QIS CENTERS
The National Quantum Initiative (NQI) Act calls for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish Centers focusing on QIS research and discovery. In alignment with this goal, NSF announced the Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes and a recent solicitation to extend the effort. DOE announced the National QIS Research Centers that were awarded in 2020 and renewed in 2025. These Centers bring together multidisciplinary teams to tackle some of the most complex and urgent problems in quantum information science and engineering. With connections to universities, National Laboratories and industry, these NQI Centers will explore quantum frontiers, stimulate QIS technology development, and expand QIS training opportunities. In addition, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 authorized the Department of Defense to establish additional Research Centers to accelerate quantum information science and technology.
NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes
- Q-SEnSE: Quantum Systems through Entangled Science and Engineering (NSF QLCI Award)
- HQAN: Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks (NSF QLCI Award)
- CIQC: Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (NSF QLCI Award)
- QuBBE: Quantum Sensing for Biophysics and Bioengineering (NSF QLCI Award)
- RQS: Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation (NSF QLCI Award)
- Q-NEXT · Next Generation Quantum Science and Engineering
- C2QA · Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage
- SQMS · Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center
- QSA · Quantum Systems Accelerator
- QSC · The Quantum Science Center
NDAA QIS Research Centers