Eureka Quantum collaborative R&D Multilateral 2024

To be eligible for grant funding from Innovate UK you must:

• be business-led
• be or include at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME)
• include at least two independent legal entities from a minimum of two Eureka countries participating in the competition (this includes the UK)

The UK registered partners in your Eureka project must nominate one business, of any size, to start an Innovate UK application. We refer to them as the ‘lead organisation’ and the person they nominate to have overall responsibility as the ‘lead applicant’.

The UK lead applicant can also collaborate with:

• other UK registered businesses of any size
• UK registered research organisations

A business, charity, not-for-profit or non-government body can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in two further applications.

If an RTO is not leading any application, it can collaborate in any number of applications.

An academic institution can collaborate on any number of applications.

Your project can last up to 36 months and the earliest start date is 1 April 2025. The start date depends on the national funding procedures of the Eureka members involved in the selected projects.

Projects must be collaborative.

To be eligible for grant funding from Innovate UK you must:

• be business-led
• be or include at least one UK registered micro, small or medium sized enterprise (SME)
• include at least two independent legal entities from a minimum of two Eureka countries participating in the competition

The UK is a Eureka country participating in the competition.

The UK lead applicant must collaborate with at least one organisation from a Eureka country participating in the competition. It must be a separate legal entity, not linked to the UK partners.

The organisations from participating Eureka members must meet the funding and eligibility conditions of their respective national funding bodies. These will be published on the Eureka call for proposals web page when this competition opens. These organisations must apply through their own funding bodies and not through the Innovation Funding Service.

Each partner must carry out the majority of their funded work within the Eureka member from which they receive funding, for example the UK for Innovate UK funding.

There must be a genuine collaboration. No more than 70% of the total eligible project costs can be claimed by a single partner or by all partners from a single participating Eureka member collectively.

The aim of this competition is to support international collaboration on R&D projects that create innovative products, processes or services for commercialisation. We will fund projects in Quantum technology.

Your project must have high market potential and develop at least one of the following:

• innovative products
• technology-based applications
• technology-based services

Your collaborative R&D proposal must demonstrate:

• a clear game-changing or disruptive innovative idea leading to new products, processes or services
• a strong and deliverable business plan that addresses and documents market potential and needs
• sound, practical financial plans and timelines
• good value for money, which will always be a consideration in Innovate UK funding decisions
• a clear, evidence-based plan to deliver significant economic impact, return on investment (ROI) and growth through commercialisation, as soon as possible after project completion
• clear, considerable potential to significantly benefit the UK economy or national productivity
• the benefit of participants from the countries working together and how this adds value
• a clear definition of where intellectual property (IP) can be used and shared between the participants and countries
• a clear route to market within two to three years of project completion

We are looking to fund a portfolio of projects, across a variety of technologies, markets, technological maturities and research categories.

Your project must focus on one or more of the following:

Quantum computing

Quantum simulation and stack levels

Quantum communications and cyber security

• Performance
• Integration
• Industrialisation

Quantum sensing and metrology

We will not fund projects that work on non-civilian technologies.

Innovate UK will hold an online briefing at 11.30am on Tuesday 13 February: click here for the joining link.

If you would like help to find a collaboration partner, contact Innovate UK KTN’s Quantum team or our Global team.