Innovate UK
Funder · Swindon
Roger McKinlay
Former roleFormer Challenge Director, Quantum Technologies, Innovate UK
Was Innovate UK's challenge director for quantum technologies, leading its business-facing quantum programmes including the Quantum Missions pilot.
Organisations
Projects
- Completed Programme · 2018 to 2025
ISCF Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge
CQT Challenge
An Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund programme, delivered by Innovate UK, that funded companies to turn quantum research into products.
Led by Innovate UK
Funding: £174m
Themes: Computing, Sensing, Imaging, Communications, Timing and navigation
- Completed Programme · 2025 to 2026
Quantum Missions pilot: Quantum Computing and Quantum Networks
Quantum Missions pilot
An Innovate UK competition that funded industry projects in quantum computing and quantum networks towards the UK quantum missions.
Led by Innovate UK
Themes: Computing, Networks