PQ-REACT Open Call #2:
PQ-REACT Open Call #2:
IMPLEMENT
IMPLEMENT
The winning projects will help test and validate the implemented framework across different scenarios and use cases.
Why should you pre-register?
Your expression of interest in pre-registration will automatically ignite the creation of an applicant profile on the application portal once the Open call #1 opens. You will have a head start to begin filling in the rest of the information on the Application form.
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PQ-REACT OPEN CALL #2
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Why you should apply today
PQ-REACT Use Cases:
Smart energy meters upgraded with PQC capabilities via testing and evaluating the efficiency of PQC algorithms in real smart energy meters (loT) considering H/W limitations, bandwidth, length of Digital Signature PQC algorithms keys and signatures, CPU and memory usage, etc.
Leveraging PQC and QKD hybridisation approaches related to 5G and their evolution to 6G architectures. PQ-REACT will investigate their application to significant use cases, especially related to protection mechanisms for the network infrastructure, addressing the security and performance requirements in highly-pervasive, critical networked environments.
Test and validation of innovative services/apps that use PQC algorithms, extending beyond existing liboqs-based applications such as cURL, Nginx, and HTTP, to include new PQC enablers for protocols across communication, authentication, and network security domains. These enablers can support, for example, QUIC and SIP for secure transport and real-time communications, DNSSEC for quantum-safe domain integrity, and authentication frameworks like OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and Kerberos to resist quantum attacks.
Practical validation and assessment of the resilience of new applications/solutions using PQC techniques, exploiting the capabilities of an HPC (High-Performance Computer) or QC (Quantum Computer) via a suite of tools (C++/Python/Qrisp). Additional tools like Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA), Shor’s algorithm, algorithmic primitives (e.g., quantum Fourier transform (QFT), quantum phase estimation (QPE)) and solving QUBO problem instances with QAOA are available in Qrisp.
The second open call is available only to consortia. We expect a mini-consortium between two or a maximum of three partners, from which one represents an SME and one technical provider (Start-ups & SMEs, Universities and Research centers, NGOs, or Foundations).
Important note
Only entities legally established in any of the following countries (hereafter collectively identified as the “Eligible Countries”) are eligible for funding:
• The Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU), including their outermost regions.
• Horizon Europe-associated countries: according to the updated list published by the EC as of the call launch date.
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Submit your application.
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The results of the Second Open Call will be communicated no sooner than 04/07/2025.
Helpdesk: applications@pqreact.eu
This is the final Open Call of the PQ-REACT project. Don’t miss your chance to be part of our quantum world, APPLY today!
This is the final Open Call of the PQ-REACT project. Don’t miss your chance to be part of our quantum world, APPLY today!
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