Project Grant FA9550261B128
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology a $250,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research on "The Coupling-Arm Qubit for Scalable, High-Fidelity Entangling Gates." The award, effective December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2028, funds fundamental and applied scientific research in quantum information sciences designed to maintain technological...
- Federal Grant Award Summary MIT received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Air Force (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), effective August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. The award supports fundamental and applied research titled "Light-Driven Non-Equilibrium Colloidal Crystallization," conducted at MIT's Massachusetts campus. This research aims to advance scientific understanding in materials science and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $449,447.73 Project Grant from the Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) on September 2, 2025, for research on molecular triplet qubits. The award supports a three-year performance period extending through September 1, 2028, with research conducted at MIT's Cambridge, Massachusetts facility. This project advances fundamental scientific...
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $355,605 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a MULTIFUNCTIONAL SURVEYOR FOR QUANTUM MATERIALS AND DEVICES. The grant was awarded on February 15, 2022 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. MIT will utilize the funding to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) a $180,000 project grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for September 30, 2028. The award supports fundamental and applied research on the optimization of quantum systems, with focus on quantum complexity, structural analysis, and algorithmic development. This three-year research...
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $317,300 Project Grant 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 projects at MIT from June 2021 through March 2023 aimed at maintaining technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $177,324 Project Grant to President And Fellows Of Harvard College under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant funds the development of equipment for a molecular quantum simulator to support research goals under the Defense Research Sciences Program. This program aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority through basic research in scientific areas relevant to its needs. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $150,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the Young Investigator Program (YIP) project titled "Deformation-Induced Chemical Mixing in Metallic Alloys." The award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, supports fundamental and applied research designed to maintain technological superiority for the U.S....
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $242,482 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024, supports MIT's "ADVANCED MOLECULAR MEASUREMENTS FOR FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH ON RULES OF COMPOSITION IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY". This grant funds cutting-edge research to advance molecular measurement...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $495,000.00 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The purpose of the grant is to fund research on "The Fear of Missing Out on Information for Reduced Order Modeling: A Method for Healthier Data- and Model Selection" over a period of 3 years from December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2026. As a leading research...
Federal Project Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Institute of Technology received a $150,000 project grant awarded on June 1, 2026, by the U.S. Air Force Defense Financial Management System (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports a three-year research initiative titled "Quantum Computing – Harmonics Engineering for Noise-Resilient Superconducting Qubits (HARMONIQS)" extending through May 31, 2029, with performance conducted in Massachusetts. Under this award, MIT will conduct fundamental and applied research focused on advancing quantum computing technology through the development of noise-resilient superconducting qubit architectures. The project aligns with the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program's strategic objectives to maintain technological superiority in quantum information sciences and prevent technological surprise in critical defense-related scientific areas. The research deliverables will contribute to the Department of the Air Force's mission capabilities in quantum systems and advanced computing infrastructure through peer-reviewed, competitive scientific research conducted at MIT's premier research facilities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $150.0k | 5/14/26 |