Since more than three years, the RPTU, the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the German research center for artificial intelligence (DFKI) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) work together in the Rhineland-Palatinate Quantum Initiative (QUIP), to enhance the quantum research and support young researchers. For the extension of this project, the state provides financial support of 600.000 Euro. State secretary Nicole Steingaß handed over the funding notice on February 5.
Further reading (german): https://rptu.de/newsroom/pressemitteilungen/detail/news/quanteninitiative-rheinland-pfalz-verlaengert-forschungskompetenzen-buendeln-nachwuchs-foerdern-akteure-vernetzen