This $219,933 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a period of performance from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, is for the development of "QUAIM: A Quantum Cyberinfrastructure with Automated Implementation Toolkits for Scientific Discovery." The project aims to create an open-source toolkit to enable domain scientists to leverage the power of quantum computing for complex...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,149,999 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) Federal Grant Program to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. This 3-year grant, effective July 1, 2024, will fund the development of an open-source ecosystem of modeling tools for quantum hardware. The project aims to democratize access to quantum technology by creating user-friendly tools that allow researchers to model quantum systems...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering, provides $300,000 to George Mason University ("Mason") to pilot an end-to-end quantum systems integration training program. The project aims to grow a diverse quantum-ready workforce and broaden the adoption of advanced quantum computing cyberinfrastructure through three key educational initiatives: Updating...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $641,778 to George Mason University to develop an automated deployment framework for quantum-centric computing infrastructure. The project, titled "CAREER: Efficient and Scalable Deployment Automation for Quantum-Centric Computing", aims to design algorithms and tools to automate the deployment of quantum applications, including resource...
This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will fund collaborative research to develop scalable quantum computing systems. The project aims to interconnect multiple quantum processing units (QPUs) with limited qubit capacity into a scalable "virtual quantum machine" (VQM) with far greater qubit capabilities. The research will investigate fundamental qubit entanglement and...
This Project Grant award of $309,033 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program aims to advance quantum computing software optimization techniques. The project will develop novel programming languages, compilation algorithms, and testing tools to enable more effective and efficient large-scale quantum program optimizations across diverse quantum hardware platforms, beyond traditional qubit-based systems. Key objectives include...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, aims to support the development of a verifiable quantum compiler that integrates formal methods to enable fault-tolerant quantum computing. The $500,000 award, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028, will fund research to optimize the translation of quantum algorithms into fault-tolerant...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a total funding of $471,864, will support the development of an integrated framework to revolutionize quantum computing education. The key products and services to be delivered include: A modular quantum training platform that integrates a tiered curriculum, progressing from foundational quantum principles to system and application development, coupled with...
The Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF) division, titled "EXPANDQISE: TRACK 1: COLLABORATIVE OPTIMIZATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR ITERATIVE AND PARALLEL QUANTUM COMPUTING," will fund research to develop a quantum-classical computing system that can optimize the performance of iterative and parallel quantum applications. The $690,583 award to Fordham University, a private non-profit university, aims to create an...
This $133,485 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) is supporting the development of a quantum computing training curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers, in materials science and chemistry. The curriculum covers quantum computing fundamentals, quantum simulations, and quantum machine learning, utilizing both IBM quantum hardware and NVIDIA CUDA quantum...