Quantum Technology Global Business Innovation Programme - The Netherlands

Offering innovation-driven businesses the chance to explore collaborative opportunities with the Netherlands relevant to quantum technology.

 

The Quantum Technology Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) focused on the Netherlands is organised by Innovate UK. The aim is to help ambitious, innovative UK businesses explore global markets to accelerate business growth. 

The GBIP is a structured three-phase programme consisting of - (1) getting ready, (2) innovation visit and (3) exploiting the opportunity. The programme is designed to provide you with market insights, cultural knowledge, and introductions to enable you to effectively tailor your solution and access a market via collaborations and partnerships opportunities, which businesses would find challenging to obtain by themselves.

You will have a designated Innovate UK Innovation and Growth Specialist to provide bespoke wrap-around support for the duration of the programme. They will help you to maximise the potential of being part of this programme and beyond. 

 

Why take part in our GBIP?

This programme will help the development of collaborations between UK businesses and Dutch partners to take advantage of future collaborative activities. Quantum technology is a new and ground-breaking technology that can offer disruptive solutions to a variety of unsolved problems. 

The Netherlands has world-leading strengths and advanced facilities in quantum technologies, is third in the world for scientific citations in quantum research, and is second for investments in quantum technology per capita. Through its flagship program, Quantum Delta, the Netherlands is investing over €615m in the development of its quantum technologies ecosystem, ranging from strong research hubs to international active start and scale-ups.

In 2023, the Netherlands and the UK signed a memorandum of understanding, pledging to further intensify cooperation in quantum technologies. Its complementary supply chain and research strengths in photonics, semiconductor and quantum tech are required for the growing quantum tech industry in the UK. 

We are looking for businesses that focus on delivering quantum technology solutions including:

  • Quantum networking and communication solutions
  • Quantum computing
  • Industrial process technologies for scaling, and commercialising quantum technology products – photonics, radio frequency, and semiconductors for quantum tech solutions
  • Quantum sensing and timing solutions 

Your innovation visit will consist of site visits, B2B meetings and networking sessions with potential business partners, as well as attendance at the Quantum Meets 2024 conference.

 

Key Programme Dates

 

Who is this GBIP best suited for?

If you are an ambitious innovative UK business looking to explore international innovation partnership opportunities and grow and scale your business, including through a new technology, service, process or supply chain model which could be of interest to Quantum Technology in the Netherlands - then this programme is for you.

To apply for this initiative, you must:

  • Be registered in the UK
  • Small or medium-sized business (up to 250 employees)
  • High-growth innovative businesses with ambitions for global growth
  • Senior decision-maker or CEO in the company should attend
  • Be a business focused on developing innovation in Quantum Technology   

Businesses must directly benefit from participation in the programme and have the necessary resources to articulate their objectives and ambition for participation clearly.

Innovate UK is committed to ensuring that anyone from any background has an equal opportunity to be successful. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups and will do our utmost to make reasonable adjustments.

 

What is the cost?

Innovate UK will fund and organise flights, accommodation, in-market travel, and conference fees for successful applicants. They will also pay for any reasonable adjustments throughout the initiative.

Only one representative from each company will be funded. On acceptance of the initiative, a commitment fee of £1000 will be obtained from each delegate, which will be refunded on completion of the full activities and an agreed action plan. Non-completion after formal acceptance may result in forfeiting some or all the commitment fee.

 

How can you apply?

Please click the 'Apply Here' button at the top or bottom of this page to submit your application. The online application takes approximately one hour and must be completed and submitted in a single session. To facilitate the process, we have created a Word document, which you can download and pre-populate with your answers. You can then paste these answers into the online form and submit your application. To download the Word application form, please click here.

The application deadline is Monday 22 April 2024, at 12pm.

The GBIP is a competitive programme application process. All applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by Friday 26 April 2024.

Please note due, to high demand, our application process is highly competitive. If successful, the senior named individual on the application must attend all phases of the GBIP. Please also note we will not be able to provide individual application feedback.


Contact us

Have a question about the programme? Email our team at event.enquiries1@innovateukedge.ukri.org 

 

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