Help programme reference_number: ___ SA.52877(2019/X) – University of Warsaw; SA.52878(2019/X) – Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences; SA.52879(2019/X) – Silesian University of Technology; SA.52880(2019/X) – Wrocław University of Technology; SA.52881(2019/X) – Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences; SA.52882(2019/X) – Maria Curie-Skłodowska University; SA.52883(2019/X) – Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Purpose of public aid:_art. 26 The aim of the project is to create the National Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Technologies. It will be a distributed structure created by a consortium of scientific institutions: 7 partners (including 5 universities) from 6 voivodships. As a result of the project, the following research infrastructure will be created: — system of distribution of standard frequency signals based on optical atomic clock and PIONIER fibre network serving the most important academic centres in Poland and selected commercial recipients – network of scientific laboratories specialising in photonics – network of scientific laboratories conducting research in the domain of quantum technologies.