Project Grant 2552884
- 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...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $100,000 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York to conduct exploratory research on hybrid quantum encoding in ring multicore fibers at visible wavelengths. The award, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, supports fundamental research investigating the use of specialty optical...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a five-year CAREER grant of $550,000 to the University of Colorado, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. Under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this project grant supports the development and experimental demonstration of Fourier qubits—novel superconducting quantum circuits designed to enhance the reliability and error protection of quantum...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Denver received a $444,534 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. The award funds research and development of Quantum Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy (QSRS), a novel sensing technique that leverages entangled photons to achieve unprecedented sensitivity in detecting vibrational...
- This Project Grant award of $239,329.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop thin films of erbium-doped yttrium iron garnets and experimentally demonstrate efficient microwave-to-optical photon transduction. The project's key objectives are to use magnetron sputtering to grow the erbium-doped garnet thin films, characterize their structural, magnetic, and optical properties, and fabricate integrated devices consisting of the thin films,...
- This $600,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish the fundamentals of quantum sensing and communication at terahertz frequencies. Funded under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), this three-year award will develop a unified framework integrating quantum information science with terahertz sensing and communication technologies. Specifically, the researchers will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a five-year CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Project Grant totaling $588,285 to The Research Foundation For The State University of New York (RF-SUNY) at the University at Albany, effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2031, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The project delivers research and educational products focused on hybrid...
- This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $275,000 to investigate quantum light emitters in silicon for use in future quantum networks and computers. The project aims to (1) develop manufacturing processes for a new silicon-based quantum defect, (2) characterize the properties of these color centers, and (3) study their spin characteristics. This multidisciplinary effort, led by the...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The primary deliverable is a compact, nanophotonic-based magneto-optical trap (MOT) platform that miniaturizes conventional cold-atom systems by replacing traditional free-space optics with chip-scale components...
This $200,000 Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) grant, awarded May 15, 2026, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under CFDA 47.041 (Engineering), supports the development of a portable wideband Rydberg atom-based quantum antenna for high frequency (HF) and very high frequency (VHF) communications. The research, to be completed by April 30, 2028, at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, will deliver theoretical and experimental validation of a novel quantum sensing technology that significantly reduces antenna size (approximately 7 centimeters compared to 25 meters for conventional antennas) while improving signal sensitivity and frequency range coverage across the 3 megahertz to 300 megahertz bands. The project will produce tangible research outputs including quantum theoretical investigations of Rydberg atom energy level transitions and electromagnetically induced transparency phenomena, numerical simulation models, and a prototype portable wideband quantum sensor for HF/VHF signal reception. Additionally, the award supports workforce development and educational outreach through student training in quantum technology, creation of educational materials for young learners, and industry collaboration activities designed to facilitate technology transition beyond the university. The research addresses national priorities in quantum technology development while directly supporting critical wireless communication applications for emergency response, search-and-rescue operations, and navigation systems.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $200.0k | 5/13/26 |