Superconducting Platform Technologies
Horizon Europe · Grant topic
Summary
A Polish company can use this call for R&D.
Funds eligible legal entities to develop superconducting quantum platforms from TRL 4 to 7, targeting 1,000 qubits and industrial use cases.
- Who can apply
- Companies can lead: SME, large company, startup, research org, university, other.
- Amount
- €19M – €20M per projectTotal budget €20,000,000
- Deadline
- 17 Nov 2026 01:00 CETin 24 days
- Status
- Openopened 13 Aug 2026
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
Expected Outcome:
This action will consolidate Europe’s position in superconducting quantum computing through:
• Establishment of a full-stack superconducting quantum computer aiming at 1.000 physical qubits and QPU architecture based on chiplet technology. The system should feature a scalable and user-adjustable architecture, T1 coherence time above 100 us, gate fidelities (both one- and two-qubit gates, and read-out) of at least 99.9%, read-out speed below 300 ns, two-qubit gate speed below 20 ns.
• Demonstration of quantum advantage on selected industrial use cases, validated through benchmarking with best-in-class classical methods.
• Deployment of a cloud-accessible quantum system integrated with high-performance computing environments.
• Maturation of fault-tolerant quantum computing protocols, including effective quantum error correction and noise mitigation schemes.
• Delivery of a comprehensive, standardised software stack supporting system bring-up, calibration, control, benchmarking, and user access.
Strengthened supply chains and industrial capacity in Europe for superconducting quantum technologies.
Scope:
The proposal should contribute to the scale-up and practical deployment of superconducting quantum computing platforms and must address at least two of the critical technical roadblocks identified in the SRIA 2030, among which necessarily:
• Error Correction and Fault Tolerance: the implementation of error correction and fault-tolerant quantum computing via significant improvements in gate fidelity, coherence times, and noise mitigation strategies.
• Cryogenic and Interconnect Engineering: integration with cryoelectronic and efficient signal routing at low temperatures at the scale of 1,000+ qubits, also addressing the scalability issues that prevent the implementation of an industrial-grade quantum computing platform
In addition, the proposal should address the following:
• Construction and demonstration of a modular superconducting quantum computer with high-fidelity gates and scalable architecture.
• Integration of all required layers: quantum hardware, cryogenic infrastructure, control electronics, and a full-stack software suite.
• Establishment of mature test and measurement capabilities at the production sites, in particular cryogenic screening capacity of chiplets for the early identification of perfectly working chiplets before being assembled in the final QPU package.
• Establishment of full interoperability and open standards across the various chiplet manufacturers. The project should also pursue the development of standards and EU-wide certification schemes.
• Development and validation of advanced error correction and fault-tolerance schemes suited for superconducting qubits.
• Demonstration of real-life use cases (minimum of two) addressing relevant industrial challenges within the lifetime of the project. Use cases should show quantum advantage or clear progression towards it, with validation against classical methods.
• Deployment of a full software stack to operate the system, including tools for calibration, control, performance verification, benchmarking, and interfacing with classical computing environments.
• Development of standardised interfaces and APIs for access, control, and hybrid workflows, ensuring interoperability with classical HPC systems and cloud-based platforms.
• Provision of remote access capabilities to enable wide use by academic, research, and industrial communities across Europe.
• Contribution to the creation of a robust and independent European supply chain for superconducting quantum technologies, including scalable cryogenics, high-fidelity readout and control electronics, and superconducting chip fabrication.
• Open access to the system for co-design and evaluation of algorithms, supported by training resources and documentation.
Technology Readiness Level - Technology readiness level expected from completed projects
The rules are described in General Annex B of the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026-2027.
Activities are expected to start at TRL 4 and to achieve TRL 7 by the end of the project
Who can apply, in detail
- Applicant types
- SME, Large company, Startup, Research org, University, Other
- Purpose
- Research and innovation
- R&D relevance
- 3 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- EU Member States or EuroHPC JU Participating States; non-eligible-country control requires approved guarantees.
