Cooperative Agreement 70NANB25H141
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded Icarus Quantum Inc. a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) to develop efficient and noise-free excitation quantum dots (QDs) for on-demand quantum light generation. The project aims to enhance the collection efficiency of QD systems by eliminating the need for precise polarization or frequency filtering, enabling the creation of compact, turnkey,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides funding of $305,000 to Icarus Quantum Inc. to evaluate the feasibility of generating high-fidelity, polarization-entangled photon pairs with high efficiency using semiconductor quantum dots. The project aims to deliver a commercial-grade entangled photon generator by 2026, which could enable advancements in quantum networking, quantum computing, and secure...
- 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...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $215,018.91 Cooperative Agreement to Theiss Research, a non-profit research organization located in La Jolla, California, under the NIST Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) program. The purpose of this 3-year award, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, is to develop innovative tools and techniques to improve the manufacturability of superconducting quantum...
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects (CFDA 11.617) program to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2023, will fund the establishment of the Long Island Quantum Internet Center, a quantum network testbed that can be accessed from the cloud to investigate applications leveraging entanglement...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) provides $963,000 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop an optical qubit test bed at the UCLA Quantum Information Science (QIS) Hub. The key objectives are to procure lasers, electronics, and test and measurement equipment to establish an atomic qubit research test bed within a 12-month timeframe. This...
- This Cooperative Agreement award of $446,757.98 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards (CFDA 11.609) Federal Grant Program is for Theiss Research, a non-profit research organization in La Jolla, California. The award is to develop algorithms and firmware for Radio Frequency System-on-Chip (RFSOC) electronics to better control qubits and quantum sensors. Key activities include creating a scalable FPGA-based RFSOC...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Program (CFDA 11.609) provides $249,549.00 to West Virginia University Research Corporation to design and fabricate nanoscopic light-shaping structures containing emitters of quantum light. The goal is to develop devices useful for optical quantum computation and communication. Key activities include learning nanofabrication...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through its Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910), awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois. The award, effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2027, will support the university's research on developing innovative microwave-to-optical interconnects to enable more efficient and modular quantum computing systems. The proposed research aims to leverage a new nonlinear photonic...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA 47.041 - Engineering program provides $400,000 in funding to Northeastern University to develop energy-efficient, low-cost, and compact cryogenic integrated circuits (ICs) for scaling quantum computing systems to thousands of qubits. The key products and services to be delivered include: Advancing cryogenic complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) ICs for qubit control pulse generation and superconducting chip technology...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement to Icarus Quantum Inc. under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620). This funding supports Icarus Quantum's development of a fully fiber-coupled, turnkey photon source based on semiconductor quantum dot (QD) technology. The project aims to achieve a critical milestone toward efficient entangled photon sources and quantum transducers, creating a full-stack, platform-agnostic quantum interconnect. Icarus Quantum will address the challenge of robust and stable fiber-coupling of single-photon sources, with the goal of addressing a $20 billion market opportunity by 2035 through its quantum interconnect technology. The award period runs from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2027.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $400.0k | 9/5/25 |