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NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program office seeks to enhance faculty professional knowledge and leadership experience by offering two 10-week summer fellowship opportunities for educators who are interested in collaborating with world-class scientists and engineers in the areas of quantum communications and networks and quantum information science (QIS). The…
(March 24, 2022) Today, the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science (SCQIS) released the strategic plan for “Bringing Quantum Sensors to Fruition.” Quantum sensing technologies have already been hugely beneficial to society, for example, with the Global Position System (GPS) utilizing atomic clocks, and magnetic resonance…
(March 21, 2022) The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has two funding opportunities involving STEM education, which could include quantum information science: STEM FOA: This announcement explicitly encourages projects that improve the capacity of education systems and communities to create impactful STEM educational experiences for students of all…
(March 17, 2022) The Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS), which hosts a National Quantum Information Science Research Center called the LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC), is partnering with the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to support early-career scientists in the area of Quantum Information Sciences Research. The Fiscal Year 2023…
(Feb. 27, 2022) ExpandQISE Solicitation: Invitation to a connections-building workshop. The recently issued program solicitation NSF 22-561 “Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE)” aims to increase research capacity and broaden participation in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE). With grants up to $5 million over up to…
(February 1, 2022) White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and U.S. National Science Foundation Host “Quantum Workforce: Q-12 Actions for Community Growth” Event, Release Quantum Workforce Development Plan White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and U.S. National Science Foundation Host “Quantum Workforce: Q-12 Actions for Community…
(February 1, 2022) Today the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science (SCQIS) released its National Strategic Plan for QIST Workforce Development. The report recommends a series of actions and highlights community opportunities to grow the QIST workforce through expanded training and education at all levels. It…
(January, 18 2022) A new Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the QC-S5 program, BAA # W911NF-22-S-0006 has been released. The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO), in collaboration with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS), is soliciting proposals for research in four research topic areas in the field of gate-based Quantum…
(Jan 25, 2022) On August 30, 2021, the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) held a virtual workshop on the recruitment of individuals with quantum information science (QIS) expertise into government service. The workshop focused on challenges and best practices…
(Dec. 27th, 2021) President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (P.L. 117-81) act for FY 2022. The NDAA is a legislative vehicle for establishing policy and discretionary authorizations for the DOD, nuclear weapons programs of the DOE, and other defense-related activities (see NDAA primer). This year’s NDAA expanded…
