Project Grant DESC0026132
- The University of Pittsburgh received a $875,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for the "QUANTUM NETWORKING FOR EFFICIENT AND ROBUST DISTRIBUTED SERVICES (Q-NERDS)" project. The award period runs from September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2026. The project aims to advance scientific discovery and technological innovation in quantum networking, with a focus on developing efficient and robust distributed...
- The University of Pittsburgh has received a $999,886 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and Demonstration program (CFDA 81.121) for fiscal year 2023. This multi-year grant, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026, will support the university's research, development, and demonstration activities across areas such as existing reactor operations, advanced reactor designs, nuclear fuel cycle, and enabling technologies. The award...
- The University of Pittsburgh will receive $540,000 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct investigations in high energy physics from September 2021 through August 2024. As part of the three-year project grant award, the University will investigate major problems confronting the nation through advancing the progress of mathematical and physical sciences and increasing the store of scientific knowledge and understanding in...
- The University of Pittsburgh was awarded a $481,695 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support development of a cryogenic platform and controls for quantum state routers and reservoir computation from March 1, 2022 to February 29, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) provides $874,998.16 to Purdue University to conduct research on the "Quantum Optical Properties of Highly-Excited Semiconductors". The research project runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026. As a prominent research university, Purdue has extensive experience executing advanced scientific research and development projects across diverse domains for federal...
- This Project Grant award, in the amount of $300,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049). The award supports research to investigate multi-hadron interactions using lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with the stochastic Laplacian method and QUDA parallel computing resources. The research aims to develop a better understanding of the structure of protons, neutrons, and other hadrons, and...
- This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $875,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania. The award will fund research on "Scanning Ultrafast Optical Probe and Control in Kagome Metals" over a project period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026. The University of Pennsylvania, a...
- The University of Pittsburgh will receive $659,999.43 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy to support the Nuclear Energy University Programs Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research program. The funding period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Under the award, the University of Pittsburgh will conduct research and development activities aligned with the Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Research, Development and...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $648,000.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania. The grant supports research on "Mechanisms of Long-Distance Charge Separation and Efficient Plasmon Induced Hot Electron Transfer in Colloidal Nano-Heterostructures" from September 1, 2025...
- The Pennsylvania State University was awarded a $875,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) on August 1, 2025. The award supports the research project "QUANTUM CONFINED LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTION IN NOVEL MAGNETS" with a period of performance through July 31, 2026. This grant aligns with the Office of Science's mission to advance fundamental scientific research and technological innovation, particularly in areas...
This federal Project Grant award of $3,160,031.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Pittsburgh. The award, titled "PEER-QM: PROGRAMMING EMERGENT ELECTRONIC RESPONSES IN QUANTUM MATERIALS", commenced on September 1, 2025 and is scheduled for completion by December 31, 2026. The University of Pittsburgh, a prominent public research university, will utilize this funding to conduct advanced scientific research across various disciplines, with a focus on exploring quantum materials and programming emergent electronic responses. The research aims to advance scientific discovery, technological innovation, and the understanding of complex physical, biological, and environmental systems. Key areas of investigation include quantum computing, molecular dynamics, energy-efficient technologies, plasma physics, environmental systems, and advanced computational methodologies. The research conducted under this award has the potential to drive progress in fields such as energy, national security, and technological innovation.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $3.2m | 9/26/25 |