Cooperative Agreement W911NF1820155

This $500,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) is developing the Attosecond Synchronized Photonic Entanglement Network (ASPEN-NET), a scalable quantum networking platform capable of distributing entanglement at high rates over large distances. The project involves three interoperable quantum networking testbeds located in Colorado, Illinois, and Oregon to deliver quantum advantages in sensing and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY), operating as Stony Brook University, to build a 10-node "SCY-QNET" quantum network. This network will connect atomic quantum processing units across multiple research institutions, including Stony Brook, Columbia, Yale, and Brookhaven National...

This two-year, $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support research at Stony Brook University to develop techniques for efficient entanglement in quantum computing systems. The grantee aims to investigate entanglement routing problems across multiple quantum processors and design novel routing algorithms with theoretical guarantees and optimal system topologies to boost entanglement efficiency. The research...

This EAGER: Exploratory Study of Hybrid Quantum Encoding in Ring Multicore Fibers at Visible Wavelengths project grant of $100,000 was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY), effective July 1, 2025 with a completion date of June 30, 2026. The project investigates using specialty optical fibers, originally designed for telecommunications, as compact platforms for advanced...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Icarus Quantum Inc., a small business in Boulder, Colorado. The project aims to evaluate the feasibility of generating high-fidelity, polarization-entangled photon pairs with high efficiency using semiconductor quantum dots. Successful development of this tunable source of on-demand single and entangled photons could shape the quantum economy,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) in the amount of $300,000.00 supports research to enable and operate a quantum network infrastructure. The key objectives are to: (i) develop path selection and entanglement allocation algorithms for quantum network flows; (ii) create resource allocation protocols optimized for quantum device quality metrics; and (iii) develop strategies to reduce the classical...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 4-year, $417,985 CAREER grant to Northwestern University to study novel solid-state quantum photonic devices and take initial steps towards multiplexed quantum communication. The grant, under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support the principal investigator's research on nonlinear interaction of electromagnetic fields with engineered materials like lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) for quantum network applications. Key focus...

The National Science Foundation's $800,000 Project Grant to North Carolina State University, funded through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support the creation of a virtual quantum networks prototype. Over a three-year period ending in August 2025, the university will develop a general-purpose, programmable virtual quantum network infrastructure to enable open experimentation of new quantum technologies via agile software controls. Key products and services...

Qunnect, Inc. was awarded a $1.9 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a novel frequency conversion source for creating bichromatic entangled photons. The grant will fund the company's work from February 2021 through April 2024 to deliver a new photon source that can generate pairs of photons entangled in both frequency and polarization. This technology aims to advance quantum...

This Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support the development of a new hybrid continuous-discrete variable quantum network architecture at North Carolina State University (NC State). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: (1) create new models and protocols for generating, manipulating, and converting continuous- and discrete-variable entangled quantum states;...