Innovate UK

Contracts for Innovation: Enabling Commercial Quantum Networking in Lancashire

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Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £20 million in this Contracts for Innovation competition.

This is subject to us receiving a sufficient number of high quality applications.

The aim of the competition is to accelerate the development of enabling components and sub-systems for quantum networks. These will be in the supply chain of a system integrator or service provider, for deployment in a future commercial quantum networking system. This is to strengthen the UK’s position as an integral part of the quantum technology supply chain.

This is a single phase competition.

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding budget of up to £20 million, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects.

It may be the case that your project scores highly and receives positive comments from the assessors but we are still unable to fund it due to the portfolio approach we take.

Any adoption and implementation of a solution from this competition would be subject to a separate, possibly competitive, procurement exercise. This competition does not cover the purchase of any solution.

We expect to receive a high volume of applications and will not be able to fund them all. We expect to award a maximum of 10 contracts.

We consider a range of factors when determining whether to provide funding to applicants. This includes an assessment of prior conduct, such as any outstanding payments owed to Innovate UK or UKRI. Such factors may influence the funding decision, potentially resulting in a refusal of funding or an award subject to additional scrutiny.

We also reserve the right to adjust funding allocations for any of our competitions. This may be in response to changes in policy, portfolio funding considerations or broader government funding decisions.

This competition closes at 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.

Portfolio approach
Contracts will be awarded to successful applicants for a variety of projects across different technologies, technology maturity, markets, and use case theme. We call this a portfolio approach.
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