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- Federal Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2028. The award supports research titled "Frozonium: Dynamical Floquet Control from Qubits to Qudits," conducted at the university's Ithaca, New York location. This project advances fundamental and applied scientific research in...
- Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $748,210 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) awarded June 15, 2026, with completion scheduled for June 14, 2029. The project, titled "Materials Correlations and Causations for Superconducting Quantum Microwave Performance," supports fundamental and applied research designed to maintain technological superiority for the Air Force and Space Force....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), awarded Cornell University a $1.375 million Project Grant on September 8, 2025, to develop integrated processing of quantum-sensor data by quantum neural networks (QNNs). The three-year effort, scheduled for completion on September 7, 2028, represents a Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI) focused on...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $149,999 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. The award supports fundamental and applied research on the topological robustness of complex stochastic networks, with particular focus on examining how scale-free network properties influence overall system robustness. This research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $450,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded July 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2028. The project delivers advanced quantum simulation research and development services focused on expanding the capabilities of trapped-ion quantum processors. The primary research deliverable involves developing and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary New York University received a $149,525 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) awarded on September 29, 2025, with a completion date of September 28, 2028. The award supports research in quantum computing, specifically focused on developing multi-qubit entangling gates within a synthetic many-body quantum system with long-range interactions. This research initiative falls under the Young...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received an $875,000 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), awarded August 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2026. The project, titled "Programmable Floquet Algorithms for Materials Research: Enhanced Qubit Coherence and Entangled State Preparation on Quantum Hardware," supports fundamental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Cornell University received a $479,482 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports research and development of an ultra-low-power cryogenic complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CryoCMOS) integrated circuit architecture designed to control superconducting qubits with high-frequency...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $363,649 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded July 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2028. The award supports theoretical, computational, and experimental research to develop advanced quantum control methods for fault-tolerant bosonic operations. Specifically, the research team...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a Project Grant of $156,462 to the University of California, Berkeley under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the project "Bridging Worlds: Entangling Neutral Atoms and Superconducting Circuits," with performance from June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. This research initiative focuses on quantum information sciences, a critical area of emphasis within the Defense Research Sciences...
Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs received a $150,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Air Force (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded on May 15, 2026, with a completion date of May 14, 2029. The award supports research on "Quantum Computing - Scalable Logical Qubits Encoded in Collective Ion Motion," a Young Investigator Program (YIP) initiative focused on advancing quantum computing technologies critical to maintaining the Department of the Air Force's technological superiority. This research aligns with the program's objectives to support fundamental and applied scientific research in quantum information sciences and to foster innovation in defense-relevant scientific areas through peer-reviewed competitive selection processes. The research conducted at Cornell's Ithaca, New York campus will contribute to the development of scalable quantum computing architectures through exploration of logical qubits implemented via collective ion motion—a fundamental advancement area within quantum technologies. The three-year project supports the Air Force's strategic emphasis on quantum information sciences as a critical research domain, building research infrastructure and preventing technological surprise while positioning the United States to maintain competitive advantage in this emerging technology sector.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $150.0k | 5/8/26 |