The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2025. The grant funds research to develop a scalable manufacturing platform for spatially controlled molecular quantum bits (qubits) using DNA self-assembly and chemically tailored organometallic qubits. An interdisciplinary team will pursue a bottom-up approach to qubit design and...
This $250,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a sub-10 nanometer manufacturing framework for photonic quantum technologies using DNA. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: Spatially organizing individual quantum dots and quantum rods with sub-10 nm precision using DNA templates patterned on wafer-scale surfaces. A novel cavity-shape modulated origami placement...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support $314,460 in research aimed at advancing the understanding of quantum materials and their potential for enabling next-generation technologies. The 3-year project, starting on August 1, 2025, will focus on developing new models and methods for designing quantum materials by linking continuum mechanics with quantum field, electric field, and magnetic field interactions. Key objectives...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $350,069 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Rochester to develop an analog quantum simulator for modeling the dynamics of open quantum systems. The objective is to create a platform using semiconductor quantum dots and quantum electronic circuits that can simulate the dissipative dynamics of excitons in molecular systems, such as those found in photosynthetic complexes or Hubbard...
This Project Grant award, valued at $550,000 and spanning from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2027, was issued by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award aims to investigate how novel quantum computing (QC) methodologies can be used to solve complex decision-making problems in Process Systems Engineering (PSE), which often involve continuous optimization...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award of $199,637.00 to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), under the NSF Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, aims to enhance the robustness and efficiency of quantum computing hardware and applications. The key objectives are to: 1) Apply machine learning techniques to extract useful information from the noisy output of quantum computers, enabling their practical use despite hardware limitations, and 2) Identify...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $362,344 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan) to investigate the interaction between two quantum bits (qubits) in a semiconductor system. The goal is to create two site-controlled quantum dots in close proximity and exploit their...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $357,033 to North Dakota State University (NDSU) from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2026 to support research on protein manipulation and engineering using an electronic biochemical approach. The project aims to develop a single-molecule manipulation technique to study the dynamics of protein-protein interactions, which is critical for understanding the causes of diseases related to...
This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of Maryland, College Park to develop optically active quantum bits (qubits) in silicon. The goal is to create scalable quantum devices by integrating these silicon-based qubits with nanophotonic engineering and microwave control. The research will focus on a silicon color center called the "T center" which can exhibit efficient optical...
This $315,336 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program. The grant supports the Instrumentation for Quantum Biology Research Coordination Network (I-QUBIO RCN), which aims to advance the emerging field of quantum biology by bringing together an interdisciplinary community of scientists to develop experimental methods and infrastructure. The key objectives of the I-QUBIO RCN project are to enable better...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $3,000,000 to The Johns Hopkins University to develop a new class of "Quantum-Enabled Dial (QED)" synthetic proteins. The goal is to use the quantum properties of engineered proteins to precisely control biochemical reactions and cellular behaviors by leveraging the sensitivity of the proteins to applied magnetic fields. The project aims to create QED proteins that can be "dialed up" or "dialed down" to modulate the rates of coupled biochemical reactions. The researchers will design and express the QED constructs in cells or tissue samples, calibrate the QED activity under different magnetic field strengths, and explore potential applications in synthetic biology, tissue engineering, medicine, and quantum computing. This 3-year project, commencing on January 1, 2025, seeks to unlock the power of quantum technology for advancing biomedical sciences.