The Commission has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to call DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01.
The results per call topic are as follows:
Create a European Industrial Ecosystem for Secure QCI technologies and systems (DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-INDUSTRIAL) – budget: EUR 44.000.000
- Number of proposals submitted: 7
- Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
- Number of ineligible proposals: 0
- Number of above-threshold proposals: 6
Coordinate the first deployment of national EuroQCI projects and prepare the large-scale QKD testing and certification infrastructure (DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-EUROQCI-QKD) – budget: EUR 2.000.000
- Number of proposals submitted: 2
- Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
- Number of ineligible proposals: 0
- Number of above-threshold proposals: 2
Deploying advanced national QCI systems and networks (DIGITAL-2021-QCI-01-DEPLOY-NATIONAL) – budget: EUR 108.000.000
- Number of proposals submitted: 25
- Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
- Number of ineligible proposals: 0
- Number of above-threshold proposals: 23
The Commission recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by 22 December 2022. Please note that the number of proposals that can finally be funded will depend on the finally available budget and the formal selection by the Commission.