Cooperative Agreement 70NANB25H054
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to Northeastern University for the "CAREER: CRYOGENIC-CMOS AND SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUITS FOR SCALABLE QUANTUM SYSTEMS" project. The objective is to develop energy-efficient, low-cost, and compact cryogenic chips that enable scaling quantum systems to support thousands of qubits, which is a key limitation for realizing practical quantum computers. The research focuses on advancing...
- This $415,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support a research collaboration between the UK and US to investigate the fundamental properties of SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) for potential use in quantum computing applications. The primary goal is to address gaps in the understanding of noise performance in these transistors at cryogenic temperatures, which is critical for their use in measuring qubit...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $650,000 to Georgia Tech Research Corporation from October 2022 to September 2025. The award will fund research into low-temperature embedded memory devices for near-memory and in-memory computing applications. Specifically, the grantee will characterize resistive random-access memory, ferroelectric field-effect transistors, and two-transistor gain-cell...
- This Project Grant award for $550,000 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Illinois, with a start date of January 15, 2025 and a completion date of December 31, 2029. The goal of this research project is to develop scalable, coherent, and networked quantum systems based on optically active spin qubits in silicon carbide (SiC). The key objectives are to overcome the challenges of current noisy and isolated quantum platforms...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) federal grant program provides $135,000 to Theiss Research, a non-profit research organization, to develop chip-based devices with integrated quantum dots. The purpose is to support basic quantum science research and applications in quantum information technologies, such as quantum computing and quantum networks. The key...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) federal grant program provides $215,018.91 to Theiss Research, a non-profit research organization, to develop techniques for improving the manufacturability of superconducting quantum circuits. The key objectives are to create innovative tools to fabricate superconducting circuits with fewer errors, detect errors during...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation supports research to advance manufacturing processes for semiconductor electronic and quantum devices at the atomic scale. Funded for $292,392 over two years from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, the award supports the University of Maryland, College Park under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research aims to develop robust manufacturing techniques with...
- This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Maryland, College Park to develop optically active quantum bits (qubits) in silicon. The goal is to create scalable quantum devices by integrating these silicon-based qubits with nanophotonic engineering and microwave control. The research will focus on a silicon color center called the "T center" which can exhibit efficient optical...
- This $2.46 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund research into interconnected superconducting and color center qubits in silicon devices from September 2021 through August 2025. The University of California, Berkeley will lead efforts to design high kinetic inductance superconducting devices using disordered superconducting alloys for insensitivity to light fields and coupling microwave fields to mechanical modes....
- This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609), aims to develop algorithms and firmware for RFSOC electronics to better control qubits and quantum sensors. The key activities include: Developing, testing, and publicly releasing a scalable FPGA-based RFSOC quantum control system for performing direct digital synthesis (DDS) without up- and...
PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO DEVELOP LOW-TEMPERATURE CIRCUIT MODELING TECHNIQUES FOR SILICON DEVICES OPERATING AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES TO DESIGN ELECTRONICS WORKING AT LOW TEMPERATURES FOR NASCENT QUANTUM COMPUTING APPLICATIONS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE RESEARCHERS WILL FOCUS ON TWO INTEGRATED TASKS: 1) MEASURING SILICON-ON-INSULATOR DEVICES AT A LOW TEMPERATURE, 4K, USING CRYOGENIC PROBING SYSTEMS AT NIST, NEEDED FOR ITS COMPACT MODEL EXTRACTION; AND 2)CREATING A BSIM SILICON-ON-INSULATOR COMPACT CIRCUIT SIMULATION SOFTWARE MODELING EQUATION SET.EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE SPICE MODEL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MEASUREMENTS AT LOW TEMPERATURES, WILL HELP IMPROVE CIRCUIT LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROCESS DESIGN KIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRY SERVICES.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RESULTING MEASUREMENTS AND MODELS FOR THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY DESIGNING ELECTRONICS WORKING AT LOW TEMPERATURES FOR NASCENT QUANTUM COMPUTING APPLICATIONS.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $75.0k | 8/19/25 |