# EU grants for companies and researchers to scale up quantum computers

_In scadenza · Status as of Thursday 12 November 2026, 03:54 (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:** not stated in the call
- **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…
- You are a company of any size working on quantum computing.
- You are a university or research body working on quantum computing.
- Your project scales up trapped-ion quantum computing platforms.
- Your project tackles several technical barriers named in the European research roadmap.
- You can show a practical application for your system.

## It is not for you if…
- You are not a company, university or research body.
- Your project does not concern trapped-ion quantum computing platforms.
- Your proposal does not address the technical barriers the call lists.

## What you need
- Technical proposal naming the technical barriers it addresses
- Description of the system-level innovation in your platform
- Description of the practical application of your system
- Answers from the funder on the documents and costs the call accepts, since the call does not state them

## How to apply
1. Find the official call text under its reference code and read which technical barriers of the strategic research and industry agenda (SRIA) it refers to.
2. Choose which listed technical barriers your platform will address.
3. Write to the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking contact form about costs, own share and the submission portal, which the call does not state.
4. Prepare the proposal and submit it before Tuesday 17 November 2026 (time not stated).

## Official source and checks
- Official page of the call: https://www.fundingprogrammesportal.gov.cy/call/trapped-ion-platform-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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