Project Grant FA95502210470
- The University of Chicago received a $568,770 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated February 1, 2023 with a completion date of January 31, 2024. The award is provided through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the "IQCAAP - INDIVIDUAL QUBIT CONTROL FOR ATOM ARRAY PROCESSORS" project. The grant will fund research at the University of Chicago to develop techniques for individual qubit...
- The University of Chicago will optimize qubit performance in diamond with strain engineering under a three-year, $664,203 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The grant is part of the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through basic and applied scientific research relevant to its needs. Under the award beginning September 15, 2022, the University will conduct...
- The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $618,044 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant will fund the development of a cryogen-free dilution refrigerator for research on quantum magnetism and correlated electronic systems from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Chicago received a $265,632 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2028. The award supports a Young Investigator Program (YIP) initiative titled "Exploring Quantum Thermalization with Ultracold, Ultrapolar Molecules," which focuses on fundamental research in quantum information sciences and...
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $355,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support the development of a Dilution Refrigerator for Scalable Quantum Networks. The two-year award, made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), will allow MIT researchers to design and build a dilution refrigerator to enable the scaling of quantum networks for applications relevant to Air Force needs such...
- The University of Texas at Austin received a $376,080 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop a cryogenic probe station and control electronics for measurement of novel Josephson qubit devices and circuits. The grant funding will support the acquisition of cryogenic probe station equipment and electronics to allow for measurement of superconducting quantum bits and...
- The University of Illinois received a $511,388 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of September 14, 2029. The award supports fundamental research to identify and characterize the origins of lossy defects in Josephson junctions, which are critical components in superconducting quantum computing and advanced electronics applications. This research aligns with the...
- This federal Project Grant award of $590,442.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports the development of a "CRYOGENIC SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING TRAPPED-ELECTRON QUANTUM COMPUTING" at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant, with a performance period from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026, will enable UC Berkeley to conduct cutting-edge research in quantum computing, a critical...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $636,364 Project Grant to the University of Chicago under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "SPECTROSCOPY AND CONTROL OF SPIN-STRAIN INTERACTIONS FOR GROUP-IV COLOR CENTERS IN DIAMOND MEMBRANES". The award period is from July 15, 2023 to July 14, 2024. The University of Chicago, a leading research university, will perform this academic research focused on...
- Purdue University was awarded a $188,035 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a cryostat for characterization studies of mechanical modes excited by optical force densities. The grant was awarded on March 1, 2023 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. Funding will support the completion...
The University of Chicago received a $488,120 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory on September 1, 2022 to fund development of a Dilution Cryostat for Quantum Addressable Memory through August 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. Funds will support the construction of a dilution cryostat to facilitate research into quantum addressable memory technologies, allowing for controlled manipulation of individual quantum bits at millikelvin temperatures. The cryostat will enable low-temperature experiments exploring quantum memory architectures with potential long-term applications for quantum computing and sensing.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 3/20/23 | ||
| Not listed | $488.1k | 8/22/22 |