(January 15, 2025) The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science is announcing that $625 million is available to support National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. These centers, which are multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary teams, will accelerate the transformational advances in basic science and quantum-based novel-technology platforms needed to develop world-leading capabilities in Quantum Information Science (QIS), and in support of the National Quantum Initiative Act. Each center will integrate multiple levels of innovation, blending basic research, engineering, and technology development in a co-design framework. The centers will deliver prototype novel-technology platforms, capabilities, and major scientific breakthroughs that, in the future, can be further developed into a resource or user-facility capability for the entire QIS R&D community.

(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 on strengthening our understanding of QIS toward the goal of improving future energy technologies. Projects include quantum photonic integrated design, molecular quantum transduction, and quantum sensing and quantum materials.

(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 the renewal of existing QLCI may be proposed in response to Solicitation NSF 24-599. Proposals in both cases will be considered in a single merit review process. The QLCI program directors will hold an informational webinar about the QLCI program solicitation NSF 24-599 on Tuesday, December 3rd, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. NSF program directors will describe the program and answer questions.

Highlighting the LPS Qubit Collaboratory

Highlighting the Fermilab-led Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center

(November 10, 2022) The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers (NQISRCs) are leveraging the behavior of nature at the smallest scales to develop technologies for science’s most complex problems. While having their own unique areas of expertise and resources, the NQISRCs are all aligned to the same mission—the advancement of quantum information science.