Projects that build on cutting-edge research at Scottish Universities and their networks to stimulate innovation, commercialisation and skills creation.
Photonics & Quantum Accelerator (PQA)
The PQA is a £4.7M Place Based Impact Acceleration Account funded by UKRI via the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). It brings together researchers from the Universities of Glasgow, Heriot-Watt, St Andrews and Strathclyde, and a number of local authorities and industry bodies to advance the growth of the photonics sector in Scotland’s Central Belt through entrepreneurship and commercialisation, skills development, and increasing enthusiasm for the photonics industry.
Quantum ARC
By bringing together a broad range of stakeholders from academia and industry to end-users and next-generation quantum workers, the Alliance for Research Challenge in Quantum Technologies (Quantum ARC) seeks to connect societal challenges to quantum-enabled solutions, build the skill base needed to realise the benefits of quantum technologies and ensure the responsible development of quantum technologies for society.
Critical Technologies Accelerator (CTA)
The CTA develops and de-risks cutting-edge nano-scale technologies for a range of commercial partners. This is achieved through support from the University of Glasgow’s James Watt Nanofabrication Centre. A team of highly skilled engineers work together to design, fabricate and test technologies that could sit at the heart of next-generation communication systems, medical sensors and quantum computers.
QEPNT
QEPNT is the UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation & Timing, led by the University of Glasgow. It brings together industry, academia and government to create quantum technologies which will be key for national security, critical national infrastructure and sectors such as aerospace, transport, energy, finance, communications and agriculture.
IQN Hub
Led by Heriot-Watt University, the Integrated Quantum Networks (IQN) Quantum Technology Research Hub will undertake research towards the ultimate goal of a ‘quantum internet’, globally interlinked quantum networks connecting multiple quantum computers to produce enormous computational power.
QuSIT
The UK Quantum Technology Research Hub in Sensing, Imaging and Timing (QuSIT) aims to develop quantum sensing technologies for the real world, addressing key challenges to facilitate a safer, healthier, and more sustainable society. Led by the University of Birmingham and including Co-Investigators from the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt, it has a focus on overcoming the main research barriers to scale up and manufacture quantum sensing, imaging and timing devices.