New funding for University of Glasgow-led quantum technologies research alliance

The University of Glasgow is set to play host to a third new collaborative research alliance supported by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). The University of Glasgow is set to play host to a third new collaborative research alliance supported by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). The SFC have announced that their Alliance for Research Challenges (ARCs) programme will support a new alliance for quantum technologies, led by researchers from the University's School of Physics & Astronomy and James Watt School of Engineering. The project joins the previously-announced Scottish Brain Health ARC and the Scottish Alliance for Food at the University of Glasgow, and a fourth ARC on energy led by the University of St Andrews. The Quantum Technologies ARC will receive up to £600,000 of SFC funding over the next four years. The investment will enable it to create multi-disciplinary, cross-sector teams to strengthen and accelerate bids for major research grants, including funding from overseas. The ARCs programme is designed to address some of the biggest questions facing the Scottish Government and governments across the world.