Project Grant DESC0026555
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Illinois $333,333.47 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on pathways toward energy-efficient quantum computing. The award runs through September 14, 2027, with performance in Urbana, Illinois. The University of Illinois passed a sub-award to The Research Foundation For The State University of New York, operating as Stony Brook University, on July...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northern Illinois University received a $875,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (CFDA 81.049: Office of Science Financial Assistance Program) for the project "Tailoring Phase Space Correlations for Future Accelerators." The award, issued on August 1, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of November 30, 2026, supports fundamental scientific research in advanced accelerator physics. This research falls within the Office of...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Illinois $500,000 on April 15, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to investigate intertwined electronic and elastic degrees of freedom in correlated materials. Work is performed in Urbana, Illinois through April 14, 2027. The award is structured as a Project Grant, a form of assistance funding supporting basic research in the physical sciences as part of the Office of Science's...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Northwestern University $390,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on the interplay and entanglement of electronic and nuclear motions in light-driven photochemical and photophysical transformations. The award is a project grant with a performance period through June 30, 2027, and work is performed in Chicago, Illinois. Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The University of Iowa $659,000 on July 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct quantum computing research in lattice field theory for high energy physics. Work will be performed in Iowa City, Iowa, over a one-year period of performance ending June 30, 2027. This Project Grant is part of the Office of Science's basic research portfolio, which supports fundamental scientific research across the...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Illinois $759,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to fund research on understanding mechanisms of irradiation-induced crystallization. Work will be performed in Urbana, Illinois, with a period of performance extending through January 31, 2028. The award is a Project Grant, the assistance type supporting basic research in the physical sciences that advances...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Northwestern University a $1,820,286.74 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on antiferromagnetism and superconductivity from September 1, 2005 through June 30, 2022. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. This award aimed to further those...
- The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Northwestern University $900,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for real-time visualization of sub-molecular dynamics in reprocessable thermosets. The project runs through January 31, 2028, with work performed in Chicago, Illinois. Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division administers the award as a Project Grant to advance fundamental scientific research in materials science...
- 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 National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded the University of Illinois $349,565 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop platforms for protected qubits using a scanning resonator microscope. The project investigates limitations and improvement pathways for qubit platforms, focusing on energy loss mechanisms in superconducting transmons and Andreev spin qubits (ASQs). The recipient will use a unique scanning resonator...
The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded Northern Illinois University $648,157 on September 1, 2026, for a Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop ultrafast infrared-gated qudits in 4F spin-doped quantum semiconductors at practical temperatures. Work is performed in DeKalb, Illinois, with a period of performance through December 31, 2027. The project addresses fundamental research in quantum information science by advancing the state of spin-doped semiconductor materials and their controlled manipulation at temperatures suitable for practical deployment, building on the Office of Science's mission as the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $648.2k | 8/10/26 |