This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program award, under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education, provides $1,325,986 to Florida International University (FIU) to train 190 M.S. and Ph.D. students, including 30 funded trainees, in quantum information science and engineering (QISE). The project's research focus is on discovering and validating novel quantum materials for applications such as quantum frequency converters, semiconductor qubits, and quantum battery technologies. The...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $240,000 CAREER grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to support theoretical research and educational activities in the rapidly evolving field of quantum materials. The project, funded through the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, aims to study how the quantum geometry of electron wavefunctions affects the collective properties of electrons in both clean and disordered quantum...
This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support an interdisciplinary research and training program in cavity quantum electrodynamics (c-QED) at Rice University. The program aims to prepare a new generation of scientists and engineers to advance quantum science and engineering, including fields such as quantum communication, quantum materials, and nanoengineered photonic technologies. Over the 5-year project...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports the implementation of a CyberTraining program focused on modeling quantum dynamics of excited states in materials. The project aims to address a critical national need for enhanced training in computational methods that support the design of advanced materials for applications in solar energy, quantum computing, sensing, and optoelectronics....
The University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $3 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to establish the Quantum Photonics Aims to Advance Quantum Technologies training program from July 2023 through June 2028. The program will provide cross-disciplinary graduate training in quantum photonics to 175 students, including 25 trainees who will receive funding. Trainees will develop expertise in quantum sensing, quantum networks, nonlinear...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program award to the University of Minnesota, under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education, will provide $3,000,000 to train 150 M.S. and Ph.D. students, including 25 funded trainees, in data-driven discovery and engineering across disciplines such as chemical engineering, biological engineering, chemistry, and materials science. The program will integrate traditional domain science with data-driven methods, providing trainees with skills...
This $3 million National Science Foundation Project Grant will support the Quantum Networks Training and Research Alliance in the Southeast, a collaboration between the University of Georgia and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. The grant will fund research and training in quantum information science and engineering, a priority interdisciplinary field under the NSF's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). Specifically, the grant will provide $2.9 million over five years to establish the...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $4,662,892 project grant under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM Education) program (CFDA 47.076) to establish an interdisciplinary graduate training program called Linking Quantum Sensing Technologies Across Disciplines (LINQ-STL). The Washington University will administer the award and partner with the University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis University, and Harris-Stowe State University to train 100 students,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,500,571 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Bryn Mawr College, a women's liberal arts college, to establish a Research and Education Center for Quantum Materials and Sensing. The project aims to integrate resources from higher education, an existing NSF-funded Quantum Center at Johns Hopkins University, national labs, and industry to advance research in quantum materials and quantum sensing, and to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program project grant award to Fordham University, titled "XTRIPODS: ADVANCING QUANTUM DATA SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION," provides $100,000 to develop noise-aware and resilient quantum learning systems. The project aims to bridge the gap between traditional data science and quantum computing research communities, and to contribute to building a skilled workforce in the emerging field of quantum data science. Key activities include...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program award of $925,000 to Yale University will create an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program on quantum materials science and engineering. The program will train 30 Ph.D. students, including 17 funded trainees, across disciplines such as applied physics, chemistry, computer science, mechanical engineering, materials science, and physics. The research plan focuses on three related themes: (1) understanding the growth processes of topological crystalline nanowires, (2) creation and engineering of nanowire-based topological interconnects and their electron transport properties, and (3) topological superconducting nanowires for potential quantum bit storage. The program will provide training through education, research, industry and national laboratory internships, and professional development to prepare trainees for impactful careers in quantum materials science and engineering, while also strengthening and diversifying the U.S. scientific and technical workforce in the quantum sciences.