Call for Proposals in Quantum Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies 

The QuantERA programme, supported by the European Commission, forms a network of Research Funding Organisations across Europe and beyond. It is dedicated to advancing high-quality research and innovation in the field of Quantum Technologies (QT). The funding organisations of QuantERA jointly finance multilateral and transnational projects with the potential to initiate or foster new lines of QT. The support is intended to advance multidisciplinary science and drive cutting-edge engineering.

Submitted proposals are expected to be aligned with one of the following topics:

• Quantum Phenomena and Resources (QPR), where the goal is to lay the foundations for the QT of the future. 
  The focus is on basic quantum science and fundamental physics, and the projects should explore novel quantum phenomena, concepts, resources, protocols, algorithms, and/or address major challenges that prevent broad applications of some quantum technologies.
• Applied Quantum Science (AQS), where the goal is to take known quantum effects and established concepts from quantum science, translate them into technological applications and develop new products. These could be novel devices that are based on known quantum effects and that will serve a novel application in QT, or devices and systems that translate known quantum applications into products and industrial applications.

The DFG participates in the call and will fund projects regarding the topic Quantum Phenomena and Resources. With the exception of the duty to collaborate(interner Link), the regular eligibility rules(interner Link) for funding from the DFG apply.

Eligible consortia have to be composed of researchers from at least three of the following participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

The deadline for submitting proposals is 5 December 2025, 17:00 CET. The full details of the call and the application procedure (including additional national requirements) are available on the website of QuantERA(externer Link).  

Equity and Diversity

The DFG strongly welcomes proposals from researchers of all genders and sexual identities, from different ethnic, cultural, religious, ideological or social backgrounds, from different career stages, types of universities and research institutions, and with disabilities or chronic illness. With regard to the subject-specific focus of this call, the DFG encourages female researchers in particular to submit proposals.

Good Research Practice

According to a resolution of the DFG General Assembly, DFG funding may only be awarded to research institutions that have implemented the guidelines laid down in the Code of Conduct for Safeguarding Good Research Practice(externer Link) in their own regulations. The management of your institution is responsible for implementing the guidelines in a legally binding manner. In order to avoid delays in the disbursement of funding, please verify implementation within your institution in good time. For information regarding the implementation, please refer to the Research Integrity Portal(externer Link). If you have any questions on this subject, please contact the Research Integrity team(externer Link) at the DFG Head Office.

Further Information

Please find detailed information on the full details of the call and the application procedure on the website of QuantERA(externer Link).

Contact Persons at the DFG Head Office

• Dr. Andreas Deschner, phone +49 (228) 885-2959, andreas.deschner@dfg.de(externer Link)
• Dr. Michael Mößle, phone +49 (228) 885-2351, michael.moessle@dfg.de(externer Link)

Call Coordinator

Agence National de la Recherche (ANR), France: Maurice Tia, Ph.D., phone +33 (0)1 72 73 06 90, Maurice.Tia@anr.fr(externer Link)

QuantERA Coordinator 

National Science Centre (NCN), Poland: Coordination Office, QuantERA@ncn.gov.pl(externer Link)

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