{"id":555183,"date":"2025-11-07T13:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/555183\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:37:30","slug":"uk-gov-reboots-scotland-california-quantum-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/555183\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Gov reboots Scotland\u2013California quantum alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK Government has announced a package of support aimed at bolstering the country\u2019s quantum<\/a> sector, with Scottish institutions among those set to receive a raft of new funding.<\/p>\n

In a flurry of announcements, the Government said that it will look to make a \u00a3300,000 investment to relaunch the Scotland-California quantum and photonics partnership (SU2P<\/a>), initially launched back in 2009 but since wound down.<\/p>\n

With this cash injection, the Government said it will once again bring together quantum researchers from across the Universities of Strathclyde, St Andrews, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow, together with colleagues from Stanford University and Caltech, to unlock new opportunities for investment in the hope of bringing quantum breakthroughs to market.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, the Government also set out plans for a new Quantum Centre for Nuclear Defence and Security at the MoD\u2019s Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).<\/p>\n

This will support AWE work with the University of Strathclyde to bring quantum computing and sensing to bear in nuclear science and technology, which the Government said is vital to the UK\u2019s national security.<\/p>\n

Central to the Government\u2019s quantum plans, however, are plans to provide a \u00a314 million boost for fourteen new quantum projects, provided through Innovate UK\u2019s Quantum Sensing Mission Primer awards, in the hope of developing next-generation sensors that could be used in healthcare, transport, and defence.<\/p>\n

Backed projects include a portable eye scanner that could replace costly hospital machines, cutting-edge cancer screening tools, and a new sensor that could help engineers detect buried infrastructure, without the need for costly excavation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a new MOU between the UK\u2019s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) and Japan\u2019s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology has been signed, with the Government also marking the launch of the National Metrology Institute-Quantum (NMI-Q) at the National Physical Laboratory, earlier this week, a partnership for quantum R&D across the G7 plus Australia.<\/p>\n

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The Government said that the announcements were key to its plan for unlocking the value of quantum, a core part of its Industrial Strategy, which saw \u00a3670 million pledged towards growing the UK\u2019s burgeoning quantum industry in the hope of generating an additional \u00a311 billion in UK GDP and over 100,000 jobs by 2045.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe achievements of the UK\u2019s National Quantum Technologies Programme over the last 10 years have positioned the UK as one of the world\u2019s leading quantum nations,\u201d said Jonathan Legh-Smith, executive director of UKQuantum.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur companies have developed world-leading technologies across the whole quantum domain \u2013 including sensing, imaging, clocks and computing \u2013 with strong engagements across sectors such as transport, finance, telecommunications and defence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe announcements today demonstrate that the translation of innovation to commercial reality is already well underway in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

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