Cooperative Agreement DESC0020266

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research at the University of Southern California (USC) on developing fault-tolerant quantum computing and communication methods. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year award include: Decoding quantum error-correcting codes to enable fault-tolerant quantum computing on near-term quantum hardware. This involves developing...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) provides $500,000 over 4 years to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop a verifiable quantum compiler that integrates formal methods with quantum computing. The project aims to advance fault-tolerant quantum computing by automating the generation of fault-tolerant quantum programs and ensuring their accuracy...

This Project Grant award for $600,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research to develop practical finite-length quantum low-density parity-check (QLDPC) codes and novel anisotropic iterative decoders to overcome current limitations in quantum error correction. The goal is to create QLDPC codes with minimized trapping sets and decoders that leverage quantum code degeneracy to enable near-optimal...

This $309,033 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research by the University of Pennsylvania to develop advanced quantum compiler optimization methods. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) pioneer quantum algorithmic optimizations using high-level intermediate representations and compilation algorithms to enable comprehensive quantum program optimizations across a...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program aims to address critical gaps in the understanding of noisy quantum devices, particularly in the near and medium term. The $600,000 award, granted on January 15, 2025, will fund research focused on three key areas: 1) developing new methods to demonstrate quantum advantage in noisy environments, including making Shor's factoring algorithm feasible on current...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) aims to accelerate the development of fault-tolerant quantum computing. The $500,000 award, granted on December 15, 2024, supports an interdisciplinary team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in co-designing efficient quantum error-correcting (QEC) codes and optimizing their deployment on a trapped-ion quantum computer...

This $389,831 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to advance quantum error correction techniques using a dual species atomic qubit array. The university will demonstrate novel approaches to implementing error correction in a prototype quantum computer with cesium and rubidium atoms. Cesium atoms will encode data qubits while rubidium atoms will detect errors and enable correction. Researchers will transfer quantum information between...

This three-year, $284,063 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support research into advances in quantum control and noise mitigation using a highly accurate quantum testbed. The University of Arizona, operating through the Arizona Board of Regents, will lead collaborative experimental and theoretical work to develop new techniques for quantum control and shielding quantum devices from noise. Researchers will employ a small,...

This $270,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) to Kent State University aims to enable temporal-reliable quantum learning on NISQ-era devices. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a novel compression-based error adaptor to adjust the parameters and structure of variational quantum circuits (VQCs) based on fluctuating quantum noise,...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $2,029,641 project grant to Rigetti & Co, LLC, doing business as Rigetti Quantum Computing, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a performance period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028, is focused on "Understanding Defects in Josephson Junctions Using Alternating-Bias Assisted Annealing". This research grant supports Rigetti's fundamental work in advancing quantum computing...