This federal Project Grant award, made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research on hybrid solid-state quantum systems that combine semiconductor spin qubits and superconducting circuits. The $799,123 award to the University of Rhode Island, with a sub-award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aims to advance the state of quantum information science and engineering. The key products or services to be...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (CFDA 11.617 - Congressionally-Identified Projects) supports a new Quantum Information Science (QIS) initiative and workforce development program at the University of Rhode Island (URI). The key activities to be performed under this 4-year award include: Hiring and supervising students and postdocs, accessing commercial quantum computing resources, providing a visiting scholar...
This $450,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program (CFDA 47.079) aims to address challenges in scaling trapped-ion quantum computing systems. The project will develop integrated photonic devices for efficient modulation and delivery of visible and ultraviolet laser light required to control trapped ion quantum systems. The work will assess two complementary approaches - acousto-optic and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to Duke University on August 15, 2024. The purpose of this grant is to design and construct an ion trap quantum computer to demonstrate a scientific computation beyond the capabilities of a standard computer. The project, called the Quantum Advantage Class Trapped Ion (QACTI) system, is a collaborative effort involving scientists, computer scientists, and engineers...
This $339,166 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to develop enhanced analog quantum emulation capabilities for studying complex physical systems. The project, led by Trustees of Indiana University, aims to expand the types of quantum materials and chemical systems that can be studied using customized trapped-ion quantum apparatuses. Key objectives include probing disordered and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Indiana University to develop theoretical methods for simulating the dynamics of molecular spin qubit ensembles. The funded research aims to characterize the quantum dynamical behaviors and decoherence of molecular qubit systems, with the goal of facilitating their application in quantum information processing. The project will involve developing advanced...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $1,550,000 to Northern Arizona University to cultivate new approaches, systems, and training programs for quantum information science. The central research goals aim to prepare, control, and measure quantum states involving electronic, mechanical, microwave, and optical degrees of freedom, enabling the development of "spin-optomechanical" systems. Key milestones include...
This $610,000 Project Grant award, made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), will support experimental and theoretical research to investigate the use of quantum sensors to address unsolved mysteries in fundamental physics. The research team at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) will collaborate with researchers at Laboratoire Aime Cotton in Orsay, France to generate and study the properties of nonclassical...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $499,708 awarded on March 15, 2022 will fund research at Northern Arizona University through February 28, 2027 to develop techniques for controlling noise in quantum devices through phonon manipulation. The award falls under the NSF Engineering Directorate's CFDA 47.041 program. Specifically, the grantee aims to engineer electronic, photonic and phononic devices to alter the phonon density of states and harness light to transduce mechanical...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $100,000.00 in funding to the Board of Trustees of Illinois State University (ISU) to research quantum information and interference features in transport. The 3-year project, starting on September 1, 2024, aims to advance the understanding of quantum coherence, entanglement, and information from the perspective of transport and nanostructure symmetry. This...