70 projects since 2012: 25 consortia, 15 programmes, 9 hubs, 7 NQCC and other testbeds, 6 centres and 5 missions. 32 are active. Each lists its lead, partners, funders and sources.
70 projects
ProQure
A government procurement programme to fund prototype quantum computers now and buy large-scale machines for national infrastructure in the 2030s.
Led by Innovate UK
Themes: Computing
QATCH
A four-year programme on quantum software, algorithms and verification, led by the University of Edinburgh's Quantum Software Lab with the NQCC.
Led by Quantum Software Lab
Funding: £20m
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
SPOQC
A UK CubeSat mission to test quantum key distribution between a satellite and a ground station in Edinburgh.
Led by Heriot-Watt University
Themes: Communications, Networks
EPSRC fellowships for 11 early-career quantum technology researchers at UK universities.
Led by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Themes: Skills and training, Computing, Sensing
ARTEMIS
A photonic quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.
Led by Aegiq
Themes: Computing
Asteroidea
A photonic quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.
Led by ORCA Computing
Themes: Computing
A doctoral training centre run by the universities of Sussex and Bristol to train PhD researchers in quantum technology.
Led by University of Sussex
Funding: £24m
Themes: Skills and training, Computing
A superconducting quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.
Led by Rigetti UK
Themes: Computing
QCi3
The national research hub for quantum computing, led by the University of Oxford. It works on scalable and networked quantum computers.
Led by University of Oxford
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Computing, Networks, Software and algorithms
IQN
A national research hub building quantum networks, from local links to satellite connections. Heriot-Watt University leads it.
Led by Heriot-Watt University
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Networks, Communications
A £30m programme that paid seven companies to build prototype quantum computers, known as testbeds, at the NQCC in Harwell.
Led by NQCC
Funding: £30m
Themes: Computing
QuBIC
An incubation programme at Harwell, run by STFC with the NQCC, that gives quantum start-ups small grants and business support.
Led by Quantum Business Incubation Centre
Themes: Computing, Skills and training
QUARTET
A trapped-ion quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.
Led by Oxford Ionics
Themes: Computing
A silicon spin qubit quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.
Led by Quantum Motion
Themes: Computing
SQALE
A neutral-atom quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.
Led by Infleqtion UK (ColdQuanta UK Ltd)
Themes: Computing
A neutral-atom quantum computing testbed built for the National Quantum Computing Centre under its 2024 testbed programme.
Led by QuEra Computing (UK)
Themes: Computing
QEPNT
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.
Led by University of Glasgow
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Timing and navigation, Sensing, Defence and security
Q-BIOMED
A national research hub that develops quantum sensors for earlier diagnosis of disease. UCL and the University of Cambridge lead it.
Led by University College London
Funding: £24m
Themes: Sensing, Biomedical and health, Imaging
QuSIT
A national research hub for quantum sensing, imaging and timing, led by the University of Birmingham.
Led by University of Birmingham
Funding: £22m
Themes: Sensing, Imaging, Timing and navigation
Mission 1
A government goal that by 2035 there will be accessible, UK-based quantum computers able to run one trillion operations.
Led by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
Mission 2
A government goal that by 2035 the UK will have deployed the world's most advanced quantum network at scale.
Led by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Themes: Networks, Communications
Mission 3
A government goal that by 2030 every NHS Trust will benefit from quantum sensing-enabled solutions.
Led by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Themes: Sensing, Imaging, Biomedical and health
Mission 4
A government goal that by 2030 quantum navigation systems, including clocks, will be deployed on aircraft.
Led by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Themes: Timing and navigation, Sensing
Mission 5
A government goal that by 2030 mobile, networked quantum sensors will give new situational awareness across critical infrastructure.
Led by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Themes: Sensing, Defence and security
A commercial trial of a quantum-secured fibre network in London, run by BT with quantum key distribution equipment from Toshiba.
Led by BT Group
Themes: Communications, Networks
SparQ
The NQCC's programme for helping UK companies and researchers find uses for quantum computers and get access to them.
Led by NQCC
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms, Skills and training
A University of Glasgow centre that brings together the university's quantum research and development.
Led by University of Glasgow
Themes: Imaging, Sensing, Computing
NQCC
The UK's national laboratory for quantum computing, based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory on the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire.
Led by NQCC
Funding: £93m
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms, Skills and training
QTIC
A University of Bristol innovation centre with facilities and support for quantum and deep tech start-ups.
Led by University of Bristol
Funding: £35m
Themes: Computing, Communications, Sensing
QMI
NPL's institute that provides measurement expertise and facilities for testing and validating quantum technologies.
Led by NPL
Themes: Timing and navigation, Sensing, Computing, Communications
NQTP
The UK's national programme for quantum technologies, set up in 2014 as a partnership between government, academia and industry.
Led by UK Research and Innovation
Themes: Computing, Sensing, Imaging, Timing and navigation, Communications, Networks, Skills and training
Fraunhofer CAP
Fraunhofer's first UK research centre, in Glasgow, with a dedicated unit for lasers and photonics used in quantum technologies.
Led by Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics
Themes: Sensing, Communications, Materials and components
An Innovate UK grant competition to remove barriers to the use of quantum sensing and navigation technology.
Led by Innovate UK
Funding: £14.3m
Themes: Sensing, Timing and navigation
A planned national centre, funded by EPSRC, to teach researchers the skills needed to turn quantum research into companies and products.
Led by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Themes: Skills and training
An Innovate UK grant competition, funded by DSIT, to build supply chains around quantum sensing and navigation system makers.
Led by Innovate UK
Funding: £32.8m
Themes: Sensing, Timing and navigation
QCNDS
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.
