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 Switzerland hosts its inaugural Swiss Quantum Week  

Switzerland hosts its inaugural Swiss Quantum Week

19.12.2025

To celebrate the UNESCO International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the EPFL QSE Center helped create the first-ever Swiss Quantum Week, a series of …

 
1px spacer The twisted nanotubes that tell a story  

The twisted nanotubes that tell a story

09.12.2025

In collaboration with scientists in Germany, EPFL researchers have demonstrated that the spiral geometry of tiny, twisted magnetic tubes can be leveraged to tr…

 
1px spacer Edoardo Charbon elected to Optica  

Edoardo Charbon elected to Optica

01.12.2025

Edoardo Charbon, head of the Advanced Quantum Architecture Lab (AQUA) in the School of Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the optics and photonics society…

 
1px spacer Riccardo Rossi awarded SNSF Starting Grant  

Riccardo Rossi awarded SNSF Starting Grant

19.11.2025

EPFL researcher Riccardo Rossi has been awarded a Starting Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The SNSF Starting Grants represent the SNSF’s high…

 
1px spacer Quantum excellence, Swiss precision  

Quantum excellence, Swiss precision

14.11.2025

Relative to its size, Switzerland has a big impact in quantum science and technology, with a proven record of academic excellence, an innovative industrial lan…

 
1px spacer “I love doing science socially”  

“I love doing science socially”

10.11.2025

The recipient of the 2025 Zonta Prize is Zoë Holmes, an assistant professor of physics at EPFL and head of the Laboratory of Quantum Information and Computatio…

 
1px spacer Nicola Marzari receives David Adler Award  

Nicola Marzari receives David Adler Award

06.11.2025

Nicola Marzari, head of the School of Engineering's Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Materials (THEOS) and director of NCCR MARVEL, is the recipient of t…

 
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Three QSE researchers awarded SNSF Swiss-Korean quantum grants

05.11.2025

The “Korean-Swiss Science and Technology Programme” is part of the Swiss government's bilateral programmes between the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)…

 
 
 
 

QSE Upcoming events

 
 

 
 
1px spacer QSE Quantum Seminar: "Separating QMA from QCMA with a classical oracle"  

QSE Quantum Seminar: "Separating QMA from QCMA with a classical oracle"

19.01.2026, 12:00 - 13:30

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Please join us for the QSE Center Quantum Seminar with John Bostanci from Columbia University who will give the talk "Separating QMA from QCMA with a classical…

 
1px spacer Quantum IC Seminar : "Sampling probability bounds from bosons"  

Quantum IC Seminar : "Sampling probability bounds from bosons"

21.01.2026, 11:00 - 12:00

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Please join us for the IC Seminar with John Bostanci from Columbia University who will give the talk "Sampling probability bounds from bosons" on Wednesday Jan…

 
1px spacer Spin shuttling - a new paradigm for semiconductor spin qubits  

Spin shuttling - a new paradigm for semiconductor spin qubits

26.01.2026, 16:15 - 17:15

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Abstract Semiconductor qubits are compact, highly coherent and can be manufactured in industrial facilities. Single-and two-qubit gates reach fidelities well o…

 
1px spacer QSE Quantum Seminar: "Superposing coherent states for fun & profit"  

QSE Quantum Seminar: "Superposing coherent states for fun & profit"

19.02.2026, 12:00 - 13:30

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Please join us for the QSE Center Quantum Seminar with Barry Sanders from the University of Calgary’s Quantum City who will give the talk "Superposing coherent…

 
1px spacer EPFL Quantum Hackathon  

EPFL Quantum Hackathon

27.02.2026 - 01.03.2026, 11:00 - 17:00

BC Building

The EPFL Quantum Hackathon, February 27-March 1, 2026, is organized by team of EPFL students passionate about quantum science, from algorithms to hardware. Joi…

 
 
 
 

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,