The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $484,999 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) on September 1, 2024. The grant funding supports fundamental algorithmic research towards quantum utility, a critical area for advancing U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries. Caltech, a renowned private research university, will...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $966,607 Project Grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) on September 1, 2024 for the "Quantum Utility with Hardware- and Application- Informed Near-Term Algorithms (QUINTA)" project. This grant, provided under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports fundamental scientific research across multiple disciplines including quantum information science,...
This $164,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports research on "Quantum Coherence and Decoherence in Model Spin Systems" at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The research aims to advance scientific understanding and capabilities in quantum computing, a critical technology area for national defense. Caltech, a leading private research university, will conduct this...
This federal Project Grant award from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $600,000.00 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct research on "BENCHMARKING, VERIFICATION, AND AUTHENTICATION OF RESOURCE-RESTRICTED QUANTUM HARDWARE USING NOVEL QUANTUM CONTROL PROTOCOLS". The award, which began on Oct 1, 2023 and runs through Sep 30, 2026, will support Caltech's scientific research and technology development work in areas relevant to...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $196,650 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to support research in quantum state engineering with networks of optical parametric oscillators. The award period runs from February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2023. Under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), Caltech will conduct basic research to improve Army programs and operations through developing...
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $618,044 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant will fund the development of a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator for research on quantum magnetism and correlated electronic systems from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in...
This $446,279 federal Project Grant awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports research by the University of California, Berkeley to develop quantum computing capabilities for solving partial differential equations. The research, which has a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, aims to advance national scientific and technological priorities in areas such as quantum information science, advanced...
This $440,711 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports research by North Carolina State University (NC State) on "Algorithms for Quantum Utility: Intelligent, Robust, and Efficiently Distributed (AQUIRED)." The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will fund research to advance quantum information science, a critical emerging technology with potential to...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $875,000 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant, titled "UNIVERSALITY IN QUANTUM GRAVITY AND BEYOND", is effective from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026. UC Berkeley, as the prime awardee, will leverage its expertise in quantum computing, materials science,...
This federal Project Grant award for $739,609.00 was issued by the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) on September 1, 2024 under the Department of Defense Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports foundational and applied research across diverse scientific and technical domains critical to national security, with a focus on advancing fundamental knowledge in areas such as quantum...