Project Grant DESC0025947

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $120,650 from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026 to the University of California, Berkeley to develop optimized software for lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) computations on modern GPU-accelerated supercomputer systems. The project aims to advance the computational capabilities for studying the physics of hadron-hadron interactions, including...

This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Physics will support research into mapping the structure of hadrons using lattice quantum chromodynamics (LQCD) simulations at Michigan State University from August 2022 through July 2025. LQCD allows for direct simulation of quantum chromodynamics on spacetime lattices using supercomputers, enabling the study of hadronic systems' properties from first principles with controlled uncertainties. The awardee will pursue...

The National Science Foundation awarded Quantum Simulation Technologies Inc. a $256,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a matrix product state-based fermionic quantum emulator. The emulator will enable simulation of quantum computations involving up to 100 spin orbitals or 50 electrons on classical computing hardware, an order of magnitude larger than currently possible. Quantum Simulation Technologies will complete a Python...

This $300,000 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports fundamental research in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) using lattice QCD simulations with advanced computational methods. The research will deliver theoretical predictions and computational modeling of multi-hadron interactions, including nucleon-pion scattering, nucleon-nucleon interactions, and three-meson systems....

This Project Grant award of $360,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at George Washington University to study the properties of three-particle quantum systems using lattice QCD (Quantum Chromodynamics) methods. The project aims to improve the theoretical understanding of how strong nuclear forces bind nucleons together in atomic nuclei, by developing new three-body QCD...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Michigan State University to study the properties of quark-gluon plasma, a novel phase of matter that forms at extremely high temperatures or densities. The research, funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will use lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) simulations to investigate how heavy quark bound states respond to the quark-gluon plasma medium and the behavior of the strong force at...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $597,576 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Marquette University to research quantum molecular dynamics on quantum computers. The project, titled "EXPANDQISE: TRACK 1: QUANTUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS ON QUANTUM COMPUTERS," has three main thrusts: Further development and application of the Quantum Annealer Eigensolver (QAE) algorithm to calculate molecular spectra and reactivity on D-Wave quantum...

The National Science Foundation awarded Qcml Labs LLC a $296,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop room temperature implementations of quantum algorithms using spintronics technology. The one-year award period runs from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 and will support Qcml Labs' efforts to advance science and engineering research and innovation leading to breakthrough technologies. Specifically, the company will...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $256,000 Project Grant under the Division of Physics' Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Michigan State University to research methods for improving the performance of quantum computing algorithms for quantum state preparation. The project will explore preconditioning methods, sampling techniques, and reducing systematic errors to accelerate the Rodeo quantum computing algorithm, using the 2D Heisenberg model as a...

Quantum Simulation Technologies Inc., doing business as Qsimulate, was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop cloud-based low-scaling quantum chemistry simulations for materials. The grant is being carried out under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security....