Project Grant DESC0022406

Advent Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $400,000 cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach federal grant program (CFDA 11.620) to develop phosphorus-doped diamond for quantum sensor applications. Advent Diamond will conduct a feasibility study during Phase I to fabricate doped diamond epiwafer samples, demonstrate the feasibility of fabricating nitrogen-vacancy centers in the epiwafers, and perform...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620) provides $100,000 in funding to Femtosenselabs, LLC to fabricate diamond with aligned nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers, which are spin qubits used for magnetometry. The goal is to develop ultra-sensitive magnetic field sensors that can have immediate impact on applications such as medical imaging, navigation, and...

This two-year, $231,696 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (CFDA 47.049) will support research exploring electric field sensing with nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond and chemical tuning of the diamond host material. Specifically, the principal investigator and research team at San Jose State University will investigate new routes for chemically activating the surface of nanoscale diamond particles to generate covalent bonds...

Applied Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $206,380 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a diamond detector system for ion-beam diagnostics. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of an innovative diamond-based detector that can be used to characterize the properties of ion beams with unprecedented resolution. This detector system aligns with the Office of Science's mission...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $425,000 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to explore new strategies for connecting quantum bits (qubits) based on atomic-scale defects in diamond. The research investigates the potential for using long-range electric interactions, enabled by the structure of certain color centers, as an alternative pathway to link qubits and control...

This $299,861 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of diamond-based heterogeneous quantum materials platforms through direct bonding of diamond membranes at the University of Chicago from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2025. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), this Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research aims to optimize the direct bonding process to preserve the surfaces of diamond and other materials while preventing degradation of...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,800,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Trustees of Princeton University to develop new quantum sensing tools for studying physical phenomena, structure, and composition of materials. The project, titled "QUSEC-TAQS: Nanoscale Covariance Magnetometry with Diamond Quantum Sensors," aims to use nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond as a large-scale quantum sensing platform to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA #47.041) awarded a 3-year, $442,800 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct fundamental research on improving the high-pressure, high-temperature manufacturing process for producing large, high-quality diamond single crystals. The research aims to increase the size, quality, and cost-effectiveness of synthetic diamond production, enabling new applications in optical elements, radiation...

The National Science Foundation awarded Duke University a $299,668 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a robust, scalable process for creating diamond nitrogen-vacancy center quantum bits. This Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research will support innovative research demonstrating a new approach using diamond growth techniques coupled with carbon nanotube electron beam irradiation to create the defects needed for quantum bit implementation. The goal is to...

This $995,658 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the development and adoption of quantum sensing platforms to drive advances in magnetic materials and devices. The award supports an interdisciplinary team at Case Western Reserve University that will develop a magnetic quantum sensing platform using nitrogen-vacancy defects in diamond to detect magnetic waves (magnons) in novel magnetic...