QUROPE Quantum Information Processing and Communication in Europe

As a basic research field, QIST is still traditionally funded by the different national governmental organisation depending on the country (ministry, governmental agency etc.). These agencies fund every research topics and QIST is typically a small percentage of the overall budget (in the percent range). However many of them have recently developed focus program or umbrella topics for QIST.

The identified main national founders for each country are the following

• Austria
  • Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT)
  • Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
  • Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie GmbH
  • City of Vienna
  • Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
  • Tiroler Zukunftsstiftung
• Belgium
  • Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders/Belgium (FWO)
  • Fondation National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS)
  • Communauté Française de Belgique
  • Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
• Bulgaria
  • Ministry of Education and Science
  • National Science Fund
• Czech Republic
  • Ministry of Education
  • Czech Science Fundation
  • Förderagentur der Republik Tschechien (GACR)
  • Förderagentur der Akademie der Wissenschaften (AVCR)
  • Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior
• Cyprus
  • Research Promotion Foundation (RPF)
• Denmark
  • Danish National Research Foundation (DG)
  • Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation
  • Strategic Research Centre for Nano Science
  • Danish Research Agency (FORSK)
  • Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (FIST)
• Estonia
  • Estonian Science Foundation (EstSF)
  • Ministry of Education and Research
  • Ministry of Economics Affairs and Communication
  • EE Enterprise Estonia
• Finland
  • Academy of Finland
  • National Technology Agency of Finland (TEKES)
• France
  • Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR)
  • Région Ile de France (Paris area), which supports QIST trough two main channels:
    • Institut Francilien de Recherche sur les Atomes Froids (IFRAF)
    • Centre de compétence NanoSciences Ile de france (C’NANO)
  • Région Rhone-Alpe
  • Centre National de la recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
  • Ministère de la Recherche
  • Délégation Générale pour l’armement (DGA)
  • Direction de la Recherche Technologique
  • ANVAR (L'agence francaise de l'innovation)
  • Ministère de l’Économie des Finances et de l’Industrie
• Germany
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  • Bayerisches Staatsministerium
  • Landesstiftung BW
  • Max-Planck-Society
  • VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH
  • Projektträger im DLR (PT-DLR)
• Greece
  • Ministry of Development
  • General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT)
• Hungary
  • Ministry of Education
  • Hungarian Scientific Research Fund
  • Hungarian Academy of Science
  • National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH)
• Ireland
  • Advisory Science Council (ASC)
  • Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI)
  • Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET)
• Italy
  • Italian National Research Council (CNR)
  • Ministry for Education and Research (MIUR)
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
  • Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (INDAM)
  • Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (iNRiM)
  • Regione Piemonte
  • San Paolo Fundation
  • Nanotechnology lab
  • QIPC is also one of the two scientific lines that CNISM (Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia) decided to support
• Luxembourg
  • Fonds National de la Recherche
• Netherlands
  • Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM)
  • Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
  • The Technology Foundation (STW)
• Poland
  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education
  • Ministry of Science and Information Technology
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Polish National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR)
• Portugal
  • Science and Technology Foundation (FCT)
  • Innovation Agency (AdI)
• Russia
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research
• Slovakia
  • Research and Development Support Agency (APVV)
  • Quantum Information program of the Slovakian Academy of Science
• Spain
  • Ministry of Education and Science (MEC)
  • Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCINN)
  • University of Barcelona
  • Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Madrid General Government
• Sweden
  • Knowledge Foundation
  • Swedish Foundation for Strategic research (SSF) via the QIP consortium (Chalmers, Göteborg, and KTH, Stockholm)
  • Swedish Research Council (VR) – Natural and Engineering Sciences
  • Swedish foundation for International Cooperation
  • The Swedish Royal Academy of Science
• Switzerland
  • Swiss National science Foundation (SNF)
• Turkey
  • Tubitak-Uekae
• United Kingdom
  • Royal Society
  • Research Council
  • DTI Department of Trade and Industry
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research council (EPSRC)
  • Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)