Project Grant 2529072
- This $150,000 Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees. The award will support the project "EAGER: CREATING ENTANGLED PHOTONIC QUBIT CHIP BASED ON VALLEYTRONIC SEMICONDUCTORS" from October 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027. The project explores the development of a novel, compact all-solid-state entangled photon-emitting diode (EPED)...
- This $3,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at Columbia University from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028. The project, titled "FLOQUET EFFECTS AT ULTRA-LOW DRIVING FIELDS FOR STEADY STATE QUANTUM DEVICES," aims to pioneer a new approach to engineering and manipulating quantum materials using low-power, continuous-wave electromagnetic fields. The research will focus on five key goals: (1)...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop a scalable quantum information processing platform. The key objectives are to integrate silicon-based photonic waveguides with microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) to create a highly scalable quantum photonic integrated circuit (QPIC). The research aims to address challenges in QPIC scaling, efficiency, and...
- This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research by Baylor University to develop a novel method for generating quantum-entangled light. The project aims to demonstrate the modulation of an optical cavity using integrated phase change materials to produce quantum-entangled photons compatible with silicon photonics technology. This work exists at the intersection of quantum field theory, ultrafast optics, and...
- This $550,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program will support the University of Maryland, College Park in developing nanophotonic synthetic dimensions for analog quantum Hamiltonian simulators and sensing. The project aims to leverage low-loss nanophotonics to integrate synthetic dimensions on-chip using frequency and Floquet modes of driven microring resonators, extending this capability to the quantum regime. The research will focus on...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) award, titled "A Photonic Quantum Simulator of Quantum Field Theory and Spin Physics" (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences), will fund the development of specialized quantum computing processors, known as quantum simulators. The project aims to tackle complex physics problems in quantum field theory and quantum magnetism that are intractable for classical computers. The $620,000 award will enable the co-design of photonic quantum...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $362,344 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan) to investigate the interaction between two quantum bits (qubits) in a semiconductor system. The goal is to create two site-controlled quantum dots in close proximity and exploit their...
- This $220,807 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a transformative approach to access quantum states and encode quantum information using atomically-engineered heterostructures consisting of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers and plasmonic nanoantennas. The key technical objectives are to: 1) Leverage the ultrafast decay of plasmons to electronically readout spin-valley quantum states, 2) Fabricate...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $444,534 Project Grant under CFDA Program 47.041 - Engineering to the University of Denver. The goal of this grant is to demonstrate a novel sensing technique called "Quantum Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy" (QSRS) that uses entangled photons to achieve unprecedented sensitivity for detecting vibrational resonances in materials. The research team will build the first QSRS setup, test and optimize it with various materials, and use QSRS to excite,...
- The University of Florida received a $546,597 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on March 1, 2025. The grant will fund a 5-year research project to develop new quantum hardware devices, such as magnetic transistors and diodes, that utilize stable magnetic structures called skyrmions. This approach is expected to enable more energy-efficient, scalable, and higher-temperature quantum computing hardware to help overcome current obstacles...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,998,806 project grant to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support an ambitious cross-institutional research effort. The goal of the project, titled "NSF-AFRL REFLEQTS: FLOQUET-ENGINEERED POLARITONIC QUANTUM STATES FOR INFRARED SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION AND SENSING", is to advance quantum science and engineering research by developing a new class of devices based on periodically driven materials. The research aims to establish a paradigm of Floquet-enabled quantum detection and sensing, which could lead to breakthroughs in integrated quantum sensors, chip-scale manufacturing, and nanoscale materials integration. The project, running from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, will engage researchers from the Department of Defense and the Air Force Research Laboratory to ensure knowledge transfer and application of the developed technologies to defense-related missions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.0m | 8/26/25 |