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EU funding (€25M): CHAMPIONING A EUROPEAN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PILOT LINE OF ION-TRAPS, SPECIFIC GRANT AGREEMENT 1 Hor1 Mar 2026 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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CHAMPIONING A EUROPEAN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PILOT LINE OF ION-TRAPS, SPECIFIC GRANT AGREEMENT 1
CHAMP-ION SGA1 leverages EU fabrication capabilities to ensure sovereignty and lead in ion-trap quantum technologies by establishing an inclusive and sustainable, high quality pilot line network across the EU to advance ion-trap chip (ITC) innovation, securing the EU supply chain, supporting SME and Start-Up involvement, and establishing standards for industrialization and mass production. CHAMP-ION focuses on enabling Europe’s first open access pilot production capabilities for ITCs to advance EU’s competitive advantage in this key enabling technology by expanding high-quality industrial production with improved reliability. CHAMP-ION’s technical vision is to provide the entire value chain, from design to microfabrication and testing, for validated fully integrated and mass-producible advanced scalable ITCs exploiting integrated electronic and photonic structures on a chip. CHAMPION intends to drive ITC technology transfer from experimental to high yield, high quality production with advanced features for the next 10+ years by: (1) coordinating internal management of the Pilot Line (2) establishing and operating high quality fabrication capabilities for ITCs, including first-mover development of ITC Process Design Kits (PDKs) (3) ensuring mature advanced feature integration enabling scalable and efficient solutions for quantum technologies and (4) fostering inclusive network outreach, including a professionally managed single entry point, to enhance the market of interested target groups who can foster European utilization of ITCs. CHAMP-ION will become a central pivot point and incubator for the EU ion-trap industry, providing a one-stop-shop to high-quality ITCs tailored to user needs, and open to all EU stakeholders. This will empower an efficient, sustainable, competitive and resilient ecosystem of ITC-based quantum technologies that will improve EU strategic autonomy with applications in QU-communication, QU-sensing, and QU-computing.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH | €999,882 |
| Amires The Business Innovation Management Institute ZU | €175,625 |
| Eleqtron GmbH | €570,450 |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover | €758,577 |
| Infineon Technologies AG | €925,011 |
| Infineon Technologies Austria AG | €3,972,605 |
| Infineon Technologies Dresden AG & Co. KG | €375,000 |
| International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory | €749,563 |
| Istituto Nazionale Di Ricerca Metrologica | €520,385 |
| Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz | €477,073 |
| neQxt GmbH | €1,009,046 |
| Parity Quantum Computing GmbH | €149,541 |
| Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt | €552,110 |
| Qudora Technologies GmbH | €574,980 |
| Silicon Austria Labs GmbH | €9,972,698 |
| Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy | €999,992 |
| Universita Degli Studi Di Padova | €174,985 |
| Universitaet Innsbruck | €930,540 |
| Universitaet Siegen | €598,863 |
| Univerzita Palackeho V Olomouci | €271,248 |
| Ustav Pristrojove Techniky Avcr Vvi | €229,975 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101288915
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