Project Grant FA9550261B214

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University, to conduct research on the theoretical foundations of quantum pseudorandomness. The 3-year project aims to systematically develop the theoretical underpinnings of quantum pseudorandomness and explore its applications in areas such as quantum cryptography,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) has awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Office of Research to conduct research on the theoretical foundations of quantum pseudorandomness. The 3-year project aims to systematically develop the theoretical underpinnings of quantum pseudorandomness and explore its applications, including areas such as...

This two-year, $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at Washington University in City, Missouri to develop a quantum tunneling-based framework for zero side-channel key generation and distribution. The Engineering Directorate program seeks to advance engineering innovation and excellence. Specifically, the university researchers will investigate using an array of self-powered, phase-locked timers that operate via Fowler-Nordheim quantum tunneling to emulate...

This federal Project Grant award of $263,170 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with a performance period from January 15, 2025 to December 31, 2029, aims to advance quantum security and cryptography. The project's key objectives are to construct new forms of quantum pseudorandomness, which can hide the quantum mechanical properties of physical systems, such as their entanglement. This research is expected to...

The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded a $248,842 Project Grant to the University of New Orleans to better understand quantum nonlocality in multiple-particle settings and refine interpretations of genuine multipartite nonlocality. Working under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the university will characterize patterns of experimental statistics consistent with new definitions of genuine multipartite nonlocality. This aims to distinguish...

This $200,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support research at the University of Maryland, College Park to develop foundational theories for quantum-secure cryptography and train students in a quantum perspective on the field. Funded through NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the three-year award period runs from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. Key research areas include security of symmetric-key primitives against quantum attackers,...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program provides $375,000 in funding to Purdue University to investigate entangled states in organic molecules and explore methods for generating high-fidelity quantum states of light. The research aims to enhance photon collection efficiency and zero-phonon line in organic molecules integrated into nanophotonic cavities and waveguides. Additionally, the project will focus on bringing...

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods Program within the Division of Chemistry awarded a 5-year, $700,000 CAREER grant to Dr. Philip Shushkov of Indiana University to develop theoretical methods for simulating the dynamics of ensembles of molecular spin qubits. This project aims to characterize the quantum dynamical behaviors of molecular qubit ensembles under different conditions, such as dimensionality, disorder, environmental noise,...

This $425,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program aims to advance the field of continuous-time quantum walk, a versatile model with broad applications in areas such as graph analytics, quantum chemistry simulation, and cryptography. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Developing high-fidelity quantum transport protocols that can overcome conventional limitations, with...

The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $245,000 Project Grant to The Ohio State University Office of Sponsored Programs to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SECURE AND EFFICIENT POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY: FROM CODING THEORY TO HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE." The three-year grant running from May 2021 through April 2024 will fund research exploring post-quantum cryptography approaches from coding theory to hardware...