June 20, 2022

The latest round of Partnership Resource Funding is now open!

The Quantum Communications Hub is pleased to announce a new round of Partnership Resource Funding, which aims to support new collaborations that are closely aligned with the work of the Hub. The vision of the Quantum Communications Hub, which is funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, is to deliver integrated secure quantum communications […]

April 26, 2022

Quantum technology career development fellowship success

Hub researcher Dr Xin Yi, who is based at Heriot-Watt University, is one of just 15 researchers in the UK to have recently been awarded a prestigious EPSRC Quantum Technology Career Development Fellowship. Over the course of his five-year fellowship, for which he has been awarded £747,000, Dr Yi will develop a new class of […]

February 21, 2022

Hub partner to lead new International Network in Space Quantum Technologies

The University of Strathclyde, one of the Quantum Communications Hub’s academic partners, is to lead the newly funded International Network in Space Quantum Technologies, which aims will tackle the challenges of taking terrestrial quantum technologies into space. The network, which will receive £480,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), comprises 37 members […]

February 16, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: UK-Canada research partnership aims to expand global quantum network

The quantum internet will allow quantum-secure communication on a global scale. A new collaborative project between the UK and Canada, that has been awarded funding from the Quantum Communications Hub, will establish a key satellite link for quantum communication across the Atlantic. Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a method for distributing encryption keys which is […]

February 11, 2022

The latest round of Partnership Resource Funding is now open!

The Quantum Communications Hub is pleased to announce a new round of Partnership Resource Funding, which aims to support new collaborations that are closely aligned with the work of the Hub. The vision of the Quantum Communications Hub, which is funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, is to deliver integrated secure quantum communications […]

February 8, 2022

Quantum by the tracks: project funded to launch a quantum network on trackside fibre in the north of UK

A new collaborative project that will enable the launch of the first quantum communications network in the north of the UK has been awarded funding by the Quantum Communications Hub. The project named QTRAX (A Pilot Field-Deployment of Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution over Track-Side Fibre) is led by the experimental quantum communications team at […]

January 18, 2022

ISCF Commercialising Quantum Technologies: feasibility studies round 3 open for applications

Innovate UK has recently launched a new call for applications to its ISCF Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge. The call, which aims to advance the commercialisation of quantum technologies in the UK, welcomes applications for feasibility study projects of up to £500,000 in total cost. There is a total of £6 million available for investment through […]

November 5, 2021

Twelve new projects receive funding to advance the commercialisation of quantum technologies

£50 million of funding has been awarded by the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, through the Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge, to twelve collaborative projects that will bring a range of quantum technologies a step closer to reality. From developing quantum computers to speed up drug discovery, to creating quantum gas sensors, the projects, which are […]

October 1, 2021

The latest round of Partnership Resource Funding is now open!

The Quantum Communications Hub is pleased to announce a new round of Partnership Resource Funding, which aims to support new collaborations that are closely aligned with the work of the Hub. The vision of the Quantum Communications Hub, which is funded through the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, is to deliver integrated secure quantum communications […]

August 9, 2021

EPSRC Quantum Technology Career Development Fellowships call now open

The call for the EPRSC Quantum Technology Career Development Fellowships, which are aimed at those working in the Quantum Technology sector looking to become independent researchers, is now live. The award provides the opportunity to carry out an ambitious programme of research and accelerate your personal and professional career development. Funding is available for 3-5 […]