Project Grant DESC0026502

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Northeastern University $599,361 on June 15, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop fault-tolerant quantum computing with high-rate GKP-qubit codes. The project period runs through June 14, 2027, with work performed in Boston, Massachusetts. This Project Grant funds research into error-corrected quantum computing architectures using Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill qubit encoding at elevated...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Duke University $166,667 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for Pathways Toward Energy-Efficient Quantum Computing. The award supports research in advanced quantum computing systems, with work performed in Durham, North Carolina. The period of performance runs through September 14, 2027. This project grant funds fundamental scientific research as part of the Office of Science's portfolio...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the President and Fellows of Harvard College $582,050 on January 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to deliver quantum-enhanced data analysis for high-energy physics, leveraging NISQ algorithms for efficient data compression and machine learning applications. The project runs through December 31, 2026, with work performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This Project Grant supports basic research in...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Massachusetts Boston $940,000 on January 1, 2026, for quantum-classical hybrid simulations for nuclear physics, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award supports research and development in quantum information science applied to nuclear physics modeling. Performance occurs at UMass Boston's Dorchester, Massachusetts location through December 31, 2026. UMass Boston, a public research...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Johns Hopkins University $600,000 on June 15, 2026, for scalable approaches to quantum processor stabilization under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The project award is a Project Grant with a period of performance through June 14, 2027, and work is performed in Laurel, Maryland. The Office of Science supports fundamental scientific research across the physical sciences and energy, funding basic research...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Ohio State University $400,000 on June 15, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for research on quantum error-correcting codes: from theory to hardware architecture. Work will be performed in Columbus, Ohio, with a period of performance extending from the award date through June 14, 2027. The project grant funds basic research in quantum information science, an area within the Office of Science's...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Pittsburgh $875,000 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for Quantum Networking for Efficient and Robust Distributed Services (Q-NERDS). The award, a project grant, runs through September 14, 2027, with place of performance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Office of Science funds basic research in the physical sciences across nearly 29,000 researchers at over 300...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Ohio State University $1.155 million on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop higher-dimensional qudits toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. Work is performed in Columbus, Ohio, with performance concluding December 31, 2027. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports basic research across the physical sciences through extramural grants to researchers at...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Colorado $1.656 million on September 1, 2026, for research on nonlinear elements for weak-link scalable superconducting qubits (NEW-LINQS) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award funds basic research in quantum technologies at the university's Boulder, Colorado campus, with work scheduled through December 31, 2027. The Office of Science funds fundamental scientific research across the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded North Carolina State University $300,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to re-envision how to perform time evolution on quantum computers for chemical applications. The project runs through August 31, 2027, with work performed in Raleigh, North Carolina. This Project Grant supports fundamental research in quantum computing methods applicable to chemistry, building on the Office of...