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(September 9, 2024) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $65 million in funding for 10 projects in Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing, comprising a total of 38 separate awards. This investment targets end-to-end software toolchains to program and control quantum systems at scale, quantum algorithms delivering quantum advantage, and…
(September 6, 2024) A new rule regarding export controls for advanced technologies, including quantum technologies, has been published in the Federal Register. A brief summary of the key items of interest for quantum technologies is captured below. The controls are effective September 6, 2024, though there is a 60-day delay…
(September 6, 2024) Today, the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee published its second independent assessment on the National Quantum Initiative (NQI) program, focusing on quantum networking and the role that testbeds play in research and development of quantum networking technologies. The report, titled Quantum Networking: Findings and Recommendations for Growing…
(September 5, 2024) Ten Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) have been funded in nine states by the U.S. Department of Energy. ERFCs are designed to bring together world-class teams of scientists for groundbreaking fundamental research, including research in quantum information science (QIS). Three of the announced EFRC projects are focused…
(August 30, 2024) This week, NSF released an updated solicitation for the next phase of the Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes program. Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) are large-scale interdisciplinary research projects motivated by major challenges at the frontiers of quantum information science and technology. The establishment of new QLCI or…
(August 29, 2024) DARPA is hosting a Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) proposers day on Sept. 3, 2024, for quantum computing companies that believe they are on track to develop an industrial-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer in the near term. The goal of the hybrid in-person and virtual proposers day is to…
(August 13, 2024) The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its principal set of encryption algorithms designed to withstand cyberattacks from a quantum computer. Researchers around the world are racing to build quantum computers that would operate in radically different ways from ordinary…
(July 10, 2024) In October 2023, the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) designated 31 Tech Hubs in regions across the country, including two focused on quantum information science. Now, EDA has announced projects for funding at 12 of the Tech Hubs, including one of the quantum Tech Hubs…
(July 1, 2024) The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a nearly $20 million award that will support the construction of a nanoscale fabrication facility to accelerate the co-design and development of atomic-photonic quantum devices, positioning the U.S. as a global leader in quantum science and engineering. The new NSF…
(May 22, 2024) On May 22, 2024, the United States and Germany signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) in Berlin, alongside a Joint Committee Meeting on science and technology cooperation between the two nations. The statement reflects the longstanding history of QIST research…
