# Grant for companies and researchers to build quantum technology test facilities

_Aperto · Status as of Friday 23 October 2026, 03:12 (Nicosia time)_

## In brief
- Funding Programmes Portal funds Grants and funding.
- Who can apply: company, university or research body.
- The grant covers up to 100% of eligible costs.
- Applications run from Thursday 13 August 2026 to Tuesday 17 November 2026 (time not stated).

## Key facts
- **Funder:** Funding Programmes Portal
- **Who can apply:** Company, University or research body
- **Area:** Cyprus
- **Instrument:** Grant
- **Total budget:** €20,000,000
- **Maximum grant:** not stated in the call
- **Funding rate:** 100%
- **Minimum project cost:** not stated in the call
- **Published on:** Tuesday 18 August 2026
- **Opens:** Thursday 13 August 2026 (time not stated)
- **Closes:** Tuesday 17 November 2026 (time not stated)
- **Procedure:** not stated in the call
- **How to submit:** not stated in the call
- **Application language:** not stated in the call
- **Difficulty:** 2/5
- **Chances:** Cannot be estimated

## It suits you if…
- Your organisation is a company or a university research body.
- Your company is small, medium or large.
- You want to expand open-access test facilities for quantum technologies.
- Your proposal can deliver the testing part of the Qu-Test partnership action plan.

## It is not for you if…
- Your project does not implement the testing part of the Qu-Test action plan.
- You are not a company or a university research body.
- You need a call for general SME growth, not quantum testing.

## What you need
- Proof that your proposal implements the testing part of the Qu-Test action plan.
- A description of the test facilities you will expand and link.
- Plan for the shared test methods, benchmarking and certification procedures.
- Outline of the digital platform for test design, remote execution and data reporting.

## How to apply
1. Read the Qu-Test framework agreement and find the part about testing.
2. Ask the EuroHPC JU contact form where and how to submit, since the call does not state the channel.
3. Map your facilities and partners against the aims of the call.
4. Reread the official call before you submit.

## Official source and checks
- Official page of the call: https://www.fundingprogrammesportal.gov.cy/call/quantum-testing-infrastructure-for-quantum-technologies-gr-2026/

> This card explains the call in plain language and does not replace it. The official text prevails. We recheck the sources automatically every day, but dates and rules can change: check the funder's website before you apply. We are not the body that manages the call.
> Text generated with artificial intelligence from the official text and checked automatically by a second AI system. The official call prevails, rechecked on Monday 19 October 2026.

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