Software Lab together

18. £15m

    #18 · 2% of total

    SBRI: Quantum Catalyst Fund (Quantum Catalyst Fund)

    Completed Programme · 2023 to 2025 Led by Innovate UK

    Funders: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Innovate UK

    Funding note

    £15m: up to £2m for phase 1 feasibility, up to £13m for phase 2 prototypes

19. £14.3m

    #19 · 2% of total

    Accelerating adoption of quantum enabled sensing and PNT

    Planned Programme · 2026 to 2028 Led by Innovate UK

    Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK

    Funding note

    Up to £14.3m; grants of £1m to £3m per project

20. £14m

    #20 · 2% of total

    Contracts for Innovation: Quantum Sensors and PNT Missions Primer (Quantum Sensing Mission Primer)

    Completed Programme · 2025 to 2026 Led by Innovate UK

    Funders: Innovate UK, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    Funding note

    £14m shared by 14 projects of £0.5m to £1.5m

21. £7.6m

    #21 · 1% of total

    NISQ.OS (Deltaflow.OS quantum operating system) (NISQ.OS)

    Completed Consortium · 2020 to 2023 Led by Riverlane

    Funders: Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    £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.

22. £7.5m

    #22 · 1% of total

    Developing an error corrected quantum processor solution for commercial quantum computing

    Completed Consortium · 2022 to 2025 Led by Universal Quantum

    Funders: Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    £7.5 million grant from Innovate UK's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £5,660,802.

23. £6.5m

    #23 · 1% of total

    Development of cryo-CMOS to enable the next generation of scalable quantum computers

    Completed Consortium · 2021 to 2025 Led by sureCore

    Funders: Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation

    Funding note

    Reported as a £6.5 million Innovate UK grant. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £4,846,790.

24. £6m

    #24 · 1% of total

    Pioneer Gravity: Gravity sensors for infrastructure productivity, situational awareness and seeing the invisible (Gravity Pioneer)

    Completed Consortium · 2018 to 2021 Led by RSK

    Funders: UK Research and Innovation, Innovate UK

    Funding note

    £6 million from UK Research and Innovation through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.

25. £1.5m

    #25 · 0% of total

    MARCONI: Modular UK QKD receivers for Quantum Internet (MARCONI)

    Completed Consortium · 2024 to 2026 Led by RedWave Labs

    Funders: Innovate UK

    Funding note

    Reported as £1.5 million from Innovate UK. Gateway to Research lists a project value of £1,492,450.

Totals by funder

Sum of the funded projects that name each funder. "Sole funder" counts only projects where it is the only funder named.

Projects without a sourced figure (45)

These may well be funded; the directory just has no source giving a project-level amount yet.

• ADOPT-TEMFunded through the NQCC SparQ programme
• AQuaSeCGateway to Research lists a project value of £5,784,842. Funded through the Industrial St…
• AIRQKDReported as a £7.7 million trial funded through the Quantum Technologies Challenge. Gatew…
• ARTEMISPart of the £30m NQCC testbed programme
• AsteroideaPart of the £30m NQCC testbed programme
• AutoQTGateway to Research lists a project value of £5,331,166. Funded through the Industrial St…
• Centre for Quantum Commercialisation SkillsEPSRC funding opportunity for one centre, up to £11.3m over four years; UKRI's March 2026…
• Centre for Quantum Technology, University of Glasgow
• DISCOVERYDescribed as a £10 million programme part-funded by the Quantum Technologies Challenge. G…
• EPSRC Quantum Technology Career Acceleration Fellowships£15m for 11 fellowships (UKRI); given as £15.1m in the April 2025 government package
• Fraunhofer CAP£8m from DSIT over four years, announced December 2025
• From batteries to windfarms: Quantum optimisation solutions for the renewable sectorFunded through the NQCC SparQ programme
• Full-stack superconducting testbed (Rigetti UK)Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme
• London Quantum-Secured Metro Network
• Next Generation Satellite QKD: Creating a UK Sovereign Capability for Manufacturing Satellite QKD PayloadsGateway to Research lists a project value of £4,505,981. Funded through the Industrial St…
• Nitrogen Doped Graphene CatalystsFunded through the NQCC SparQ programme
• OAQ TestbedBuilt for Innovate UK's Quantum Missions pilot. Gateway to Research lists a project value…
• ProQurePhase 1 contracts up to £14m each (up to 10 expected); phase 2 up to £75m; up to £1bn for…
• QAssureGateway to Research lists a project value of £1,972,331.
• QT AssembleOverall project value £10m (public and industry); funded by the UKRI Quantum Technologies…
• QTA-FoilFunded through the NQCC SparQ programme
• QuantiCoFunded through the NQCC SparQ programme
• QuBICUp to £50k R&D funding and £10k in vouchers per company
• QCNDS
• Quantum Computing Platform for NISQ Era Commercial ApplicationsAnnounced as £10 million of government and industry investment through the Quantum Techno…
• QuPharmaDescribed by STFC as a £4.7 million project within the Commercialising Quantum Technologi…
• QMI
• Mission 1£670m for quantum computing announced June 2025; up to £1bn for procurement of large-scal…
• Mission 2£125m for quantum networking announced March 2026
• Mission 3£205m for quantum sensing and navigation announced March 2026 (shared with Missions 4 and…
• Mission 4£205m for quantum sensing and navigation announced March 2026 (shared with Missions 3 and…
• Mission 5£205m for quantum sensing and navigation announced March 2026 (shared with Missions 3 and…
• Quantum Missions pilotOver £12m to 10 projects (March 2025), plus a further £10m for five projects (May 2025)
• QPINNFunded through the NQCC SparQ programme
• Quantum-Accelerated Mixed-Integer Optimisation for Aircraft LoadingFunded through the NQCC SparQ programme
• Quantum-Enhanced Clinical Decision Support for Intensive Care MedicineFunded through the NQCC SparQ programme
• QUARTETPart of the £30m NQCC testbed programme
• SPOQC
• Silicon Cloverleaf testbed (Quantum Motion)Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme
• SparQ
• SQALEPart of the £30m NQCC testbed programme
• The Quantum Data Centre of the FutureGateway to Research lists a project value of £8,792,417. Funded through the Industrial St…
• Towards an error-corrected neutral-atom quantum computer (QuEra)Part of the £30m NQCC testbed programme
• QFoundryGateway to Research lists a project value of £3,996,446. Part-funded by the UK Quantum Te…
• NQTPOver £1bn of public funding since 2014 (GOV.UK, March 2026)