Polish scientists to support the development of future quantum technologies

From more stable quantum computers and ultra-fast quantum internet technologies to sensors capable of detecting minute variations in gravitational fields, researchers involved in the projects selected under the QuantERA Call 2025 will work on key technologies underpinning the future quantum infrastructure. The research will combine quantum physics, photonics, mathematics, computer science, and nanotechnology. Notably, as many as seven of the awarded projects will be carried out with the participation of Polish research teams.

The fifth QuantERA call was launched in September 2025 by 34 research funding organisations from 29 countries and attracted significant interest from the scientific community from the outset. A record number of 287 proposals were submitted, from which 39 winning projects were selected. The strong interest in the Call 2025 competition demonstrates the importance of the QuantERA Programme and the need for its continuation, ensuring sustained funding for future research projects in one of the fastest-growing scientific domains. Among the awarded consortia are seven research teams from Poland, including one project coordinated by a Polish researcher. Five projects will receive funding from the National Science Centre (NCN) within the scope of basic research, one project will be funded by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) within the scope of applied research, while one of the Polish teams will finance its participation from its own resources.

– Implementation of Call 2025 reaffirmed the critical role played by the QuantERA initiative in the European quantum ecosystem. Record numbers of proposals have been received in two call topics: 148 in Quantum Phenomena and Resources and 139 in Applied Quantum Science. These figures vividly illustrate the wealth of fresh ideas and concepts that quantum research community seeks to explore through transnational collaborations. 

Thanks to the commitment of research funding organisations participating in the call and the substantial EU financial contribution, in total 39 of the highest-ranked proposals will be funded in both topics. The results of QuantERA-funded projects will undoubtedly strengthen European position in the global efforts to benefit from the second quantum revolution. – says prof. Konrad Banaszek, QuantERA Scientific Coordinator.

List of the projects with the participation of Polish research teams

• EQUALITIES – Efficient Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing via Fine-Grained Logic Gates on Qudit Codes 

  Polish Principal Investigator: prof. Remigiusz Augusiak, Center for Theoretical Physics PAS, Warsaw

  Research team comprising researchers from Austria, Finland, Germany and Spain

• HEMS – Heat and Entropy Management in Superconducting Devices 

  Polish Principal Investigator: dr Maciej Zgirski, Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences

  Research team comprising researchers from Finland, Germany and Italy

• INTEGRA – Innovative Architectures for Next-Generation Trapped Atom Interferometers 

  Polish Principal Investigator: dr Jan Chwedeńczuk, University of Warsaw

  Research team comprising researchers from Austria, France, Germany and Italy

• SDPCode – Semidefinite foundations for quantum codes: convergence, bounds, and constructions

  Polish Project Coordinator dr Felix Huber, University of Gdansk

  Research team comprising researchers from France, Germany and Slovenia

• ToDiQT – Towards Device-independent Quantum Technologies

  Polish Principal Investigator: dr Felix Huber, University of Gdansk

  Research team comprising researchers from Austria, Belgium and France

• QUASIMODO – QUAntum SImulations with MulticOmponent ultracolD atOms 

  Polish Principal Investigator:  dr Emilia Witkowska, Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences

  Research team comprising researchers from France, Germany, Lithuania and Spain

• QUICFIRE – QUantum Internet Components in all-FIbre REalisation for low-loss entanglement distribution  

  Polish Principal Investigator:  dr Michał Karpiński, University of Warsaw

  Research team comprising researchers from Austria and United Kingdom