Project Grant 2309157
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $137,548 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The 3-year grant, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will fund research to deepen the understanding of quantum computational advantage. Specifically, the project seeks to explore the interplay between entanglement, measurement, and quantum many-body physics in the context of "noisy...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $140,044 CAREER grant to Northwestern University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. This 1-year project, running from February 2025 to February 2026, supports basic research into developing a novel quantum reservoir engineering framework and leveraging it for entanglement generation in noisy quantum systems. The goal is to produce desired entangled states of qubits, which are critical for scalable and robust quantum...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to fund research on disordered quantum matter. The three-year grant, active from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026, will support Virginia Tech's work to develop an underlying mathematical theory to better understand the properties of materials that could play a crucial role in creating...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $420,000 Project Grant through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Northeastern University. The 3-year grant, beginning August 1, 2024, will fund research focused on developing novel machine learning-inspired computational methods and advancing the understanding of quantum many-body systems. Key efforts include: 1) applying neural network models based on "quantum attention" to study quantum many-body ground...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Lehigh University's Office of Research received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Mathematical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative focuses on developing noise-aware optimization algorithms for hybrid quantum computing applications. The project will deliver mathematically rigorous and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $165,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Sarah Shandera at The Pennsylvania State University. This 3-year award will fund research on applying the theory of open quantum systems to cosmological problems, in order to improve our understanding of the origin, content, and evolution of the universe. Key aspects of the research include studying how the dynamics of open quantum systems...
- This $299,996 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports fundamental mathematical research by a team at Utah State University. The project aims to develop new algebraic and geometric tools to formalize and advance the mathematical theory underlying quantum physics, particularly in low-dimensional topology and the theory of quantum invariants. The key products and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $432,714 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund a three-year collaborative research project titled "New Challenges in the Derivation and Dynamics of Quantum Systems" from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The project aims to promote progress in mathematical and physical sciences by increasing scientific knowledge and enhancing...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Princeton University received a $490,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award supports experimental research investigating quantum-enhanced metrology using interacting spin models realized in molecular tweezer arrays. The research team will develop and demonstrate methods for...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $240,000 Project Grant to Lebanon Valley College under the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study theoretical problems in physics and mathematics related to quantum advantage. The 3-year grant supports implementation of a resource theory framework to analyze invertible free operations, including local unitary transformations, permutations of subsystems, and matchgates, in order to probe multiparticle quantum entanglement and classical simulatability, with the goal of developing applications for quantum protocols. In addition to advancing scientific understanding, a major component of the project involves the scientific development of undergraduate students through their participation in the research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $240.0k | 8/10/23 |