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Quantum Machine Learning

Integration of quantum computing into data pre-processing pipelines and learning workflows for data-heavy or computationally intensive tasks, demonstrating clear improvements in processing speed, computational complexity, modelling accuracy, and reduced sample requirements at scales achievable with NISQ-era devices, Reliable and scalable Quantum Machine Learning (QML) models and algorithms, integrated with existing…

Deadline 28 Jan 2027Budget €6MIndicative grants 2EU contribution per project €2M–€3MSingle stageHORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 2grants expected (official)
  • €2M–€3MEU contribution per project
  • €3.9Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects

Very few grants: expect strong competition. Only proposals well above threshold are funded, so a clearly differentiated idea and a complete consortium are essential.

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Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Forschungszentrum Julich Gmbh
Julich
GermanyResearch organisation163QEC4QEA, Q-NEKO, AQTION
Barcelona Supercomputing Center Centro Nacional De Supercomputacion
Barcelona
SpainResearch organisation163QEC4QEA, CEEC, Inno4Scale
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung Ev
Munchen
GermanyResearch organisation92QEC4QEA, QuoUSKWe, EQUALITY
E 4 Computer Engineering Spa
Scandiano
ItalyCompany · SME100QEC4QEA, QuoUSKWe, MaX
Cineca Consorzio Interuniversitario
Casalecchio Di Reno Bo
ItalyResearch organisation100QEC4QEA, MaX, GANANA
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation101PHOQUSING, ML4Q, MaX
Bull Sas
Les Clayes Sous Bois
FranceCompany111AQTION, MaX, GANANA
Commissariat A L Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
Paris
FranceResearch organisation72QEC4QEA, Q-NEKO, EuroQSS
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique Cnrs
Paris
FranceResearch organisation100PHOQUSING, TENORS, CLUSTEC
Institut National De Recherche En Informatique Et Automatique
Le Chesnay Cedex
FranceResearch organisation81EQUALITY, QuBriC, TENORS
Csc-Tieteen Tietotekniikan Keskus Oy
Espoo
FinlandOther62Q-NEKO, GANANA, ChEESE-2P
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich
Zuerich
SwitzerlandUniversity90Quromorphic, CaLIGOLA, QuBriC
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan
Stockholm
SwedenUniversity63CEEC, EXTRA-BRAIN, GANANA
University Of Stuttgart
Stuttgart
GermanyUniversity80CEEC, HiDALGO2, Inno4Scale
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation61QEC4QEA, MaX, GANANA

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 12partners (median)
  • 6countries (median)
  • 19%of partners are SMEs
University 44%Company 29%Research organisation 25%Other 2%Public body 0%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

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  • QEC4QEA – Quantum Excellence Centre for Quantum-Enhanced Applications (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2023-QEC-05-01)
  • Quromorphic – Neuromrophic Quantum Computing (H2020 · 2019 · FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020)
  • NEXT-QCM – Towards explainable quantum ai solutions for next -generation trajectory optimisation (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-ER-03-WA1-3)
  • Q-NEKO – Nippon-Europe Quantum Koraboreshon (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2024-INCO-06)
  • FoQaCiA – Foundations of quantum computational advantage (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-23)
  • CaLIGOLA – Cartan geometry, Lie and representation theory, Integrable Systems, quantum Groups and quantum computing towards the understanding of the geometry of deep Learning and its Applications (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01-01)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.