Project Grant DESC0026390
- Federal Grant Award Summary The President and Fellows of Harvard College received a $950,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded on March 15, 2026, with a completion date of March 14, 2027. The project, titled "High-Pressure Imaging of Unconventional Superconductivity and Topological Magnetism Using Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers," supports fundamental scientific research in quantum materials and condensed matter physics. The grant funds...
- Federal Grant Award Summary President and Fellows of Harvard College received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the period August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2029. The project, titled "Fault Tolerant Qubit Based on Topological Josephson Junction" (INQS), supports fundamental research in quantum systems aligned with Air Force modernization priorities. Harvard's Office for Sponsored...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Harvard College's Office for Sponsored Programs received a $140,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Army Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on July 15, 2026. The award supports a three-year research initiative titled "Analytical Aspects of Quantum Complexity," with performance scheduled through July 14, 2029, and research activities conducted at Harvard's Cambridge, Massachusetts...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Purdue University received a $1.52 million Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2026, to develop high-temperature parity protected qubits. This research initiative addresses fundamental quantum computing challenges by advancing qubit technology capable of operating at elevated temperatures while maintaining quantum error correction through parity protection...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Physics awarded $400,000 to Harvard College under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on June 1, 2026, to address the absence of quantum information science and quantum sensing topics in high school physics curricula. The project will develop and deliver a sequence of online professional development workshops with accompanying classroom-ready resources designed to prepare high school physics...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Johns Hopkins University received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) on June 15, 2026, for research on "Scalable Approaches to Quantum Processor Stabilization." The performance period extends through June 14, 2027, with work conducted at the institution's Laurel, Maryland facility. This award supports fundamental research investigation into quantum computing stabilization methodologies, which...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Harvard College on June 15, 2026, for the development of integrated-photonics spatial light modulators (SLMs) to enable next-generation quantum control hardware and advanced imaging platforms. The research program, led through Harvard's Office for Sponsored Programs and executed at the Cambridge campus through May 31, 2031, will produce a novel...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Brown University received a $600,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The award supports "Computational Advances to Enable Precision Physics at the HL-LHC" (High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider), advancing fundamental research in high energy physics through computational innovation. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program funds basic scientific...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Trustees of Boston University received a $700,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2027. The project, titled "Optically Assessing and Controlling Chirality in Quantum Materials," supports fundamental scientific research in quantum materials science conducted at the university's Boston, Massachusetts campus. This award funds basic...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1,100,000.00 Project Grant to President And Fellows Of Harvard College (Harvard University) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on July 15, 2023, will fund the development of a "Variable Temperature Optical Scan-Probe Platform for Research on Emergent Quantum Condensed Matter Systems" through July 14, 2024. As a leading research university, Harvard has a...
Federal Grant Award Summary Harvard College's Office for Sponsored Programs received a $582,050 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science (CFDA 81.049) effective January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2026. The award supports research titled "Quantum-Enhanced Data Analysis for High-Energy Physics: Leveraging NISQ Algorithms for Efficient Data Compression and Machine Learning Applications." This project focuses on developing and applying near-term intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) algorithms to enable more efficient data compression and machine learning techniques for analyzing high-energy physics experimental data. The research addresses fundamental computational challenges in particle physics by exploring how quantum computing approaches can enhance traditional data analysis workflows. The Office of Science, as the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences, funds this investigator-initiated research through its standing grant program, which supports scientific discovery across multiple disciplines including quantum information systems and high-energy physics. Work is being performed at Harvard's Cambridge, Massachusetts campus, leveraging the institution's established capabilities in quantum science and computational research. The one-year project period represents a discrete research initiative within DOE's broader portfolio of extramural grants supporting fundamental scientific research across the nation's academic and laboratory infrastructure.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $582.1k | 5/5/26 |