This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research effort led by Purdue University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Southern California. The project aims to design a new class of quantum materials based on perovskite quantum dots that can enable efficient, wave-like transport of information and energy. Key objectives include understanding how these...
This $400,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant is focused on developing narrow-band, frequency-multiplexed photon pair sources based on cavity-enhanced spontaneous parametric down conversion (SPDC). This technology is critical for advancing quantum information science and engineering (QISE), which has transformative potential for computing, sensing, and communications. The lead institution,...
The National Science Foundation awarded $479,999 to the Colorado School of Mines under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) for the project "Defect States of Silicon Allotropes for Quantum Information Science" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. This three-year Project Grant will support research into defect states of silicon allotropes for applications in quantum information science. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), funds research to investigate collective quantum behavior of electrons at extremely low density. The $543,476 award to Montana State University is for a 3-year project from August 2024 to July 2027. Key objectives include studying the transition between metallic/superconducting and insulating/non-superconducting states in quasi-one-dimensional...
This Project Grant award of $799,967 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research to develop materials and devices that can preserve quantum coherence, enhance light-matter interactions, and achieve strong charge confinement. The key objectives are to: Investigate advanced superconducting quantum materials by measuring superconducting resonator quality factors and studying new materials with surface treatment techniques. Develop...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to advance the understanding of quantum materials and establish a design space for room-temperature superfluorescent quantum emitters. The research program brings together teams from Duke University with expertise in material synthesis, quantum property characterization, theory, and computational materials simulations. By systematically studying...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $699,176 to Fort Lewis College, Norfolk State University, and the IMOD Science and Technology Center to develop the Partnership for the Education and Advancement of Quantum and Nano-Sciences (PEAQS). This collaboration expands on a previous partnership between these institutions and aims to advance cutting-edge materials science research, provide educational and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) in the amount of $306,110 supports research and workforce development activities at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) focused on light-controlled magnetism in quantum materials. The project combines experimental work at New Mexico Tech and Georgetown University with theoretical modeling at the University of Chile to investigate light-induced...
This $250,571 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports research and development of a full-stack programmable photonic Gaussian-Boson-Sampling (GBS) quantum computer. The key technical goals are to design a blueprint for the hardware components, including quantum light sources, interferometer units, and photo-detection, as well as develop algorithms for the GBS quantum computing platform. This...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will enable the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to build an advanced quantum computing laboratory. The laboratory will create and fault-tolerantly measure many-body quantum states, with the goal of demonstrating practical quantum advantages for problems in chemistry, materials, and physics. The project will make significant advances in atomic...
This $1,400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program establishes a Quantum Materials Institute at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). In collaboration with Montana State University and the NSF-funded Q-AMASE-I MONARK Quantum Foundry, the institute will focus on developing compact, efficient nonlinear optical systems by combining atomically-thin 2D materials and sub-wavelength flat optics (metasurfaces). This research aims to advance compact integrated photonics and quantum communications networks based on entangled photon pairs. The project will also support workforce development through a certificate in Quantum Communications and a minor in Quantum Information Science, targeting outreach to underrepresented groups. SDSM&T plans to use chemical vapor deposition to grow novel 2D materials and explore their optical properties, including enhanced second harmonic generation, when integrated with metasurfaces. Subawards are planned as part of this 5-year project, which began in October 2024.