Grant Program: Terms & Conditions

Last updated: July 30, 2026

These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") govern participation in the Qollab Grant Program (the "Program"), operated by fluxDev, Inc. By submitting work to the Program, you ("Contributor," "you") agree to these Terms.

1. Eligibility

• You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of legal majority in your jurisdiction, to participate.
• The Program is not open to:
  • Current employees, contractors, or advisors of Qollab
  • Immediate family members of the above
  • Residents of, or entities based in, jurisdictions subject to applicable export control or trade sanctions restrictions (see Section 9)
• Qollab reserves the right to verify eligibility at any point before or after credits are awarded, and to disqualify a Contributor who does not meet these requirements, including retroactively.
• There is no limit on the number of submissions a single Contributor may make.

2. Submission requirements

• To be eligible for credits, submitted work must:
  • Be published natively and run on the Qollab platform (qollab.xyz)
  • Be fully runnable: one-click executable on the platform, not a static code listing
  • Be licensed under the MIT License at the time of publication
  • Fall into one of the three recognised categories on the Program page: Port Existing Work, Fork & Extend, or Publish Original Work
  • Remain published and runnable natively on Qollab for a minimum of one (1) year from the date of publication, except where removal is required as set out in Section 3, or as requested by Qollab
• By submitting work, you represent and warrant that:
  • You are the original author of the submitted work, or you hold all rights necessary to publish it under an MIT license and to grant the rights described in Section 3
  • The work does not infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights
  • The work does not violate any applicable law or the rights of any third party
  • Where the work is a "port" of pre-existing material (for example, from a published paper, prior notebook, or other repository), you have the right to republish that material and, where the original author is someone other than you, you have secured their consent or the material is otherwise appropriately licensed for this use
• Qollab may request evidence of authorship or rights of use before or after publication, and may remove any submission and revoke any associated award if such evidence is not provided or is found to be false.

3. Intellectual property and license grant

• You retain ownership of the copyright in your submitted work. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of your work to Qollab.
• By publishing work through the Program, you grant Qollab a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, display, promote, format, and technically adapt (for example, for platform compatibility) your published work on and in connection with Qollab, for as long as the work remains published on the platform — minimum one year from the date of publication. Where a Contributor is required to remove published work prior to the one-year minimum due to a valid third-party legal claim (for example, a substantiated infringement claim) or a court order, such removal will not be treated as a breach of this Section, provided the Contributor promptly notifies Qollab of the removal and its cause.
• The MIT license under which your work is published governs third-party use, including forking and extension by other developers. You cannot revoke or narrow this license retroactively for versions already forked or distributed by others.
• You may request removal of your work from Qollab at any time after a calendar year. Removal does not affect the rights already granted to third parties under the MIT license for versions forked prior to removal, and Qollab reserves the right to claw back any associated unused credits per Section 5.

4. Review and award process

• All submissions are reviewed by Qollab on a rolling basis.
• Qollab has sole discretion to:
  • Accept, reject, or request revisions to any submission
  • Determine which category a submission qualifies for
  • Determine the credit amount awarded, up to the maximum published for that category on the Program page
• Review decisions are final. There is no appeals process for the amount of credit awarded or for a decision not to accept a submission. This does not affect any separate disqualification process described in Section 6.
• Qollab is not obligated to provide detailed reasoning for a rejection, though we will make reasonable efforts to give general feedback where useful to the Contributor.

5. Credits: issuance, use, and expiration

• "Compute credits" refers to allocated usage credit redeemable for quantum hardware time on IonQ systems accessible through Qollab. Credits are denominated in USD value and applied toward compute usage; they are not cash and have no cash redemption value.
• Credits are awarded to the Contributor's Qollab account upon publication approval and are non-transferable. They cannot be sold, gifted, pooled with another Contributor's credits, or redeemed for cash.
• Credits expire three (3) months from the date of issuance. Unused credits are forfeited automatically upon expiration and cannot be reinstated, extended, or converted to any other benefit, except at Qollab's sole discretion.
• Qollab does not guarantee the continuous availability of compute capacity within the 3-month usage window. In the event of a hardware or platform outage that materially prevents a Contributor from using awarded credits before expiration, Qollab will, at its discretion, extend the expiration window or reissue equivalent credits.
• Credit amounts, categories, and award maximums described on the Program page are subject to change for future submissions at Qollab's discretion. Changes do not affect credits already awarded.

6. Disqualification and clawback

• Qollab may disqualify a submission and revoke associated credits, whether before or after issuance, if it determines that:
  • The submission does not meet the requirements of Section 2
  • The Contributor made false representations under Section 2
  • The work is later found to infringe third-party rights
  • The Contributor violated these Terms in any other material way
  • The Contributor removes, unpublishes, or materially disables the submitted work from Qollab before the one-year minimum publication period in Section 2 has elapsed, other than as permitted under Section 3, or at Qollab's own request
• If credits have already been used at the time of a confirmed disqualification, Qollab reserves the right to invoice the Contributor for the value of credits used, or to take other reasonable steps to recover that value, at Qollab's discretion.
• Disqualification determinations under this Section are final and not subject to appeal regarding the underlying award amount, though a Contributor may request reconsideration solely on the question of whether a disqualifying condition in this Section was met.

7. Taxes

• Credits awarded under the Program may constitute taxable income to the Contributor under applicable law. Contributors are solely responsible for determining and meeting any tax obligations arising from participation in the Program.
• Where required by applicable law (including for US-based Contributors receiving cumulative awards above applicable reporting thresholds), Qollab may request tax information (for example, a completed Form W-9 or W-8BEN) prior to issuing credits, and may issue applicable tax forms (for example, Form 1099) reflecting the value of credits awarded.
• Failure to provide requested tax information may result in delayed or withheld issuance of credits.

8. Program changes and termination

• Qollab may modify, suspend, or terminate the Program, in whole or in part, at any time and without prior notice. This includes changes to eligible categories, credit amounts, review criteria, or expiration terms for future submissions.
• If the Program is terminated, credits already issued and not yet expired remain valid and usable per Section 5, subject to compute availability under Section 5.
• Submissions in the review queue at the time of Program suspension or termination will be handled at Qollab's discretion, which may include continued review, deferral, or closure without award.

9. Compliance and export controls

• Access to quantum hardware through the Program may be subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, and comparable laws in other jurisdictions. Contributors are responsible for complying with all applicable export control and sanctions laws.
• Qollab may deny or revoke participation for any Contributor located in, or affiliated with, a jurisdiction or entity subject to applicable trade restrictions.

10. Privacy

• Information collected through the Program submission form (including name, contact information, and submission details) is handled in accordance with Qollab's Privacy Policy. The Program's submission forms are hosted on Airtable, so information you enter into them is collected through that service.
• Published Contributor names and public profile information associated with submitted work will be visible to other users of the platform as part of normal platform functionality.

11. General

• No guarantee of future participation. Acceptance of a past submission does not guarantee acceptance of future submissions.
• Force majeure. Qollab is not liable for any failure or delay in Program operation, credit issuance, or compute availability caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including platform outages, hardware partner disruptions, or acts of God.
• No warranty. The Program and any associated compute access are provided "as is," without warranty of any kind, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
• Governing law. These Terms are governed by the laws of California, without regard to conflict of law principles.
• Changes to these Terms. Qollab may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by an updated "Last updated" date above. Continued participation in the Program after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

Questions about these Terms can be directed to hello@qollab.xyz.