Across the QDNL community, extraordinary people drive our success — exceptional talent, innovative ideas, and the curiosity of engineers, physicists, builders, theorists and visionaries are amplified by collaboration. 

We believe attracting scarce talent from across the globe requires offering a diverse, entrepreneurial, organised, connected, and well-equipped ecosystem.

By providing direct financial support to Dutch organisations to attract top talent, no matter which country they call “home”, QDNL aspires to elevate the international appeal of the quantum ecosystem in the Netherlands and empower that ecosystem to compete globally.

Eligibility for support from this program requires:

1. Fit with QDNL programme: the proposed candidate’s activities fit within the thematic activities of the QDNL programme.

2. The proposed candidate is demonstrable of international excellence (top 5% in their field/discipline)

3. Attracting the proposed candidate provides added value to the Dutch ecosystem in at least one of the following ways:

   • The proposed candidate brings in critical expertise that is currently lacking or insufficiently available in the ecosystem

   • The proposed candidate increases diversity in the ecosystem

   • The proposed candidate can play an ‘ambassador’ (‘boegbeeld’ in Dutch) role for the ecosystem (for established researchers only)

In order for an application by an organisation or (knowledge) institute to be considered, it must contain a detailed description of the contribution that will be provided by the institute itself and a clear motivation for the contribution by QDNL that is asked for. As a guideline: QDNL can contribute up to 30% of the total offer and up to 50% for ‘ambassadors’.