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The EU launches its ten-year, €1 billion Quantum Technologies Flagship
Oct 29, 2018
The European Union launches its Quantum Technologies Flagship in Vienna, a 10-year research program with an expected €1 billion budget. Its first 20 projects, covering quantum computing, simulation, communication and sensing, share about €132 million over three years.
Why it matters
It pooled European quantum research into one long-term program whose stated goal is turning that research into commercial applications.
Related
- Trump signs the National Quantum Initiative Act into law (Dec 21, 2018)
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Quantum Flagship
The launch of the Quantum Flagship
“The kick-off meeting of this initiative takes place in Vienna on October 29th, 2018 and will summon many of the most relevant quantum physicists and technologists in Europe.”
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European Commission
Quantum Technologies Flagship
“The Quantum Technologies Flagship aims to support the work of hundreds of quantum researchers over 10 years, with an expected budget of €1 billion from the EU. Following the Quantum Manifesto in 2016, the Flagship was launched in 2018”
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Optics & Photonics News (Optica)
Europe's "Quantum Flagship" Officially Sets Sail
“At a kickoff event in Vienna, Austria, on 29 and 30 October, the European Commission's ten-year, €1 billion Quantum Flagship initiative formally launched, with the announcement of the first 20 research grants funded by the program.”
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