Project Grant W911NF2510264
- 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 Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $247,806.70 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to support cryogenics research for a quantum network testbed. The award was made under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) and runs from March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2024. MIT will utilize the funding to develop cryogenic technologies necessary to establish a prototype quantum network, in line with...
- 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...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota. This 24-month award, effective September 30, 2025, aims to experimentally demonstrate a first-in-class Electron Hydrodynamics (EHD) refrigerator. The project seeks to leverage the fluid-like viscous flow of electrons in ultrapure quantum materials to emulate...
- The Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) awarded a $189,920 Project Grant to The Leland Stanford Junior University on Sep 15, 2025. The grant funds the acquisition and deployment of a synchronized, multi-board control system based on the open-source Quantum Information Control Kit (QICK) to support the development of quantum error correction (QEC) scale superconducting qubit experiments. This research aims to advance scientific knowledge and technological...
- This Project Grant award of $112,500.00 from the U.S. Department of Defense's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) supports research by the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel to explore decoherence with long-lived superconducting cavity qubits. The research aims to advance fundamental knowledge in quantum computing and support long-term national security needs. The grant period runs from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. The Weizmann Institute is a prestigious research institution...
- This $276,121.73 Project Grant award was provided by the Department of Defense's Research Development and Engineering Command under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on September 2, 2025. The grant supports fundamental research on "Molecular Triplet Qubits" to be conducted at MIT, with a project completion date of September 1, 2028. The Basic Scientific Research program funds high-risk, high-payoff research...
- The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $2,041,726 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) to develop an equation of state and constitutive thermodynamic and transport relations for helium-3 (3He), helium-4 (4He), and 3He-4He mixtures. The award, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2029, will support fundamental research to expand scientific knowledge and capabilities in areas...
- 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...
- The Department of Defense awarded a $264,544 Project Grant under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to the University Enterprises Corporation at California State University, San Bernardino. The grant, awarded on August 19, 2024, will fund the acquisition of a cryogenic piezo-positioning stage with magneto-optics for quantum information research on solid-state defects. This specialized instrumentation supports the university's ongoing...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $449,282 Project Grant titled "Acoustic Brayton Cryogenic Refrigerator for Rapid Cooling of Quantum Technologies" to R7 Instruments Inc. under the DoD's Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The funding will support fundamental research to develop innovative cryogenic cooling technology to enable rapid cooling of quantum devices, which is critical for advancing quantum computing and related national security applications. The project will be conducted by R7 Instruments Inc. at their facility in Winter Hill, MA and is scheduled for completion by September 14, 2026. The DoD's Basic Scientific Research program provides funding for high-risk, high-payoff basic research initiatives across a wide range of scientific and technological domains to enhance military capabilities and address long-term national security needs.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $449.3k | 9/4/25 |