The 2024 edition of Quantum Industry Day in Switzerland (QIDiS) will take place on September 23, 2024at Uptown Basel. We will send out an email once registration is open. This is a free event with excellent networking opporutnities with members of quantum industry and academia. See last year's edition here.

ESA invites innovators to contribute to the mission of the European Space Deep-tech Innovation Centre (ESDI) through its latest call for ideas. This initiative seeks ideas for "technology conundrums worth solving" in quantum technologies and data management and processing, with a focus on space applications. They are looking for proposals that present practical technological challenges with the potential to catalyze significant advancements in commercial services. If tackling your idea for a conundrum would benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration and Switzerland's research and deep-tech capabilities, they want to hear from you. Deadline June 20, 2024

To promote research and education in cyber-defence, the EPFL and the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the “CYD Fellowships – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research.” The tenth call for applications is now open with a rolling call for Master Thesis Fellowshipapplications and with a deadline of 15 August 2024 (17:00 CEST) for Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowshipapplications. In addition, a CYD Proof of Concept Fellowship program is also now available via an open rolling call. An online applicant workshop will take place on July 9from 11:00 to 11:45 CEST. The registration form is available here. Deadline August 15, 2024

These awards aim to attract and empower excellent female students who will conduct their master’s project 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. Deadline: July 1, 2024

XPRIZE Quantum Applications is a 3-year, $5M global competition designed to generate quantum computing (QC) algorithms that can be put into practice to help solve real-world challenges.XPRIZE Quantum Applications is made possible thanks to the generous support of title sponsor Google Quantum AI, with funding from Google.org, and presenting partner the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) Foundation.

The Unitary Fund give $4k cash grants to quantum tech projects. Project could be open source quantum sofware, education materials and workshops, a new quantum sensor prototype, or much more. Please reach out to Nathan Shammah, who presented at the QSE Seminar Series. 

Last week, the QSE Center participated in the Official Launch of the Trust Village Geneva at Campus Biotech in Geneva, with executive director Philippe Caroff speaking at the roundtable, "Quantum Technology: Present Applications and Outlook".

On June 7, 2024, the United Nations proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). According to the proclamation, this year-long, worldwide initiative will "be observed through activities at all levels aimed at increasing public awareness of the importance of quantum science and applications."