AFOSR awards 17 quantum research grants (12/29/2020) R&D Funding Opportunities - ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Air Force Office of Scientific Research recently awarded 17 quantum information science grants, with a focus on basic research, to scientists and engineers at institutions around the globe. These awards were fast-tracked following a three-day… ...
Two years of the National Quantum Initiative (12/21/2020) NQIA - Signing of NQI Act on December 21, 2018. Today marks two years since the National Quantum Initiative Act was signed into law, ushering in a new era for American leadership in quantum information science (QIS). The landmark legislation called for… ...
Department of Energy to Provide $75 Million for Chemical and Materials Research in Quantum Information Science (12/17/2020) DOE, R&D Funding Opportunities - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced plans to provide $75 million for fundamental research in chemical and materials sciences aimed at advancing the important emerging field of Quantum Information Science (QIS). A wide-ranging multidisciplinary area of research, QIS… ...
The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program adds QISE (12/14/2020) QIS, R&D Funding Opportunities, Workforce - Funded at about $55M level, the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program seeks proposals that explore ways for graduate students in research-based master’s and doctoral degree programs to develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM… ...
The Future Is Now: Spreading the Word About Post-Quantum Cryptography (12/14/2020) Cryptography, Quantum Computing - I consider myself a quiet guy — on a Friday night you can usually find me at home doing crossword puzzles. Public speaking doesn’t come naturally to me, and I’ve never really liked it. Like many people, I get really… ...
Summary of the National Q-12 Education Partnership Kick-off Event (12/7/2020) Q12, Workforce - The National Quantum Coordination Office released a summary of the Oct. 7th, 2020 National Q-12 Education Partnership Kick-off Event today. This summary describes the Partnership and key take-aways from the Kick-off. The discussions focused on Materials for QIS Education, Careers… ...
The Quantum Questions (12/3/2020) Centers, NQCO Letters, NQI - Roughly each month I write “from” a different research center about the NQCO’s progress coordinating Quantum Information Science (QIS) activities. Learn more about the Q-SEnSE Quantum Leap Challenge Institute by going to https://www.colorado.edu/research/qsense/ This summer, the White House Office of Science… ...
Two Quantum Research Conferences to Focus on Navy, Federal Collaboration (11/16/2020) QIS - As the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory steps up in its role as the Navy’s Quantum Information Science Research Center, NRL is participating in two quantum collaboration meetings focusing on intragovernmental collaboration. For more information, click on the news story here. ...
NSA’s Laboratory for Physical Sciences Announces First-Ever Qubit Collaboratory (10/29/2020) Centers, Infrastructure - FT. MEADE, Md., Oct. 29, 2020 — The quantum world hosts a rich variety of physics that could enable functionality far beyond what traditional technologies can achieve. By probing and manipulating phenomena that occur at the single particle scale, the… ...
NSA Cybersecurity Perspectives on Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Cryptography (10/26/2020) Cryptography - In response to requests from mission customers, NSA is publicly sharing guidance on quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum cryptography (QC) as it relates to securing National Security Systems (NSS). Sharing guidance that was previously kept within internal government channels… ...