Who funds quantum information research?

We count 168 funded quantum information projects, active between 2020 and 2032, from 4 funders. The most came from NSF · MPS (57 projects), EU · ERC (34 projects) and EU · MSCA (28 projects). The median award is $600K, across the 161 of 168 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

168

Funders

4

Median award

$600K

Open calls now

3

Top funders of quantum information research

Projects whose title or summary mentions quantum information. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open quantum information funding calls

3 open calls mention quantum information today.

• Other Quantum Information Technologies
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Quantum Information Technologies
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL)
  U.S. National Science FoundationNot specifiedDeadline: April 6, 2027 ·

Funded quantum information projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• Expanding the Domestic Computing PhD Capacity
  NSF · CISE · $2,011,769 · ends 2031
• Category II: TangleLab: A National Hybrid Computing Platform to Unlock Quantum Information Science and Engineering Research and Education
  NSF · CISE · $5,000,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Quantum Cryptography: Towards New Functionalities and Foundations
  NSF · CISE · $679,721 · ends 2031
• QLCI: Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (CIQC)
  NSF · MPS · $37,500,000 · ends 2031
• QLCI: Manufacturable and Resilient Superconducting Quantum Information Systems (MARQUIS)
  NSF · MPS · $27,918,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Programmable Symmetry and Disorder in Mixed-Dimensional Materials for Probing the Emergence of Correlated Phases
  NSF · MPS · $672,573 · ends 2031
• Quantum Computing Approach for Predicting Extreme Atmospheric Events
  NSF · GEO · $266,449 · ends 2031
• Adversarially Robust Quantum Machine Learning: Theory and Design via Quantum Information Bottleneck
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,255,509 · ends 2030
• Collaborative Research: FEC: Spin Control via Topology, Symmetry and Dimensionality
  NSF · Office of the Director · $2,605,928 · ends 2030
• FAPESP-EPSRC: Multi-species Ion-Photon Interface for Distributed Quantum Computing
  UKRI · EPSRC · £834,260 · ends 2029

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “quantum information”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.