The University of San Diego received a $249,241 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences on January 1, 2022 to support the LEAPS-MPS: An Ultracold Atom Platform for Quantum Hydrodynamics Research and Undergraduate Training in Quantum Technology program. The program will advance quantum hydrodynamics research using an ultracold atom platform and provide undergraduate training in quantum technology through December 31, 2023. The...
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...
The National Science Foundation awarded San Jose State University Research Foundation $180,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct theoretical research on quantum state control for ultracold atoms from June 2023 through May 2026. The Foundation will advance scientific understanding of quantum sensing, communications, and simulation technologies by exploring new weak measurement models and feedback control protocols in spinor Bose-Einstein...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $360,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to construct a proof-of-principle quantum computer based on fermions to determine the ground state of molecular systems. The goal is to develop a fermionic quantum computer that can perform quantum chemistry computations more efficiently than classical supercomputers, with potential impacts on industry and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $250,571 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of New Mexico. This grant supports the design and development of a full-stack programmable photonic Gaussian-Boson-Sampling (GBS) quantum computer, including the selection of quantum light sources, interferometer units, and photo-detection components. The project aims to advance quantum information science and engineering by addressing...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $199,282 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the University of San Diego to conduct research on the quantum kinetic evolution of neutrinos in the early universe. The goal is to perform high-fidelity simulations of neutrino behavior in the dense plasma of the early universe, connecting cosmological observations to fundamental neutrino physics. This research aims to leverage the early...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics provides $201,843 to San Diego State University Research Foundation for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FROM QUANTUM DROPLETS & SPINOR SOLITONS TO VORTEX KNOTS & TOPOLOGICAL STATES: BEYOND THE STANDARD MEAN-FIELD IN ATOMIC BECS." The research will be conducted from September 2021 through August 2024. The funding supports research within the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $249,994 Project Grant to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology, a private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. This grant, under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research activities focused on simulating quantum tasks using classical light beams. The research aims to investigate analogies between microscopic quantum systems and...
This $298,494 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports research on "Beyond Mean-Field Physics in Dynamical Bose-Einstein Condensates" under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The project aims to explore a variety of nonequilibrium processes in ultracold quantum gases, with a focus on investigating quantum and thermal fluctuation effects on the collision and thermalization of cold atoms, quantum phase...