Funder
EPSRC: QuantIC accelerated development fund
Added date
31/03/2022
Closing date
13/05/2022
Call summary
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, through QuantIC’s partnership resource fund, invites applications for the accelerated development fund. This enables universities to accelerate innovation in quantum imaging in alignment with industry priorities and societal needs. The total budget is £2 million. Projects worth up to £250,000 will be funded at 80 per cent of the full economic costs for up to 20 months. Leverage of additional funding and resources in the form of institutional support or industrial support is not essential but is encouraged and will be considered in the evaluation process. Funding for equipment above £10,000 is not allowed.
Scientific scope
Lasers & Quantum Optics; Quantum Computing & Technologies
PI eligibility
The principal investigator must be resident in the UK and an academic employee at the lecturer or equivalent level at an eligible organisation, which may be a HEI, a research institute funded by a research council or an independent research organisation. The same criteria applies to co-investigators. Applicants that are currently funded through QuantIC are not eligible to apply.