QU-PILOT

Start date
April 1, 2023
Duration
42 months
Overall budget
19M €
Number of partners
21
Contacts
Mika Prunnila
Project Coordinator
VTT
Jana Mwangi
Project manager
AMIRES, The Business Innovation Management Institute z.ú.
PROJECT WEBSITE

Supporting experimental production capabilities for quantum technologies in Europe

 

The Qu-Pilot SGA proposal consists of 21 partners from 9 different countries aiming to develop and provide access to the first, federated European fabrication (production) capabilities for quantum technologies, building on and linking together existing infrastructures in Europe. Qu-Pilot will implement the first stage of the capability innovation roadmap for providing experimental (pilot) production capabilities and a roadmap for transferring such capabilities to an industrial production environment, as was proposed in the awarded FPA. It will provide experimental production capabilities for quantum technologies in computing, communication and /or sensing through 13 service-provider organizations available to users, including industry, in particular SMEs and contribute to developing European standards in the field.

Qu-Pilot will provide services for the development of a European supply chain of quantum technologies, provide European industry, especially start-ups and SMEs, with the necessary innovation capacity, and make sure that critical IP remains within the EU. The initial service offering will be validated through use-cases with companies within the SGA. A minimum of 20 such use-cases are expected and of those 11 are already part of this Qu-Pilot SGA proposal. The competence development, industrial use-cases and ecosystem building – all the activities identified and set out in the FPA will have first set of implementation through this first SGA.

 

AMIRES was involved in the project’s preparatory phase and in the negotiations. AMIRES is leading WP9- Dissemination, communication & exploitation. Supporting coordinator in WP10 Project Management. Highly involved in WP7 Qu-Pilot operation, sales and customer relations, responsible for task 7.3 Ecosystem Management Platform and task 7.4 Business development, IP consulting and Investor Relations. In WP8 Business model validation via Open Calls is talking a lead of task 8.1 Application rules, open calls.

 

  • Partners:
    • TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY- Findland
    • NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUUR, The Netherlands
    • INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, Belgium
    • COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES, France
    • FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANG, Germany
    • AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Austria
    • FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, Italy
    • AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIO, Spain
    • SONNENBERG HARRISON PARTNERSCHAFTMBB PATENT, Germany
    • AMIRES THE BUSINESS INNOVATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE Z.Ú., Czech Republic
    • INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, Germany
    • IQM FINLAND OY, Findland
    • QILIMANJARO QUANTUM TECH SL, Spain
    • THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA SPA, Italy
    • CRYOHEMT, France
    • Lab14 GmbH, Germany
    • LUXQUANTA TECHNOLOGIES SL, Spain
    • QUANDELA, France
    • THINKQUANTUM SRL, Italy
    • DIATOPE GMBH, Germany
    • Magcam NV, Belgium

 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101113983.