EU Flagship programs Flagships are visionary sciencedriven largescale

EU Flagship programs Flagships are visionary, science-driven, large-scale research initiatives addressing grand Scientific and Technological (S&T) challenges. They are long-term initiatives bringing together excellent research teams across various disciplines, sharing a unifying goal and an ambitious research roadmap on how to achieve it. In October 2013 the European Commission, under its Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP 7), launched two FET Flagship projects: Graphene and The Human Brain Project (HBP).

EU Quantum Technology Flagship Announced on 17 May 2017 by Günther H. Oettinger, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society Preceeded by a strong lobbying, the White paper ”The Quantum Manifesto”, And by several national initiatives, notably in Britan and in Germany me a Fund ce cien ntal s Scientific, technological, and educational content

Financing Total budget EU contribution Member states and industry Run time 1000 M€ 500 M€ 10 years Major quantum programs already established in: UK Denmark Netherlands Germany …. . . Sweden (? )

Structure European Commission Call proposals, deliverables Calls, directives, evaluations Quantum Technology Community Quantum Manifesto Task: Suggest governance structure and define scope High Level Steering Committee, (HLSC) Swedish representatives: P. Delsing (Chalmers) Fabio Cavallieri (Ericsson) Information, suggestions, feedback

High Level Steering Committee Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek Prof. Dr. Rainer Blatt Prof. Dr. Vladimir Bužek Prof. Dr. Tommaso Calarco Prof. Per Delsing Prof. Elisabeth Giacobino Prof. Dr hab. Marek Kuś Prof. Eugene Simon Polzik Dr. Maria Luisa Rastello Prof. Dr. ir. Wim Van Saarloos Prof. Dr. Lluis Torner Prof. Ian Walmsley Prof. Maria Chiara Carrozza Humbold University (chairman) University of Innsbruck Slovak Academy of Sciences University of Ulm Chalmers University of Technology CNRS, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel Polish Academy of Sciences Niels Bohr Institute National Institute of Metrological Research The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences University of Oxford Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Mr. Paolo Bianco Dr. Markus Matthes Dr. Cyril Allouche Dr. Fabio Cavaliere Dr. Grégoire Ribordy Ms. Jaya Baloo Dr Graeme Malcolm Dr. Michael Bolle Dr. Norbert Lütke-Entrup Dr. Guido Chiaretti Mr. Daniel Dolfi Dr. Iñigo Artundo Martinez Airbus Defense & Space UK ASML Atos SE Ericsson ID Quantique KPN M 2 Lasers Robert Bosch Siemens AG ST Micro Thales VLC Photonics The task of the HLSC is: To deliver 1) a Strategic Research Agenda 2) an Implementation model 3) a governance model Reports Mid term report in January 2017 Final report Aug 31, 2017

Distribution over time Quantera Call, Jan 17 | 17 Quant ERA 34 M€ | 18 | 19 Flaggship full speed ≥ 50 M€/year Flaggshipp Ramp up 50/150 M€ | 20 HLSC Flag ship Calls 2018 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29

What happens now/next? The very first call for proposals of the FET Flagship on Quantum Technologies was a call for a Coordination and Support Action. It aims at coordinating the relevant stakeholders of the entire QT community, notably academia and industry, as well as policy makers. The call has an indicative budget of EUR 0. 5 million and closed on 26 September 2017. Prof. Thomasso Calarco has submitted a proposal that names Prof. Göran Wendin as the Swedish communication node. Supported by KTH and LU. Opening: 31 Oct 2017 Budget (MEUR) Deadlines (FETFLAG-02 -2018 (ERA-NET-Cofund) 10. 00 17 Apr 2018) FETFLAG-01 -2018 (CSA) 6. 00 20 Feb 2018 (First Stage) 18 Sep 2018 (Second Stage) FETFLAG-03 -2018 (CSA) 2. 00 20 Feb 2018 FETFLAG-03 -2018 (RIA) 130. 00 20 Feb 2018

More information Qurope http: //qurope. eu/node Quantum Manifesto: http: //qurope. eu/system/files/u 7/93056_Quantum%20 Manifesto_WEB. pdf Minutes from Berlin meeting: http: //qurope. eu/db/news/qt-flagship-community-consultation-workshop-minutes-meeting High level steering committee final report: https: //ec. europa. eu/digital-single-market/en/news/quantum-flagship-high-level-expertgroup-publishes-final-report

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation initiated proposal on QT On June 1, a proposal for a national center for Quantum Technology was submitted to KAW on their request. Per Delsing at Chalmers is the PI, coapplicants are Jonas Bylander, Göran Johansson, Göran Wendin, Stefan Kröll, and Gunnar Björk The proposal asked for 600 MSEK from KAW, 150 MSEK from industry, and 150 MSEK from Chalmers, KTH, and LU in matching funding over a 10 year period If funded, the center may start on Jan 1, 2018 Involves six instruments: Ph. D positions Postdoc positions Tenure track assistant professorships Guest professorships A joint graduate school A dedicated quantum computer effort

KAW initiated proposal on QT The proposal is rather technology oriented. Mapped onto the four original EU Flagship pillars. It does not have the EU pillar ”Fundamental science” Is a national center => No university is a priori excluded Like the Fagship it has a rampup phase (first two years) followed by an evaluation Should operate at full speed after 3. 5 - 4 years (the tenure track positions should then have been filled) Aims to develop awareness, skills, workforce and technology in QT By mid-November we should know if the application is granted or not.