Theme
Algorithms, compilers and applications that run on quantum hardware, from chemistry to optimisation.
15 projects (5 active), £169.9m of it with a sourced funding figure; University of Oxford leads the most (2). 58 companies and start-ups work in this area.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
AutoQT
A Riverlane-led consortium developing automated methods to control and tune large numbers of qubits.
Led by Riverlane
Themes: Computing, Software and algorithms
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
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
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
Leads, partners and funders of the projects above.
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Organisations whose listed specialisms match this theme but which are not yet linked to a project here.
