Dear EPFL Quantum Community,

Please find the QSE Center's highlights, upcoming events, and funding opportunities in our monthly newsletter.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EPFL Quantum News

 
 

 
 
1px spacer Tobias Kippenberg receives NOMIS Award  

Tobias Kippenberg receives NOMIS Award

23.07.2026

EPFL professor Tobias Kippenberg has been named a recipient of the 2026 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, which includes €2.5 million in researc…

 
1px spacer How proximity steals energy from nanoresonators  

How proximity steals energy from nanoresonators

07.07.2026

EPFL researchers have shown that placing insolating materials near ultracoherent nanomechanical resonators causes energy loss. The work reveals a previously ov…

 
1px spacer Quantum and molecular plumbing  

Quantum and molecular plumbing

22.06.2026

How liquids, and water in particular, behave at scales of a few nanometers is one of the big gaps in modern physics. Our body contains an intricate system of t…

 
1px spacer A ultrafast laser on a chip  

A ultrafast laser on a chip

04.06.2026

EPFL researchers have built a photonic chip that rivals much larger laboratory lasers, delivers extremely short, high-energy optical pulses, and could reshape …

 
1px spacer Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov as first EPFL Fellow  

Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov as first EPFL Fellow

01.06.2026

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has named Professor Konstantin Novoselov as the first-ever EPFL Fellow, inaugurating a new honorary title creat…

 
1px spacer EPFL launches cloud access to real quantum computers  

EPFL launches cloud access to real quantum computers

29.05.2026

Through a collaboration between the EPFL Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (QSE) and SCITAS, EPFL has become the first Swiss academic institution to e…

 
1px spacer Gregor Jotzu named CIFAR Global Scholar  

Gregor Jotzu named CIFAR Global Scholar

21.05.2026

School of Engineering professor Gregor Jotzu is one of 15 early-career researchers named CIFAR Global Scholars for 2026-2028. Now in its eleventh year, the Glo…

 
1px spacer A tiny detector for microwave photons could advance quantum tech  

A tiny detector for microwave photons could advance quantum tech

06.04.2026

EPFL researchers have built a device that detects individual microwave photons with up to 70 percent efficiency, operating continuously and without complex res…

 
 
 
 

QSE Upcoming events

 
 

 
 
1px spacer Call for Research Proposals – Access to Quantinuum Quantum Computers  

Call for Research Proposals – Access to Quantinuum Quantum Computers

17.07.2026 - 17.08.2026

The QSE Center invites EPFL researchers to submit proposals for research projects requiring access to Quantinuum quantum computers. Background Over the past fi…

 
1px spacer SNSF: Swiss Quantum Call 2026  

SNSF: Swiss Quantum Call 2026

01.09.2026 - 17:00

The Swiss Quantum Call 2026, part of the Swiss Quantum Initiative (SQI), will support outstanding quantum research projects with strong scientific excellence a…

 
1px spacer Synergies between quantum and classical computing for quantum chemistry and materials science  

Synergies between quantum and classical computing for quantum chemistry and materials science

28.09.2026 - 30.09.2026

BCH 2103

You can apply to participate and find all the relevant information (speakers, abstracts, program,...) on the event website: https://www.cecam.org/workshop-deta…

 
1px spacer Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland (QIDiS) 2026  

Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland (QIDiS) 2026

13.10.2026, 08:15 - 19:30

StageOne, Zurich

The Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland (QIDiS) gathers academic and industrial R&D to foster exchange and accelerate the development of new quantum products t…

 
1px spacer QSE INSPIRE Quantum Master's Awards  

QSE INSPIRE Quantum Master's Awards

06.07.2026 - 31.05.2027

Applications are open for the QSE Center INSPIRE Quantum Master Award! One of the QSE Center’s main missions is to attract excellent female students in the dom…

 
1px spacer QSE Innovation Seed Grants  

QSE Innovation Seed Grants

07.07.2026 - 31.05.2027

The QSE Innovation Seed Grant is open for applications! This is a unique seed funding opportunity of up to CHF 25k to encourage the brightest ideas for cutting…

 
 
 
 

Funding opportunities

 
 

 
 

Call for Proposals 2025, ESA Phi-Lab Switzerland at the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI): Quantum in Space

Phi-Lab at ESDI's first call for proposals is now open in Quantum in Space!  Apply to this call and receive funding between 200,000 to 990,000 CHF for your project over a 24-month period and guidance from experts. They seek breakthrough approaches linked to technology conundrums worth solving that aim at demonstrating significant progress in areas like:
- Control system miniaturization, all the way to chip-scale
- Environmental resilience, including thermal and vibration management
- Sensor integration, such as by combining multiple quantum sensing modalities
- Scalable production methods suitable for commercial manufacturing

More information and application on their website.
Deadline May 1

 
 
 

Swiss-Danish Matchmaking on Quantum

Connect, collaborate, and innovate with leading minds in the field to participate in Horizon Europe and in national funding programmes. Switzerland and Denmark have taken a Quantum leap forward! Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen relations in higher education, research and innovation on 20 March 2024, both countries are eager to deepen their collaboration in the exciting field of Quantum. Join their matchmaking platform where Danish and Swiss organisations can connect with top minds in Quantum-related fields and initiate a project application in Horizon Europe and in national funding programmes. At the webinar on 6 May 2025 both Horizon Europe and national funding opportunities will be presented. Register now.

 
 
 

INSPIRE Quantum Master's Award (Internal)

These awards aim to attract and empower excellent female students who will conduct their master’s project at EPFL in the research areas represented at the QSE Center. The awardee will receive 8,000 CHF paid to them directly. External applicants are eligible for up to an additional 2,000 CHF for travel expenses. Rolling deadline

 
 
 

QSE Innovation Seed Grants (Internal)

The QSE Innovation Seed Grant is a unique seed funding opportunity to encourage the brightest ideas for cutting-edge applications, technology transfer, and start-up creation in the field of quantum science and engineering, open to master’s students and researchers, including PhD students and post docs, in the initial phase of developing a cutting-edge application, product or service with a real societal impact. Rolling deadline

 
 
 

Swiss Quantum news

 
 

 
 
1px spacer International Year of Quantum Science and Technology launched in Paris and Geneva!  

International Year of Quantum Science and Technology launched in Paris and Geneva!

On 21 February 2025, the Geneva Conservatory of Music hosted over 100 members of the International Geneva community to celebrate the launch of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), following its official inauguration earlier this month at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The QSE Center attended both events, with Academic Director Prof. Vincenzo Savona speaking in Geneva as part of a panel on "Identifying and addressing the gap in Education Resources in the field of QST".

 
 
 

 
 

Best regards,