Neutral-Atom Platform Technologies

Open EU call topic HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NAPT-11-01 · HORIZON JU Research and Innovation Actions. Part of call HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NAPT-11: Neutral-Atom Platform Technologies. Next deadline 2026-11-17. Topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NAPT-11-01

Expected Outcome: This action aims to establish European leadership in neutral-atom quantum simulation and digital quantum computing by delivering: - Fully programmable industry-ready quantum simulators based on 10.000 neutral atoms in a scalable architecture, accessible via cloud platforms, and with the possibility of integrating them into high-performance computing environments. - Fully programmable platform for neutral-atom quantum computing capable of both analogue quantum operations and gate-based computing with 1.000 physical qubits and a clear path to further scalability to 10.000 physical qubits. - Coherence time of the order of hundreds of interaction times and infidelity of operations below 1%. - Demonstration of quantum simulation and/or computing operating beyond classical computability, validated through benchmarking with classical methods. - New real-world applications across science and industry (at least two) (e.g: in the energy and health sectors) - The software stack for these applications, including enhanced software for verification, algorithm implementation, and user programming interfaces. - Demonstration of the full quantum stack – including quantum control, electronic control components and verification of quantum processors simulation operating beyond regimes that are classically computable. - Programming interfaces allowing users (including non-expert ones to the best extent possible), to use these quantum processors to their problem sets. - Enhanced scalability, stability, and usability of the quantum simulation and computing processors. - Strengthened European industrial and technological…