Project Grant 2555384
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded the Research Foundation of The City University of New York $337,566 on June 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop practical security solutions for cloud-based quantum computers. The project addresses security risks introduced when quantum circuits execute on cloud-based quantum computing platforms, where malicious developers, adversarial users, or...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded $300,000 to the University of California, Merced on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop an end-to-end framework for securing quantum computing workflows. The project investigates confidentiality and integrity assurance across quantum computing compilation and execution stages. At the compilation stage, the research examines how untrusted...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $299,999 Project Grant to Fordham University through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The grant supports the development of a comprehensive set of curricular modules and an experiential learning platform with hands-on labs to advance quantum computing systems security and privacy (QUANSP) education and workforce development. The project team is creating materials that integrate quantum computing and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded Lehigh University $300,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop an end-to-end security framework for quantum computing workflows. The project addresses confidentiality and integrity risks in cloud-accessible quantum computing, where users rely on external software and remote machines to prepare and execute quantum computations. Threats...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $1.2 million on October 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop a hardware-agnostic framework for quantum platform attestation using existing error correction syndrome measurements as physical uncloneable functions for quantum hardware verification. The project addresses a security challenge in...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology $1.2 million on May 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop foundations of quantum cryptography and post-quantum security. MIT will conduct research across four connected directions: improving algorithms, resource estimates, and error-correction methods to determine when large-scale quantum code-breaking attacks...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded $347,084 to the University of California, Merced on July 1, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to secure and optimize quantum-resilient cryptography for versatile computing architectures. The project addresses the cryptographic challenge posed by advancing quantum computers to banking, healthcare, government services, and cloud platforms by improving the...
The National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems awarded Fordham University $399,390 on August 15, 2026, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to investigate security vulnerabilities in distributed quantum computing systems. The research addresses power side-channel attacks and communication-layer exploits in superconducting distributed quantum processors. The project develops a unified model for analyzing power side-channel information across distributed processors, accounting for circuit partitioning complexity and hardware heterogeneity, and characterizes how adversaries reconstruct circuit structure from aggregated power traces. The team analyzes vulnerabilities in classical communication channels that synchronize distributed processors, studying active attacks such as error injection and investigating how power traces enable indirect inference of classical communication contents to support cross-domain exploits. The project produces quantum-aware defense mechanisms, open-source tools and datasets for the research community, and trains quantum security researchers and engineers. Performance occurs in Bronx, New York, with an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2029. This is a collaborative research award under the SATC 2.0 program addressing foundational security principles for distributed quantum infrastructure in sectors including finance, healthcare, and national security.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $399.4k | 8/4/26 |