Led by University of Strathclyde, Aldermaston
Themes: Computing, Sensing, Defence and security
ADOPT-TEM
A proof of concept that applied Algorithmiq error mitigation to a Rigetti fraud detection method on NQCC hardware.
Led by Algorithmiq UK
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
Quantum Sensing Mission Primer
Innovate UK contracts for 14 projects building quantum sensors and position, navigation and timing products, run as phase 1 of the sensing missions.
Led by Innovate UK
Funding: £14m
Themes: Sensing, Timing and navigation, Imaging
Q-CTRL and Johnson Matthey used quantum optimisation to study metal-free catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells.
Led by Q-CTRL UK
Themes: Computing, Materials and components
OAQ Testbed
A TreQ-led consortium that built a modular quantum computing testbed in Oxfordshire that mixes processors, control systems and software from different suppliers.
Led by TreQ
Themes: Computing
QTA-Foil
Aegiq and BAE Systems estimated the quantum resources needed to speed up aerodynamic and hydrodynamic design.
Led by Aegiq
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
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
QPINN
OQC and Citi tested whether quantum-compressed neural networks can price financial derivatives.
Led by Oxford Quantum Circuits
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
A 4colors-led proof of concept that tested hybrid classical and quantum algorithms for loading cargo on aircraft.
Led by 4colors Research
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
Applied Quantum Computing built a prototype hybrid quantum-classical model to predict risks for intensive care patients.
Led by Applied Quantum Computing
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms, Biomedical and health
Frazer-Nash, ORCA Computing and The Crown Estate looked at whether quantum optimisation can help renewable energy planning.
Led by Frazer-Nash Consultancy
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
MARCONI
A RedWave Labs-led consortium building two UK-made receiver modules for entanglement-based quantum key distribution.
Led by RedWave Labs
Funding: £1.5m
Themes: Communications, Networks
A BT-led consortium developing ways to assure the security and reliability of quantum key distribution systems.
Led by BT Group
Themes: Communications, Networks
QuantiCo
A consortium of Capgemini UK, Airbus, King's College London and the NQCC that used quantum chemistry methods to predict corrosion of aluminium alloys.
Lead not confirmed in sources
Themes: Computing, Materials and components
Quantum Catalyst Fund
A £15 million SBRI competition, funded by DSIT and Innovate UK, to help the public sector adopt quantum solutions.
Led by Innovate UK
Funding: £15m
Themes: Computing, Sensing, Imaging, Timing and navigation
AutoQT
A Riverlane-led consortium developing automated methods to control and tune large numbers of qubits.
Led by Riverlane
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
A Universal Quantum-led consortium building a trapped-ion quantum computer that can correct its own errors, with Rolls-Royce as end user.
Led by Universal Quantum
Funding: £7.5m
Themes: Computing
QuPharma
A SEEQC-led consortium linking a quantum computer with a classical supercomputer to model drug properties.
Led by SEEQC UK
Themes: Computing, Biomedical and health
An ORCA-led consortium that designed and demonstrated how a quantum computer could sit inside a data centre alongside classical systems.
Led by ORCA Computing
Themes: Computing, Communications, Networks
A sureCore-led consortium designing chip technology that works at the very low temperatures inside quantum computers.
Led by sureCore
Funding: £6.5m
Themes: Computing, Materials and components
A BT-led consortium testing free-space quantum key distribution for short and mid-range links, including 5G and connected vehicles.
Led by BT Group
Themes: Communications, Networks
DISCOVERY
An M Squared-led consortium that worked on the photonics needed to scale neutral-atom, trapped-ion and optical quantum computers.
Led by M Squared Lasers
Themes: Computing
An Arqit-led consortium working on UK manufacture of quantum key distribution payloads for satellites.
Led by Arqit
Themes: Communications, Networks
NISQ.OS
A Riverlane-led consortium that built Deltaflow.OS, an operating system meant to run the same software on different kinds of quantum hardware.
Led by Riverlane
Funding: £7.6m
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
QT Assemble
A three-year Fraunhofer CAP-led consortium to make quantum technology components smaller, more robust and easier to build.
Led by Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics
Themes: Materials and components, Sensing
A Rigetti UK-led consortium that installed and ran a superconducting quantum computer in the UK and offered it over the cloud.
Led by Rigetti UK
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
QFoundry
A consortium led by the Compound Semiconductor Centre in Cardiff to set up an open-access foundry for quantum semiconductor components.
Led by Compound Semiconductor Centre
Themes: Materials and components, Communications, Sensing
The phase 2 national hub for quantum communications, led by the University of York. The hub's work ran from 2019 to 2024.
Led by University of York
Funding: £23.5m
Themes: Communications, Networks
NTC
An NPL-led programme to build a network of atomic clocks so that the UK relies less on satellite timing signals.
Led by NPL
Funding: £36m
Themes: Timing and navigation
QuantIC
The phase 2 national hub for quantum imaging, led by the University of Glasgow. Its grant ran from December 2019 to May 2025.
Led by University of Glasgow
Funding: £25m
Themes: Imaging, Sensing
QCS
The phase 2 national hub for quantum computing and simulation, led by the University of Oxford. It ran from 2019 to 2024.
Led by University of Oxford
Funding: £27.3m
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
The phase 2 national hub for quantum sensors and clocks, led by the University of Birmingham. It ran from 2019 to 2024.
Led by University of Birmingham
Funding: £28.6m
Themes: Sensing, Timing and navigation
AQuaSeC
A Toshiba-led consortium that built prototype quantum-safe communication systems. It combined quantum key distribution with quantum-resistant algorithms.
Led by Toshiba Europe
Themes: Communications, Networks
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
Gravity Pioneer
An RSK-led consortium that built and tested a cold-atom gravity sensor for surveying what lies underground.
Led by RSK
Funding: £6m
Themes: Sensing
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