The United States and Finland Move to Strengthen Cooperation in Quantum (4/6/2022) International - On April 5, the United States and Finland signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology, underscoring both countries’ intent to enhance cooperation in the field. This Statement builds on more than two decades of robust… ...
NASA SCaN Quantum Faculty Fellowship Opportunities (3/28/2022) R&D Funding Opportunities, Workforce - 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… ...
SCQIS Releases Strategic Plan for Bringing Quantum Sensors to Fruition (3/24/2022) Quantum Sensing, SCQIS - (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… ...
AFOSR Funding Opportunities in STEM Education, Quantum Welcomed (3/21/2022) R&D Funding Opportunities, Workforce - (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… ...
LPS Supports Young Investigator Program in QIS (3/17/2022) R&D Funding Opportunities, Workforce - (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… ...
ExpandQISE Solicitation: Invitation to a Connections-Building Workshop (2/27/2022) Infrastructure, R&D Funding Opportunities, Workforce - (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… ...
OSTP and NSF host “Quantum Workforce: Q-12 Actions for Community Growth” (2/1/2022) Q12, Workforce - (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.… ...
A Quantum Wish (2/1/2022) NQCO Letters - Quantum mechanical objects, such as single atoms, can behave as if they are in two or more places at once, even though they are really in a single quantum “state.” Quantum mechanics also allows for quantum entanglement: two or more… ...
SCQIS Releases Strategic Plan for QIST Workforce (2/1/2022) SCQIS, Workforce - (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… ...
ARL and LPS release BAA on Quantum Computing in the Solid State (1/27/2022) Quantum Computing, R&D Funding Opportunities - (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… ...