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Pillar 2: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

The Global Challenges and European Industrial Competiveness pillar supports research relating to societal challenges and reinforces technological and industrial capacities through 6 CLUSTERS.

It sets EU-missions with ambitious goals tackling some of our biggest problems. More information on Missions is available here.

It also includes activities pursued by the Joint Research Centre which supports EU and national policymakers with independent scientific evidence and technical support.

Social sciences and humanities are fully integrated across all clusters, including specific and dedicated activities.

Pillar II covers activities from a broad range of Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs),
including lower TRLs.

Pillar II holds the lion’s share of the HE programme funding.
 
Pillar II supports research projects carried out by international and inter-disciplinary consortia. The projects address specific pre-defined topics proposed by the EC which fall into six different clusters, each of them focused on specific global societal and industrial challenges. More information on the specific content of each cluster is available by clicking the links below:

  1. Health
  2. Culture Creativity and Inclusive Society
  3. Civil Security for Society
  4. Digital Industry & Space
  5. Climate, Energy & Mobility
  6. Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment

Last modification date: 20/09/2024

Horizon Europe: Pillar 2 projects

OpenSuperQPlus - Open Superconducting Quantum Computers

Specific programme: HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-15 - HORIZON Framework Partnerships
UPV/EHU Partner Status: Beneficiary
UPV/EHU PI: Mikel Sanz

Project start: 01/03/2023
Project end: 28/02/2027

Brief description: The OpenSuperQplus consortium is a structured partnership aiming at large-scale European quantum computers in the superconducting platform. It proposes and implements a set of roadmaps covering the complete technology stack including quantum hardware, enabling hard- and software, engineering, and an application-driven test suite. It will implement and guide two specific grant agreements (SGAs), aiming at 100 and 1000 qubits with high fidelity, respectively. Grown out of the ramp-up project OpenSuperQ, it brings together a community of excellent academic groups, RTOs, and companies of various sizes spread over Europe, and that includes widening countries. Industrial partners allow to commercialize components, enabling technologies as well as full machines. Its scientific focus is on high coherence, which is crucial to reach the break-even point of quantum advantage in NISQ and reaching out to fault tolerance. Beyond the SGAs, OpenSuperQplus will collaborate with many other Flagship projects, contribute to standardization through CEN/CENELEC, and form a sustainable partnership in the form of a professional organization.

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Contact information:

International R&D Office UPV/EHU
Email: proyectoseuropeos@ehu.es

Last modification date: 12/09/2024