This $339,166 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on developing enhanced analog quantum emulation capabilities for studying complex physical systems. The project, awarded to Trustees of Indiana University, combines analog quantum emulation with single-qubit gates to expand the types of physical systems that can be studied, while avoiding the high resource requirements of full quantum...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $607,310 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Iowa State University to support the Q-BLUE (Quantum Blueprint: Optimizing Analog Pathways in Diverse Scientific Realms) project. The project aims to significantly advance quantum computing through a three-pronged effort: (1) analog quantum hardware development, (2) optimized compilation processes, and (3) advancements in quantum chemistry, condensed matter...
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 (NSF) awarded a $597,576 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Marquette University to research quantum molecular dynamics on quantum computers. The project, titled "EXPANDQISE: TRACK 1: QUANTUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS ON QUANTUM COMPUTERS," has three main thrusts: Further development and application of the Quantum Annealer Eigensolver (QAE) algorithm to calculate molecular spectra and reactivity on D-Wave quantum...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Indiana University a $450,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant funds the development of a hierarchy of fragment-based quantum chemical models incorporating machine learning for applications in nanoscale systems. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the...
The National Science Foundation awarded Virginia Commonwealth University a $800,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop energy efficient quantum control of robust spin ensemble qubits. The three-year award will support research to simulate and demonstrate highly localized control of qubits using nanomagnets driven by electric fields at spin qubit Larmor frequencies. This aims to implement single-qubit quantum gates with high fidelities...
This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research, education, and outreach activities at the University of Minnesota. The goal is to develop theoretical underpinnings and quantum algorithms that can be implemented on modern quantum computing platforms. Specifically, the project will investigate the effectiveness of noisy-dissipative qubit arrays for quantum optimization and cooling, and implement...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $541,779 to the University of Central Florida to conduct research on spin quantum dynamics in molecular magnets. The key products and services funded under this award include: Experimental and educational efforts to study and disseminate knowledge on the quantum magnetic properties of single-molecule magnets, which have potential applications in quantum...
This $386,673 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support research at Amherst College to develop and analyze a new nanoparticle-based system with potential as quantum bits (qubits) that can be initiated with light. Jacob Olshansky of the Chemistry Department and Jonathan Friedman of the Physics and Astronomy Department will characterize nanoparticle-molecule conjugates using...
This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the development of fault-tolerant quantum computing. The interdisciplinary research team of computer scientists, engineers, physicists, and educators is focused on identifying the most efficient quantum error-correcting (QEC) codes for trapped-ion quantum computing hardware and optimizing their deployment on this platform....