Simon Etzold has been working at the DLR Project Management Agency for over three years and has been part of the National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity (NCC-DE) since the end of 2024. From his time at university, he is very familiar with the process of submitting applications under European funding programs. He now focuses on the European funding landscape from the perspective of funding consultancy in the field of cybersecurity – which naturally includes PQC.