Cooperative Agreement DESC0026617
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Krell Institute Inc. a $16.733 million cooperative agreement on September 15, 2025, to administer the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program, a component of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The Krell Institute, a non-profit based in Ames, Iowa, manages the fellowship program, which provides multi-year financial support and specialized training to graduate students conducting advanced research in...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Illinois $500,000 on April 15, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to investigate intertwined electronic and elastic degrees of freedom in correlated materials. Work is performed in Urbana, Illinois through April 14, 2027. The award is structured as a Project Grant, a form of assistance funding supporting basic research in the physical sciences as part of the Office of Science's...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Southern California $199,859 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on leveraging unconventional symmetries for noise-resilient quantum memories. Work is performed in Marina Del Rey, California through September 14, 2027. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports extramural grants and contracts advancing fundamental scientific...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $450,000 to Iowa State University of Science and Technology on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a spatial generative Bayesian computation framework for inferring turbulence-microphysics interactions. The award is a Project Grant assistance type with a period of performance extending through May 31, 2027. Work is performed at Iowa State University's facilities in Ames, Iowa....
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The University of Chicago $900,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for multiscale simulation of energy transduction in biomolecular systems. The project runs through July 31, 2027, with performance at the university's Chicago, Illinois campus. This Project Grant supports basic research in the physical sciences as part of the Office of Science's portfolio, which sponsors nearly 29,000...
- The $249,416 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), will fund research into new theories and ontologies for quantum mechanical cluster modeling of proteins and enzymes. The awardee, Q-Chem Inc. located in Pleasanton, California, will utilize the funding from February 22, 2021 through April 1, 2022 to develop computational software and technical reports related to modeling biochemical reactions at the...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Duke University $166,667 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for Pathways Toward Energy-Efficient Quantum Computing. The award supports research in advanced quantum computing systems, with work performed in Durham, North Carolina. The period of performance runs through September 14, 2027. This project grant funds fundamental scientific research as part of the Office of Science's portfolio...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded $1.095 million to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to fund research on photoinduced spin-polarized charge transfer and transport in chiral molecular nanoribbons. The project runs through June 30, 2027, with performance at Columbia University in New York, New York. The assistance type is a Project Grant. This award supports basic...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Johns Hopkins University $600,000 on June 15, 2026, for scalable approaches to quantum processor stabilization under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The project award is a Project Grant with a period of performance through June 14, 2027, and work is performed in Laurel, Maryland. The Office of Science supports fundamental scientific research across the physical sciences and energy, funding basic research...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The University of Iowa $659,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct quantum computing research in lattice field theory for high energy physics. Work will be performed in Iowa City, Iowa, over a one-year period of performance ending June 30, 2027. This Project Grant is part of the Office of Science's basic research portfolio, which supports fundamental scientific research across the...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded a Cooperative Agreement to The Krell Institute Inc. on September 1, 2026, in the amount of $16.716 million under the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program (CFDA 81.049). The award funds the administration and delivery of fellowship support to graduate students pursuing advanced research in computational science domains including quantum information science, materials research, high-performance computing, and stewardship science. The Krell Institute, a non-profit organization based in Ames, Iowa, serves as the recipient and administrative operator of the program. The award obligates $16.716 million and covers the period from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027, with place of performance at Ames, Iowa. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports basic research across the physical sciences, with this cooperative agreement specifically advancing graduate-level scientific workforce development in computational research fields critical to the Department's mission.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $16.7m | 8/13/26 |