Grand Challenge on Quantum Sensors for Inertial Navigation

Personnel costs

Subcontracting

Travel and subsistence

Equipment (as per Horizon Europe eligibility)

Costs directly related to project outputs (e.g., benchmark studies, validation reports, financial and technical roadmaps)

Other costs deemed eligible under Horizon Europe and EuroHPC JU rules. No EU funding for R&I or prototype development in this CSA.

Excellence: Credibility of the technical approach for road-mapping and benchmarking; adequacy of performance metrics and methodology (e.g., drift rate, SWaP-C, environmental resilience); early end-user engagement to define requirements.

Impact: Enhancing the EU stance on quantum inertial navigation; contribution to technological sovereignty; credibility of the commercialization pathway and investor-readiness.

Quality and Efficiency of Implementation: Credible work plan, resources, and risk management for a mono-beneficiary CSA; delivery capacity for technical and financial roadmaps; appropriateness of the team and access to necessary facilities.

Entities established outside EU Member States, Norway, or Iceland, or controlled by non-eligible countries/entities (unless special guarantees are approved).

A comprehensive technical, industrialisation, and financial roadmap must be delivered, including assessments of investment readiness and scalability.

Documented lab-validation or benchmarking of existing or externally financed prototypes required.

Reporting must include compliance assessment for SWaP-C requirements, environmental resilience, real-world integration, and an assessment of dependencies on non-EU suppliers.

Application submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal using the official forms.

Single-stage evaluation process.

Page limit: 25 pages.

Evaluation according to adapted Horizon Europe award criteria.

Strongly encouraged: submission of Expressions of Interest from potential end-user partners.

Detailed technical, industrialisation, and financial roadmap

Evidence-based design and benchmarking package for reduced-scale systems

Documented technical architecture and compliance assessment

Supply chain dependency assessment and mitigation measures

Market analysis and commercialization strategy

Lab-validation or benchmarking reports for pre-existing or externally financed prototype(s)

Identification of target sectors and end-user requirements