Project Grant 2608329
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $878,148 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from July 15, 2023 through June 30, 2026. This grant supports MIT's research in quantum optics and optomechanics, with a focus on developing quantum systems to probe fundamental quantum phenomena and enable precision quantum noise-limited measurements. Key areas of research include: 1) exploring quantum...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $2,977,640.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The award will fund the development of an "Autonomous Quantum Microscope" to enable the precise positioning of atoms within a crystal lattice, allowing for the engineering of identical quantum defects. This technology aims to advance...
- 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 Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $1.0M project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative focuses on the design, synthesis, characterization, and benchmarking of quantum diodic magnets (QUDIM)—a novel class of quantum magnetic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $753,918 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award funds experimental research investigating strongly interacting quantum mixtures of ultracold atoms to discover and characterize novel states of matter at ultralow temperatures. The...
- This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will enable the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to build an advanced quantum computing laboratory. The laboratory will create and fault-tolerantly measure many-body quantum states, with the goal of demonstrating practical quantum advantages for problems in chemistry, materials, and physics. The project will make significant advances in atomic...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan's Office of Research and Sponsored Projects received a $447,691 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This award funds the development of a monolithic quantum optomechanics platform that integrates low-loss optical circuits with long-lived acoustic resonators on a single chip. The...
- 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 The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded Harvard College's Office for Sponsored Programs a $550,000 Project Grant on June 15, 2026, to develop integrated-photonics spatial light modulators (SLMs) that enable next-generation quantum control hardware and advanced imaging platforms. The research program, led under the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) initiative through May 31, 2031, focuses on designing and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $150,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded June 1, 2026, with completion targeted for May 31, 2029. The project, titled "Quantum Computing – Harmonics Engineering for Noise-Resilient Superconducting Qubits (HARMONIQS)," focuses on fundamental research in quantum computing...
Award: Quantum States of Light for Precision Measurement and New Quantum Technologies MIT will develop engineered quantum states of light, specifically squeezed states generated through nonlinear optical materials, integrated into photonic chips to advance precision quantum-limited measurement and quantum sensing applications. The project addresses fundamental quantum uncertainty in optical measurements by manipulating quantum noise—a ubiquitous constraint in quantum mechanics that cannot be eliminated regardless of measurement apparatus precision. The research will create next-generation squeezed-light sources and investigate their fundamental properties for deployment in optical interferometers, gravitational-wave detectors, microscopy, spectroscopy, imaging, optical communications, and quantum information processing. This work directly supports U.S. competitiveness and national security by developing quantum technologies with transformational potential for quantum sensing, computation, and cryptography, while establishing foundational knowledge and capabilities critical to advancing practical quantum-enabled systems beyond laboratory proof-of-concept stages.Federal Grant Award Summary
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Physics
Federal Program: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049)
Awardee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Award Amount: $913,527
Award Period: July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2029
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $913.5k | 6/30/26 |