Project Grant 2534876
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Funding Details: Trustees of Tufts College received a $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award was obligated on August 1, 2025, with a project completion date of July 31, 2028. Products and Services: The awardee will develop, analyze, and implement quantum and quantum-inspired numerical algorithms designed to address...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded $400,000 to Harvard College under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on June 1, 2026, to address the gap between the quantum revolution and high school physics education. The project will develop and deliver online workshops with classroom-ready instructional materials designed to prepare high school physics teachers to incorporate accessible, age-appropriate quantum topics...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Princeton University received a $490,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. The award supports experimental research investigating quantum-enhanced metrology using interacting spin models realized in molecular tweezer arrays. The research team will develop and demonstrate methods for...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Virginia $620,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a photonic quantum simulator designed to solve complex physics problems in quantum field theory and condensed-matter physics. The project, which commenced September 1, 2025 and concludes August 31, 2028, focuses on the co-design of specialized quantum computing processors that leverage recent advances in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) awarded $299,943 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines beginning September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This project grant advances quantum information science and technology by addressing the mathematical challenge of near-integrability in quantum many-body systems—a critical barrier to realizing quantum computing advantage. The research will quantify...
- 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 Grant Award Summary Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $300,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The award supports the EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) initiative titled "Partnering to Connect Classrooms with Quantum Information Science, Engineering, and Technology." The project will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $700,000 Project Grant awarded on August 15, 2025, through the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The research focuses on quantum optics with atomic ensembles and arrays, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The primary deliverables include scientific advances in creating and understanding quantum entanglement through optical trapping...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Florida Institute of Technology Inc. received a $149,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The award, effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2027, supports the development of a hardware-accelerated framework for benchmarking and deploying hybrid quantum-classical computing systems. The framework integrates Quantum...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Lehigh University received a $100,000 collaborative research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The project develops noise-aware optimization algorithms for hybrid quantum computing applications, specifically addressing challenges in variational quantum algorithms (VQAs) that degrade in performance under high...
The Trustees of Tufts College received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2029. The award funds theoretical research investigating the computational complexity and capabilities of low-depth quantum circuits—quantum computations composed of limited operational layers designed to function within near-term quantum hardware constraints. The research deliverables include analysis of what low-depth quantum circuits can and cannot accomplish, characterization of the boundary between quantum and classical computing capabilities in this constrained model, and theoretical insights applicable to assessing current quantum hardware performance and guiding future quantum technology development. The project produces foundational scientific knowledge across multiple domains within quantum information science and theoretical physics. Specific research outputs address the power and limitations of low-depth quantum circuits in function computation, capabilities for generating quantum state families relevant to error-correcting codes and topological phases, and theoretical frameworks establishing the role of this circuit model in defining universal quantum computation. These deliverables serve both immediate practical purposes in evaluating near-term quantum computing potential and longer-term theoretical contributions to understanding quantum phases of matter, positioning the research within NSF's mission to advance fundamental mathematical and physical sciences.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $300.0k | 7/15/26 |