8 out of 24 projects selected for funding in the QuantERA call for transnational research projects in Quantum Science and Technologies, will be implemented together with the Polish teams. Polish researchers will investigate a number of fascinating subjects, such as advanced data encryption methods using quantum cryptography, information processing, metrology and biomedical imaging technologies, and revolutionary potential of quantum computers.
The fourth edition of the QuantERA call was announced in January 2023 by 35 research funding organisations from 28 countries and received enthusiastic response from the scientific community. 24 out of 101 submitted proposals (56 in the Quantum Phenomena and Resources topic and 45 in the area of Applied Quantum Science), were recommended for funding. A group of successful projects involving Polish scientists includes 4 consortia with Polish coordinators. 5 projects will be funded by the National Science Centre (basic research), and 3 projects by the National Centre for Research and Development (applied research).
List of the projects with the participation of Polish research teams
- AQuSeND – Advanced Quantum Sensing with NanoDiamonds,
Polish Project Coordinator: Dr Adam Wojciechowski, Jagiellonian University. Research team comprising researchers from Germany, Poland and Spain
- FiGAnti – Fibre-Coupled GaSb Quantum Dot Tunable Single-Photon Sources for Field Deployed Quantum Key Distribution,
Polish Project Coordinator: Dr Anna Musiał, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. Research team comprising researchers from Finland, France, Germany, Poland and Sweden
- QuCABOoSE – Quantum Coherence Activation By Open Systems and Environments,
Polish Principal Investigator: Dr Jarosław Korbicz, Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences. Research team comprising researchers from Czechia, Italy, Germany and Poland
- ResourceQ – Unifying and Optimising Resources for Quantum Computation,
Polish Project Coordinator: Dr John Selby, University of Gdansk. Research team comprising researchers from France, Germany and Poland
- TouQan – Towards a useful quantum advantage,
Polish Principal Invesigator: Dr Michał Oszmaniec, NASK. Research team comprising researchers from France, Germany, Poland and Spain
- EXTRASENS – Color centers in diamond nanoneedles for intra- and EXTRA-cellular quantum SENSing (funded by NCBR),
Polish Principal Investgator: Dr Radek Łapkiewicz, University of Warsaw. Research team comprising researchers from Czechia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania and Poland
- MEEDGARD – Memory-Enhanced Entanglement Distribution with Gallium ARsenide quantum Dots (funded by NCBR),
Polish Principal Investigator: Dr Michał Gawełczyk, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. Research team comprising researchers from Austria, Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom
- QM3 – Quantum Multi-Modal Microscopy (funded by NCBR),
Polish Project Coordinator: Dr Radek Łapkiewicz, University of Warsaw. Research team comprising researchers from France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland
For more information, including a full list of projects recommended for funding, please visit the quantera.eu website.
The QuantERA Programme is coordinated by the National Science Centre, Poland. Contact