Horizon Europe

Next-Generation QKD Systems

Deadline: 17 November 202615 days left · check the hour on the call's page
Amount per project: 21–24 m EURabout 1 grant · 24 m EUR in total
Funding rate: do 100% kosztów kwalifikowalnych

What it funds

Funds development and demonstration of next-generation quantum key distribution and hybrid quantum-classical cryptographic systems; applicant eligibility is unspecified.

Quantum key distribution · Quantum-secure communications · Post-quantum cryptography · Hybrid cryptographic systems

Who can apply

Przedsiębiorstwa i duże firmy, uczelnie oraz organizacje badawcze w konsorcjach co najmniej trzech niezależnych podmiotów z trzech krajów.

Rules of this edition

In Polish, as the source we read gives them.

Co najmniej jeden partner konsorcjum z państwa UE.
Oczekiwany rozwój technologii od TRL 4 do TRL 7.
Demonstracja hybrydowych rozwiązań QKD-PQC w co najmniej dwóch realistycznych zastosowaniach.
Integracja z infrastrukturą klasyczną i optyczną bez powielania wdrożeń EuroQCI.

Rules checked on 30 October 2026 on the operator's page: eurohpc-ju.europa.eu

Deadline and amount as of 2 November 2026.

Next steps at Wrocław University of Science and Technology

The Projects Office has no separate procedure for this programme, so these are the general rules.

FirstBefore you start work on the application, tell the head of your unit and set out the project's risks. You need written consent to prepare and run the project. The head of the unit also names the project lead on the notice form.
Tell the Projects Office you plan to apply.
By 2 November 2026Hand in the original project notice at the Projects Office secretariat, signed by the project lead and the dean (in another unit: its head), at least 10 working days before the application goes out. Hand in the signed risk analysis with it. When the project spans several units, their heads consent to their own tasks.Documents: annex 1 to ZW 2/2023 (individual project: annex 1a) and annex 1b
In a partner project, the notice starts the check of the cooperation agreement.
Before the application goes out (the rules give no number of days)Hand the original annex on the project's scope to the Bursar's Office (Kwestura) for a VAT opinion, and request the VAT eligibility statement in the form the funder requires. When the statement exists only in the funder's system, attach a printout from it. Send a scan of the opinion to the Projects Office. A copy of the statement later goes with the request to open the project.Documents: annex 2 to ZW 2/2023 (investment project: annex 2a for equipment, annex 2b for construction)
By 5 November 2026Hand in the application documents for the Projects Office to check at least 7 working days before the application goes out, also when PWr is a partner or a consortium member.Documents: application documents
17 November 2026The last moment to file the application with the funder.Check the hour on the call's page.

The dates count statutory holidays, not days off set by the Rector.

The rules on the Projects Office site

Contact

Dział ProjektówMain Building, A-1, room 150AWyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław+48 71 320 45 71 dp@pwr.edu.pl