Sectoral digital skills academies: Quantum Skills Digital Academy
DIGITAL-2025-SKILLS-08-QUANTUM-ACADEMY-STEP
Funding Amount
€10.0M - €10.0M
Deadline
02/10/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the Sectoral digital skills academies: Quantum Skills Digital Academy Call?
Grant Description
This call supports the creation of a European-wide Quantum Digital Skills Academy that will develop and deliver modular academic curricula and short-term training at different levels, establish partnerships between academia, industry and research institutions, provide practical educational initiatives, implement support and visibility schemes for underrepresented groups, train teaching staff, run communication and awareness campaigns, integrate activities on the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform ...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
- Position the EU as a global leader in quantum technologies by providing specialised interdisciplinary training and hands-on experience for diverse audiences.
• Deliver comprehensive EU-level academic curricula and modular short-term training programmes, piloted regionally, with dedicated tracks for SMEs and public-sector professionals.
• Establish sustained partnerships between academia, industry and research institutions to enable large-scale deployment of quantum education and training across Europe.
• Implement joint practical initiatives—on-the-job experiences, labs, mentorships, internships, summer schools, bootcamps, facility visits and career days—that build workforce readiness.
• Advance inclusion by supporting participation of female learners and professionals, young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and persons with disabilities.
• Provide “teach-the-teacher” modules to upskill university, VET and secondary-education faculty in quantum technologies.
• Execute communication and awareness campaigns (social media, career orientation, deep-dive sessions) to broaden public understanding and interest.
• Launch and maintain a dedicated landing page on the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform for visibility and resource sharing.
• Generate KPI-based impact reports with actionable recommendations for policy makers and investors.
• Produce any additional deliverables necessary to fulfil each academy’s specific mission and activities.
• Deliver comprehensive EU-level academic curricula and modular short-term training programmes, piloted regionally, with dedicated tracks for SMEs and public-sector professionals.
• Establish sustained partnerships between academia, industry and research institutions to enable large-scale deployment of quantum education and training across Europe.
• Implement joint practical initiatives—on-the-job experiences, labs, mentorships, internships, summer schools, bootcamps, facility visits and career days—that build workforce readiness.
• Advance inclusion by supporting participation of female learners and professionals, young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and persons with disabilities.
• Provide “teach-the-teacher” modules to upskill university, VET and secondary-education faculty in quantum technologies.
• Execute communication and awareness campaigns (social media, career orientation, deep-dive sessions) to broaden public understanding and interest.
• Launch and maintain a dedicated landing page on the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform for visibility and resource sharing.
• Generate KPI-based impact reports with actionable recommendations for policy makers and investors.
• Produce any additional deliverables necessary to fulfil each academy’s specific mission and activities.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
- Offer tailored, multi-level training opportunities that bridge traditional disciplines and quantum technologies, addressing both academic and practical skill needs.
• Organise tutorials and hands-on activities enabling non-quantum experts to gain direct experience on quantum computing platforms.
• Develop and run summer schools and regional workshops to provide specialised quantum-technology knowledge to students from neighbouring areas.
• Support education and training components of R&D projects in quantum computing, quantum simulation, quantum communication, and quantum sensing and metrology.
• Accelerate knowledge transfer from research to industry and stimulate the uptake of quantum solutions in European markets.
• Ensure alignment with the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies (Version 2.0) and contribute to the objectives of the European Declaration on Quantum Technologies.
• Design interdisciplinary curricula suitable for domain professionals without prior formal education in quantum physics or engineering.
• Organise tutorials and hands-on activities enabling non-quantum experts to gain direct experience on quantum computing platforms.
• Develop and run summer schools and regional workshops to provide specialised quantum-technology knowledge to students from neighbouring areas.
• Support education and training components of R&D projects in quantum computing, quantum simulation, quantum communication, and quantum sensing and metrology.
• Accelerate knowledge transfer from research to industry and stimulate the uptake of quantum solutions in European markets.
• Ensure alignment with the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies (Version 2.0) and contribute to the objectives of the European Declaration on Quantum Technologies.
• Design interdisciplinary curricula suitable for domain professionals without prior formal education in quantum physics or engineering.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
- Single-stage call under DIGITAL Lump Sum Grant (DIGITAL-LS/DIGITAL-AG-LS), with submission exclusively via the Funding & Tenders Portal by 02 October 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Proposals must comply with page limits and layout requirements as specified in Part B of the Application Form and section 5 of the call document.
• Eligible participants and countries defined in section 6; applicants must meet financial and operational capacity and exclusion criteria in section 7.
• Evaluation procedures, award criteria, scoring, thresholds and indicative timeline are set out in sections 8, 9 and 4 respectively of the call document and the Online Manual.
• Grants governed by Lump Sum Model Grant Agreement; legal and financial set-up per section 10, EU Financial Regulation 2021/964, Regulation 2024/2509 and related rules on entity validation and LEAR appointment.
• Adherence to Funding & Tenders Portal terms, conditions, privacy statement and submission process; budget contributions capped at EUR 10 000 000 for this topic, with one grant awarded.
• Proposals must comply with page limits and layout requirements as specified in Part B of the Application Form and section 5 of the call document.
• Eligible participants and countries defined in section 6; applicants must meet financial and operational capacity and exclusion criteria in section 7.
• Evaluation procedures, award criteria, scoring, thresholds and indicative timeline are set out in sections 8, 9 and 4 respectively of the call document and the Online Manual.
• Grants governed by Lump Sum Model Grant Agreement; legal and financial set-up per section 10, EU Financial Regulation 2021/964, Regulation 2024/2509 and related rules on entity validation and LEAR appointment.
• Adherence to Funding & Tenders Portal terms, conditions, privacy statement and submission process; budget contributions capped at EUR 10 000 000 for this topic, with one grant awarded.
Important dates
Open from: 15/04/2025
Deadline:02/10/2025
Application period has ended
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