Project Grant 2608210
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded President and Fellows of Harvard College $1.305 million on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop integrated quantum systems for storing, processing, and transmitting information using quantum mechanical principles including superposition and entanglement. The project focuses on building quantum networks using arrays of individual atoms and atom-like defects in diamond as...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded $500,000 to President and Fellows of Harvard College on August 15, 2026, for research on quantum simulation using dipolar ytterbium tweezer arrays under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project investigates exotic quantum phases that emerge when ultracold atoms interact strongly with one another, with emphasis on creating and characterizing quantum spin liquids using optical tweezer arrays of...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded President and Fellows of Harvard College $400,000 on June 1, 2026, to prepare high-school physics teachers for quantum science instruction through a scalable teacher-network model under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The project develops and delivers online workshops with classroom-ready resources for incorporating quantum topics into high-school physics curricula. The recipient will pilot peer-based...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the President and Fellows of Harvard College $200,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance theoretical understanding of gravity, black holes, and the quantum structure of spacetime through research in general relativity. The award funds theoretical work developing the infrared and holographic structure of general relativity using gravitational soft theorems, asymptotic...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded the President and Fellows of Harvard College $210,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on the interactions of combinatorics and physics. The award funds research addressing questions at the interface of combinatorics, algebra, and physics. In statistical physics, the project studies the relationship between the asymmetric simple exclusion process...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded $300,000 to President and Fellows of Harvard College on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research in complex dynamics and moduli spaces. The project, running through June 30, 2029, aims to study moduli spaces—mathematical structures that classify the variety of shapes a recognized type can assume—from perspectives of analysis, algebra, geometry, and dynamics...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded $550,000 to President and Fellows of Harvard College on June 15, 2026, for development of integrated-photonics spatial light modulators under the CAREER program (CFDA 47.041, Engineering). The award funds research to design and integrate large-scale, high-speed spatial light modulators combining solid-state gain laser arrays, high-speed electro-optic modulators, two-dimensional beam-emitter arrays,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded President and Fellows of Harvard College $243,639 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on algorithmic spin glass theory and computational phase transitions. The recipient will develop mathematical frameworks explaining when high-dimensional optimization and sampling landscapes can be navigated efficiently by algorithms and when intrinsic barriers prevent...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded $255,000 to the President and Fellows of Harvard College on June 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research in Galois representations and arithmetic geometry. The research examines structural analysis of mod-p reductions of crystalline representations, algebraic cycles through prismatic cohomology, and de Rham analogues of the Mumford-Tate Conjecture. The project...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded the University of Massachusetts Boston $140,000 on July 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study arithmetic and symmetry structures in quantum cohomology. The project investigates number-theoretic patterns embedded in quantum cohomology, a mathematical theory originating in string theory and geometric physics. The investigator will pursue two related directions: first,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded $322,805 to President and Fellows of Harvard College on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to develop unified frameworks in which geometry and symmetry act as generative principles for quantum dynamics across cooperative quantum optics systems and quantum information science. The project spans research in two complementary directions: cooperative quantum optical platforms such as chiral atom arrays and quantum-emitter ring lattices, where geometric features are embedded directly into hardware to produce phenomena including emergent spin-orbit coupling, sub-radiance, and topology in open systems; and a lattice-free, quantum-native simulation framework in which large-N matrix models encode gauge fields and curved spacetimes through operator commutators implemented via Floquet engineering. The work addresses how geometric features reshape cooperative many-body dynamics, how gauge and geometric structure can emerge algebraically, and how these perspectives connect to build a coherent framework for robust devices, gauge and gravitational phenomena simulation, and connection of atomic-molecular-optical platforms with high-energy and condensed-matter physics. The project includes a mentorship-centered research environment leveraging quantum science's appeal to sustain undergraduate participation, with graduate students and postdocs mentoring undergraduates in research activities. Performance occurs in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The period of performance runs through July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $322.8k | 8/6/26 |