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Unclear
- Readiness level (TRL)
- 4-7
- Topics
- Superconducting quantum computing
- Chiplet QPU architectures
- Quantum error correction
- HPC integration
- Industrial quantum applications
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026
Conditions
Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.
- Applicant restriction
- Entities in an otherwise eligible country that are directly or indirectly controlled by a non-eligible country/entity may not participate absent guarantees approved by the eligible country showing no negative impact on Union strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security.
- Eligible geography
- Participation is limited to legal entities established in EU Member States or EuroHPC JU Participating States. Associated Horizon Europe countries can qualify if they become EuroHPC JU participating states before grant-agreement signature.
- Eligible project scope
- At least two SRIA technical roadblocks are required, including the mandatory listed challenges. The proposal requires a minimum of two industrial use cases. TRL 4 start and TRL 7 end are stated for the action.
- Eligible project scope
- The proposal should contribute to the scale-up and practical deployment of superconducting quantum computing platforms and must address at least two of the critical technical roadblocks identified in the SRIA 2030, among which necessarily:
- Other condition
- HORIZON-JU-RIA under HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based (HORIZON-AG).
- Other condition
- Single-stage call deadline: 17 November 2026.
- Other condition
- Official EuroHPC JU call page lists the single-stage deadline as 17 November 2026, 17:00 CET.
- Other condition
- Employee/equivalent actual personnel costs are calculated using the person’s actual eligible annual personnel cost divided by 215, multiplied by action day-equivalents; this is a calculation method, not a stated salary cap or salary amount. No job-specific pay rates or numeric salary ceilings found in the reviewed topic record.
- Other condition
- The topic budget overview expects one grant.
- Other condition
- The topic submission session opened 13 August 2026; current record gives single-stage deadline 17 November 2026.
- Expected project duration
- 42
Expected project/action duration, not a hard maximum or minimum. QTI duration was not stated in the announcement reviewed.
Amounts and costs
- Indicative budget
- €20,000,000
Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
- Call allocation
- €20,000,000
- Eligible cost
- This topic is offered as a HORIZON-AG budget-based grant. MGA describes actual-cost grants as budget-based mixed actual-cost grants reimbursing only eligible costs actually incurred for the project; personnel categories and conditions are defined in MGA Article 6.2.A.
- Eligible cost
- The applicable reimbursement rate is the rate fixed in the specific call/topic conditions and grant agreement; RIA maximum is 100% of eligible costs.
- Eligible cost
- Potential personnel costs for beneficiaries may include (A.1) employees/equivalent under employment contract or equivalent appointing act and assigned to action; (A.2) natural persons under a non-employment direct contract and (A.3) third-party seconded persons against payment, subject to employee-like work conditions and beneficiary ownership of results unless agreed otherwise; and (A.4) unpaid SME owners or natural-person beneficiaries as unit costs under Annex 2a. Topic-specific staff positions, hiring volumes, qualifications, FTE and pay rates are not stated in the reviewed topic record.
- Funding intensity, maximum
- 100
General Horizon Europe maximum for RIA; the call-specific rate fixed in the topic conditions and grant agreement governs and may set the applicable rate.
- Expected project funding, up to
- €20,000,000
Expected EU contribution for the topic; the source describes an expected contribution range, not a guaranteed award or hard project-cost ceiling.
- Expected project funding, from
- €19,000,000
Expected EU contribution for the topic; the source describes an expected contribution range, not a guaranteed award or hard eligibility floor.
Personnel and services
Other role
Staff cost the grant can fund
Conditional eligible cost category under the budget-based HORIZON-AG MGA; a role is not a topic-mandated hire. Must be assigned to the action and incurred/declared under the applicable cost-category rules. No FTE, headcount, or duration requirement found in topic scope.
Source documents
Call facts
- Opens
- 13 Aug 2026
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Programme
- Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027
- Call
- HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-SPT-10 · Superconducting Platform Technologies
- Types of action
- HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 23 Oct 2026
- Portal updated
- 19 Oct 2026
- Review status
- Partial review
- Reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.