The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $774,107 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research on "NON-RECIPROCAL CIRCUIT-QED DEVICES USING SYNTHETIC BAND TOPOLOGY", with the ultimate completion date of September 29, 2027. As part of this project, the University of Maryland has issued a $709,071 sub-award to Trustees of Boston University to collaborate on...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "Engineering the Multimodal and Multiscale Biophysics of Neural Networks for Neuromorphic Computing and Quantum Sensing." The research aims to advance scientific understanding and technological innovation in areas such as quantum computing, materials science, and artificial intelligence, with the goal of maintaining...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a two-year, $339,455 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of physics under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund R&D activities from March 2021 through February 2023 aimed at maintaining Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its needs. As the prime awardee, the...
The federal Project Grant award of $240,202.00 was granted by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) on September 1, 2024. The award supports research at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) on "Quantum Enhanced Fiber Network Sensing and Tomography", with a performance period ending on August 31, 2027. The grant aims to stimulate innovative research at UMD that has the potential to advance naval operations...
The Federal Project Grant award of $175,542.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is funding research at the University of Michigan to develop "QUANTUM PHOTONIC ELEMENTS BUILT FROM COOPERATIVE ATOMIC ARRAYS". The goal of this 3-year research project, which commenced on October 1, 2024, is to advance quantum computing and photonics capabilities that are critical to national defense. The University of...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $8,000,000 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "DESIGN AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC DEFECTS IN GROUP II-OXIDE MATERIALS". The award period runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The university has sub-awarded portions of the work to North Carolina State University, Pennsylvania State University, and the Massachusetts...
This Project Grant award of $110,000.00 from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command supports fundamental research at the University of Maryland, College Park under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The research aims to explore sub-wavelength optical lattices in two-dimensional materials, with potential applications in areas such as quantum computing and advanced materials. The award date is February 1, 2025, with a completion...
This $1,500,000.00 Project Grant award was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The award, with a performance period from September 15, 2024 to September 14, 2029, supports the "Piezoelectric Control of Quantum States in Solid-State Defects (PIQS)" research project. The project involves fundamental and applied research on controlling quantum states in solid-state...
The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $315,422 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a plug-and-play quantum photonic computing testbed. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. The testbed will allow the Air Force to evaluate quantum photonic...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $268,000 Project Grant award under the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to conduct fundamental algorithmic research toward quantum utility. The research project, titled "FAR-QU: Fundamental Algorithmic Research Toward Quantum Utility," will run from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The university will leverage its extensive academic and research capabilities in quantum computing,...