Canada-G7-Nordic Call for Proposals on Quantum Technologies

Funding for bilateral or multilateral collaborative research projects on quantum science and technologies.

This is a joint initiative between the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the German Research Foundation (DFG), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), UK Research and Innovation/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UKRI-EPSRC), US National Science Foundation (NSF) and NordForsk on behalf of the Innovation Fund Denmark, the Research Council of Finland, the Research Council of Norway and the Swedish Research Council.

The opportunity aims to leverage the complementary interests and research expertise found across the participating G7 and Nordic countries to support multilateral or bilateral collaborative research projects in quantum science and technologies. Proposals may address any challenge in quantum science, but they must aim to advance research in any of the following areas of quantum technologies, or a combination thereof:

• Quantum algorithms/encryption, including post-quantum cryptography.
• Quantum communications.
• Quantum computing.
• Quantum materials.
• Quantum sensing.

Proposals may also couple any of these quantum technology priority areas to other research topics in the natural sciences and engineering.

Across the research and training areas in scope for this call, there are opportunities to explore how quantum technologies can enhance the privacy and security of the participating countries. Grants will support non-confidential, unclassified university-based research on quantum technologies, which may include research on technologies with dual-use applications. Grants cannot support secret or classified research.