VLAIO - EUREKA call for R&D projects in the field of applied quantum technologies

Research

Funding organisation:

Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen

What?

VLAIO allocates funding for Flemish organisations collaborating on international R&D projects in the field of applied quantum technologies via the EUREKA call for proposals on applied quantum technologies.

Quantum technology includes many layers of technology from the individual modalities of quantum information processing, algorithms and the use of quantum computers for a variety of applications.

The main objective of this call for projects is to support organisations as they develop quantum technologies that outperform or accelerate existing technologies and contribute to solving problems relevant to industry, science and society.

This call for R&D projects may include topics such as but are not limited to:

• Quantum computing
• Quantum simulation and stack levels
• Quantum communications and cyber security
• Quantum sensing and metrology

Projects on quantum technologies may have low technology readiness levels and include both research partners and large industrial partners and SMEs to achieve both a high scientific level and market perspective. Therefore, you are encouraged to include research partners as well as industrial partners in your consortium and to develop a project along the value chain, possibly also including end-users. Consult the national funding details and eligibility criteria for specific information on partners.

Companies based in Flanders can apply for grant funding via a development project or a research project.
Staff and other costs related to the development project can be funded with a 25% to 60% subsidy of the project budget. The minimum budget is equivalent to 25,000 euro and the maximum budget is 3,000,000 euro.
Staff and other costs related to the research project can be funded with a 25% to 70% subsidy of the project budget, The minimum budget is equivalent to 100,000 euro and the maximum budget is 3,000,000 euro.

Hasselt University can not receive funding without the participation of a Flemish company.

Who?

Eureka has limited eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Network projects consortium:

• project ideas must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project.
• projects must be directed at researching or developing an innovative product, process or service with the goal of commercialisation
• projects must have a civilian purpose
• a consortium must include at least two independent legal entities from a minimum of two Eureka countries
• no single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget

Additional criteria for organisations for this call:

• The maximum duration of a project may not exceed 36 months.
• Projects are expected to start no later than March 2025.

Application?

Application has to be done 

• to EUREKA via their application portal
• to VLAIO: the application must also be registered via the online portal of VLAIO by 17 May 2024 via the instructions you can find on the VLAIO website,
  for development projects
  for research projects
  After registration with your eID you receive (as main applicant) a link to your application to complete the proposal and to upload all necessary supporting documents. Please note that after submitting a part of the proposal, the data in this proposal cannot be modified anymore. Make sure that before submitting all parts that the budget is final and that everything in the online portal is consistent with the content of the completed templates.

  Only OBI is allowed to submit the part for the "kennisinstelling", as they have a mandate to do so.

Deadline for EUREKA: 9 mei 2024 – 16:00 CET
Deadline for VLAIO: 17 mei 2024 – 12:00

More information about the EUREKA application you can find here.

More information?

You can find more information about this call 
on the VLAIO - website
on the EUREKA - website 

Please contact research@uhasselt.be if you want to apply.

Deadline intern

28.04.2024, 09.05.2024

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail sarah.szyr@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211269052