Project Grant DESC0026788

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...

The $249,416 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA #81.049), will fund research into new theories and ontologies for quantum mechanical cluster modeling of proteins and enzymes. The awardee, Q-Chem Inc. located in Pleasanton, California, will utilize the funding from February 22, 2021 through April 1, 2022 to develop computational software and technical reports related to modeling biochemical reactions at the...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded the University of Southern California $199,859 on September 15, 2025, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to support research on leveraging unconventional symmetries for noise-resilient quantum memories. Work is performed in Marina Del Rey, California through September 14, 2027. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program supports extramural grants and contracts advancing fundamental scientific...

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 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 $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 Virginia $540,000 on June 1, 2026, as a Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a rare-earth genome for quantum materials. The award covers the period June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027, with place of performance in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Office of Science, the nation's largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences, supports fundamental...

<p>The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Trustees of Princeton University $600,000 on August 1, 2026, for nuclear-electronic quantum dynamics in magnetic fields under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The project runs through July 31, 2027, with performance at Princeton, New Jersey. This is a Project Grant assistance type supporting basic research in physical sciences through Princeton's Office of Research and Project Administration.</p>

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded George Mason University $375,000 in funding on June 15, 2026, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a design automation software stack for fault-tolerant quantum computing with tunable fidelity. The project runs through June 14, 2027, with performance at the university's Fairfax, Virginia location. The award is structured as a Project Grant, the primary federal assistance vehicle used by the Office...

The Department of Energy Office of Science awarded The Trustees of Princeton University $775,000 on August 1, 2026, for research on quantum reservoir computing applied to stochastic chemical dynamics, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). Work will be performed at Princeton, New Jersey, with a period of performance through July 31, 2027. This project grant supports fundamental research in quantum information science within the Office of Science's portfolio of...