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QATALYSTOpen Research Program · Accepting applications for Fall 2026

Your own workspace,
open for research

QATALYST gives individual researchers and students their own workspace on the QCentroid platform and access to the LaunchPad IDE, with no fixed licence fees. You sign up with a research use case of your own, it becomes the first one in your workspace, and credits are spent only when a job actually runs.

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The process

How it works, and who it is for

Four steps from this page to your own workspace.

How it works

1
ApplyTell us about yourself and your research use case. Seven fields, a few minutes.
2
Fill in the formRight here on this page: who you are, your organization and the use case you want to run.
3
Create your accountYou go straight to platform sign-up with your details already filled in. Pick a password.
4
Build and showcaseYour workspace is ready: your first use case, the LaunchPad IDE and the Classic CPU provider. Then share what you found.

Who is eligible

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Academic and research staffFaculty, research staff and postdocs at any university.
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PhD and master’s studentsWith a supervised research project.
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Independent researchersNo institutional affiliation required.
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University spin-offs and R&D teamsEarly-stage teams with a concrete project.

Apply to QATALYST

Application

Apply to QATALYST

Seven required questions, a couple of minutes.
Submitting takes you straight to platform sign-up.

About you

Full name *

Email *

Country *

Research center *

About your use case

Tell us about the project, use case or problem you are working on.

Use case title *

Use case sector *

Briefly describe your use case *

You can edit this information later from your workspace, and add more use cases whenever you need them.

I have read and accept the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy. *

Next comes platform sign-up, with your details already filled in — you only choose a password.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Do I need to be affiliated with a university?

No. Academic affiliation is valued, but independent researchers and early-stage teams with a concrete project are welcome to apply.

What does access include?

An individual QCentroid account with a personal workspace, your first use case created from what you tell us at sign-up, an initial allocation of complimentary credits, the Classic CPU provider for running jobs, and access to the LaunchPad IDE. It is an individual account: you cannot invite others into your workspace, and the available SDKs are the ones QATALYST includes.

What happens right after I apply?

You go straight to platform sign-up with your details prefilled. Choose a password, confirm your email and your workspace is ready.

What do you ask in return?

That you acknowledge QCentroid in publications and outputs derived from the work. Your scientific independence is never compromised: we never require positive results about the platform.