Project Grant 2534400
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems has awarded Princeton University $364,398 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to support a five-year CAREER project (June 1, 2026–May 31, 2031) on the foundations of post-quantum and quantum cryptography. The project delivers theoretical research and analysis of cryptographic primitives and protocols designed to remain secure...
- This federal Project Grant award of $263,170 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a performance period from January 15, 2025 to December 31, 2029, aims to advance quantum security and cryptography. The project's key objectives are to construct new forms of quantum pseudorandomness, which can hide the quantum mechanical properties of physical systems, such as their entanglement. This research is expected to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a CAREER grant of $337,566 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2031, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This project develops practical security solutions for cloud-based quantum computers by addressing novel security vulnerabilities introduced when...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded $347,084 to the University of California, Merced under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) on July 1, 2026, for a five-year CAREER project addressing post-quantum cryptography (PQC) implementation challenges. The award supports research to improve both the performance and security of standardized PQC algorithms—including...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts received a $540,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. This award funds development of a comprehensive full-stack framework for designing and optimizing control policies for distributed quantum systems. The primary deliverables...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $2.0 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2029. The award supports development of a machine learning-guided, high-throughput in silico screening platform designed to accelerate discovery of functional chromophore- and qubit-DNA assemblies for next-generation...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Computing and Communication Foundations awarded the University of South Florida a $471,375 Project Grant effective October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) Site award funds a three-year renewal of an integrated undergraduate research program addressing cryptography, coding...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems awarded a CAREER grant of $389,100 to the University of Washington, with performance beginning September 15, 2026 and concluding August 31, 2031, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This project supports fundamental research into quantum cryptography, specifically investigating how quantum phenomena such as the no-cloning principle...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $449,447.73 Project Grant award from the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to conduct fundamental research on molecular triplet qubits. The award, effective September 2, 2025, through September 1, 2028, supports advanced scientific investigation aligned with long-term national security needs and the Department of the Army's technological...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) awarded $600,000 to the University of California, Merced on January 1, 2026, to develop a usable and attack-resistant security framework for quantum emulators through December 31, 2028. This project addresses critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in quantum emulation systems, which are increasingly deployed on cloud-based platforms for research in...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded a $1.2M project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). This award supports foundational research in quantum cryptography through four interconnected research directions designed to address security challenges posed by the development of large-scale quantum computers. The project will deliver advances in quantum algorithm improvements and resource estimation for cryptanalysis; post-quantum cryptographic primitives beyond lattice-based approaches, including homomorphic encryption; verification protocols enabling classical users to delegate computation to quantum servers and confirm correctness; and uniquely quantum security capabilities such as quantum money and related applications. Conducted at MIT's Cambridge, Massachusetts facility through April 30, 2030, this research will produce foundational knowledge and proof techniques to protect communications, commerce, healthcare systems, and government infrastructure against future quantum-enabled attacks. The deliverables include concrete methodologies for determining when large-scale quantum code-breaking attacks become practical, advanced cryptographic constructions with quantum-resistant security proofs, succinct publicly verifiable proof systems for quantum computations, and theoretical frameworks for leveraging quantum information science to enable new security capabilities. These research outputs will facilitate safer adoption of remote quantum computing services while establishing the cryptographic foundations necessary for long-term data protection in a quantum computing era.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.2m | 5/21/26 |