Project Grant 2609965
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $447,691 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a monolithic quantum optomechanics platform integrating low-loss optical circuits with long-lived acoustic resonators on a single chip. The project will fabricate and characterize wafer-scale photonic-high-overtone bulk acoustic resonator (HBAR) devices combining ultra-low-loss silicon-nitride...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Michigan State University $599,999 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop nickel-vacancy centers in diamond as a quantum networking platform. The project advances materials and device physics to create light-emitting defects in diamond that can serve as stable quantum information carriers compatible with existing fiber-optic infrastructure. The research focuses on generating...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded $570,000 to the Regents of the University of Michigan on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to establish fundamental understanding of excitonic physics in ultrawide-bandgap aluminum gallium nitride heterostructures and develop efficient deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes as an alternative to mercury-based UV technologies. The work addresses how exciton formation, transport,...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant will fund a project titled "Extracting Spectral Information from Noisy Quantum Data" from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The project aims to develop methodologies for reducing noise and improving accuracy in quantum mechanical simulations on quantum computers, in order to enable more...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $550,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study quantum chromodynamics at the Large Hadron Collider Beauty experiment at CERN. The award funds research into how quarks and gluons scattered from protons or produced in high-energy particle collisions form new bound states, using data from the LHCb experiment. The project will perform...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan a $1 million cooperative agreement on June 15, 2026, to develop field-ready quantum photonic integrated circuits (Q-PICs) for deployable spectroscopic quantum metrologies under the Quantum Photonic Integration and Deployment (QUPID) program (CFDA 47.049). The University of Michigan, as lead of the QUPID team, will develop plug-and-play quantum photonic integrated...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $362,344 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (doing business as the University of Michigan) to investigate the interaction between two quantum bits (qubits) in a semiconductor system. The goal is to create two site-controlled quantum dots in close proximity and exploit their...
- The University of Michigan was awarded a $1,799,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research titled "DMREF: III-NITRIDE MONOLAYERS AND EXTREME QUANTUM DOTS." The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. Under this award, the University of Michigan will develop new III-Nitride monolayers and quantum dots with extreme properties to advance...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded Michigan State University $585,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to conduct experimental studies of weakly bound atomic nuclei and open quantum systems at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in Michigan. The research focuses on neutron-rich rare isotopes near the neutron drip line, where protons and neutrons no longer bind together to form stable nuclei. The work tests nuclear models relevant...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan $500,000 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to characterize Rydberg excitons for quantum transduction applications in quantum information science. The project focuses on spectroscopic investigation of Rydberg states in excitons—bound states of electrons and holes in semiconductors—rather than in isolated atoms, leveraging the solid-state integration advantages of excitons for quantum platforms such as superconducting circuits. The work will employ multidimensional coherent spectroscopy (MDCS) using ultrafast optical pulse sequences to characterize coupled Rydberg states, separate homogeneous decoherence from inhomogeneous dephasing, and simulate quantum transduction pathways. Primary materials studied will be cuprous oxide, which hosts Rydberg excitons with principal quantum numbers exceeding 25, in both bulk crystal and thin-film forms. Additional semiconductor exciton systems will be evaluated. A key outcome will be characterizing decoherence processes arising from interactions with the host crystal, which degrade quantum information applications. Work is performed at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The period of performance runs through July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $500.0k | 8/3/26 |