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(October 23, 2023) The Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has designated 31 Tech Hubs in regions across the country, two of which are focused on maintaining the Nation’s edge in quantum information science. The Tech Hubs were authorized by the 2022 bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act. Going forward,…
(October 23, 2023) The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced several new opportunities to facilitate international collaboration in Quantum Information Science (QIS), with mechanisms for joint or supplemental funding. Opportunities to apply for joint funding from NSF and partnering organizations are described in the announcements listed below (in reverse chronological…
(October 11, 2023) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) on Quantum Sensing in Biomedical Applications (SBIR/STTR). This NOSI encourages Phase I, Fast-Track and Direct to Phase II SBIR, as well as Phase I and Fast-Track STTR grant applications from Small Business Concerns to…
(September 13, 2023) Last year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected four algorithms designed to withstand attack by quantum computers. Now the agency has begun the process of standardizing these algorithms — the final step before making these mathematical tools available so that organizations around the world…
(August 31, 2023) On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $24 million in funding for three collaborative projects in quantum network research. Scientific research infrastructure linked with quantum networks is needed to realize distributed quantum computers. These quantum computers could simulate complex scientific processes inaccessible to…
(August 25, 2023) On August 9, 2023, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern. It declared a national emergency to address United States investments in countries of concern in sectors including semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum…
(August 24, 2023) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $70 million in funding to support research by historically underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and to diversify leadership in the physical sciences. The funding, through DOE’s Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce (RENEW) initiative, will support…
(August 24, 2023) Eighteen new projects are part of the National Science Foundation’s strategy to realize the scientific and technological advances called for in the National Science and Technology Council report, Bringing Quantum Sensors to Fruition, and the National Quantum Initiative Act. “For decades, scientific exploration at the quantum scale…
(August 15, 2023) The National Science Foundation today announced $38 million of new funding for 22 projects involving 47 institutions to enable development of sustainable research and education efforts in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE), leading to increased participation, capacity building, and increased participation and capacity building toward reaching…
(August 8, 2023) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $37 million in funding for 52 projects to 44 institutions to build research capacity, infrastructure, and expertise at institutions historically underrepresented in DOE’s Office of Science portfolio, including Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs). Through the…
