The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $1,665,823 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant supports foundational and applied research across scientific and technical domains critical to national security. Key focus areas include quantum computing, artificial intelligence, materials science, and other strategic research to advance fundamental knowledge and address long-term national security...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $615,454.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of Defense's Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award, granted on May 15, 2025, supports the development of "Modular Quantum Computing with Optical Cavities and Transportable Atom Arrays" at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in quantum computing, a...
This $1,750,000 Project Grant award, issued on September 15, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431), supports fundamental research at The Trustees of Princeton University. The grant aims to advance scientific knowledge and develop innovative capabilities in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, materials science, and defense technologies. The grant has two sub-awards. The first...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), supports the Quantum Advantage-Class Trapped Ion System (QACTI) project. The $500,000 grant, awarded on August 15, 2024, aims to design and construct an ion trap quantum computer to demonstrate scientific computations beyond the capabilities of standard computers. The collaborative project involves researchers, computer...
This federal Project Grant award of $499,872.00 from the Department of Defense Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) will support research and development of modeling and simulation tools for predicting the performance of semiconductor qubits in quantum computing circuits. The key objectives include detailed device physics modeling to simulate qubit circuits, qubit calibration methods based on device physics insights...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $192,302.17 Cooperative Agreement on May 16, 2025 under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) to Georgia Tech Research Corporation for the project titled "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE QUANTIFIED (AIQ) - PRIVACY-CENTRIC GENERALIZATION OF DIFFUSION MODELS: A STOCHASTIC CONTROL AND INFORMATION THEORETIC PERSPECTIVE." The project will research and develop advanced artificial intelligence and quantum...
Duke University was awarded a two-year, $1,712,082 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support the development of a next-generation modular ion-trap quantum computer. The grant will fund research from September 2021 through August 2023 aimed at advancing quantum computing technology through the creation of a new modular design for an ion trap-based quantum processing unit. As the Mathematical and...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $457,041 Project Grant to The Trustees of Princeton University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, titled "EQUIPMENT FOR ENTERING THE INTERACTING QUANTUM MANY-BODY REGIME WITH ARRAYS OF LASER-COOLED MOLECULES", will support the development of advanced scientific instrumentation and experimental capabilities for exploring quantum many-body phenomena using laser-cooled molecular systems. The...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $258,940 project grant to Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck through the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant will support research into quantum optimization with Rydberg atom arrays from September 2021 through September 2023. Specifically, the university will conduct basic scientific research related to improving Army programs and operations through investigating quantum computing techniques using...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $615,291 was provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the DoD Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The grant is being used by the Regents of the University of Michigan to explore the potential of ytterbium's 3P2 metastable state for quantum computing applications. The research project will be conducted at the University of Michigan's facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan...