Who funds quantum sensing research?

We count 70 funded quantum sensing projects, active between 2020 and 2031, from 6 funders. The most came from EU · ERC (15 projects), NSF · MPS (12 projects) and EU · Digital, Industry and Space (8 projects). The median award is $800K, across the 69 of 70 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

70

Funders

6

Median award

$800K

Open calls now

1

Top funders of quantum sensing research

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

Open quantum sensing funding calls

1 open call mentions quantum sensing today.

• Quantum Sensing and Metrology
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·

Funded quantum sensing projects

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

• Center: NSF Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks
  NSF · ENG · $18,600,000 · ends 2031
• QLCI: Quantum Systems through Entangled Science and Engineering (Q-SENSE)
  NSF · MPS · $37,500,000 · ends 2031
• QLCI: Quantum Sensing for Biophysics and Bioengineering (QUBBE)
  NSF · MPS · $37,500,000 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Advancing Protein-Based Qubits into the Single-Molecule Regime
  NSF · MPS · $400,000 · ends 2031
• Quantum Sensing in Nature and Synthetic Biology
  UKRI · BBSRC · £5,972,816 · ends 2031
• Top-down solid-state systems for quantum sensing using silicon, photonics, and robotics
  UKRI · EPSRC · £1,246,923 · ends 2030
• QMaP – Metabolism Plasticity in cell interactions investigated through quantum sensing.
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £2,187,842 · ends 2030
• ECCS-EPSRC: Electrical readout for sub-diffraction imaging with hBN spin centers
  NSF · ENG · $525,000 · ends 2029
• Measurement and State Optimization for Quantum Detection and Estimation
  NSF · ENG · $473,811 · ends 2029
• Study the limiting influences of atomic spatial superpositions in optical lattices by developing next-generation quantum sensors based on…
  NASA · $252,028 · ends 2028

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 sensing or quantum sensor”. 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.