Funding

As a key enabling technology, photonics is recognised as being strategically important for Europe's industrial future

According to a new report, European photonics PPP projects funded under Horizon 2020 have shown five-fold leverage on the money invested by the EU

Photonics21 has released a position statement saying the European photonics sector is ready to invest €100 billion in R&I if a photonics public-private partnership is launched for Horizon Europe funding

The silicon photonics company Rockley Photonics has received $52 million in funding from strategic partners

EPIC is advocating for a photonics contractual public private partnership to be selected under the future Horizon Europe programme

The Eureka Network in Photonics will fund international research and development projects with up to €2 million to produce industrial photonic technologies

Stefan Hell, Gérard Mourou and Theodor W Hansch, Nobel prize winning scientists behind major photonics breakthroughs, have warned that the sector could be seriously compromised if it is not included in the Horizon Europe draft funding priority list

At the latest Photonics Leadership Group meeting, held at Photonex, engagement with the UK government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund was top of the agenda