Appendix C
Multidisciplinary Centers Established under the National Quantum Initiative Act (NQIA) or National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and Related QIS Programs
TABLE C-1 Multidisciplinary Centers Established under the National Quantum Initiative Act (NQIA) or National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Acronym | Full Name of Center | Lead Laboratory or University | Funding over Five Years (millions) | Website | |
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Department of Energy: The National Quantum Information Science Research Centers (Authorized under NQIA) | C2QA | Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage | Brookhaven National Laboratory | $115a | bnl.gov/quantumcenter |
QSA | Quantum Systems Accelerator | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | $115a | quantumsystemsaccelerator.org | |
QSC | Quantum Science Center | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | $115a | qscience.org | |
Q-NEXT | Next Generation Quantum Science and Engineering | Argonne National Laboratory | $115a | q-next.org | |
SQMS | Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center | Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | $115a | sqms.fnal.gov | |
National Science Foundation: Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (Authorized under NQIA) | Q-SEnSE | Quantum Systems through Entangled Science and Engineering | University of Colorado, Boulder g | $25a | colorado.edu/research/qsense |
HQAN | Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks | University of Illinois —Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST) | $25a | hqan.illinois.edu/ | |
CIQC | Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation | University of California, Berkeley | $24.9a | ciqc.berkeley.edu | |
QuBBE | Quantum Sensing for Biophysics and Bioengineering | University of Chicago | $25b | qubbe.uchicago.edu | |
RQS | Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation | University of Maryland, College Park | $25b | https://rqs.umd.edu/ | |
Department of Defense: Quantum Information Science Research Centers (Authorized under NDAA) | LQC | LPS (Laboratory Physical Sciences) Qubit Collaboratory, U.S. Army Research Office | University of Maryland, College Park | qubitcollaboratory.org | |
NRL | Naval Research Laboratory | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | nrl.navy.mil/OurWork/Areas-of-Research/Quantum-Research | ||
AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory | Air Force Research Laboratory | afresearchlab.com/technology/quantum/ |
aPeriod of performance start date is 2020.
bPeriod of performance start date is 2021.
TABLE C-2 Large-Group Research and Development Efforts Related to QIS Topics by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Energy (DOE)
Federal Agency | Acronym | Full Name of Center or Program | Lead University | Website |
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NSF | NSF Q-AMASE-i | Quantum Foundry for Accelerated Development of Quantum Materials | University of California, Santa Barbara | quantumfoundry.ucsb.edu |
NSF ERC-CQN | Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks | University of Arizona | cqn-erc.org | |
JILA | Physics Frontiers Center at JILA | University of Colorado, Boulder | jila-pfc.colorado.edu | |
JQI | Joint Quantum Institute | University of Maryland, College Park | jqi.umd.edu | |
IQIM | Institute for Quantum Information and Matter | California Institute of Technology | iqim.caltech.edu | |
CUA | Center for Ultracold Atoms | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | cua.mit.edu | |
CQuIC | Center for Quantum Information and Control | University of New Mexico | cquic.unm.edu/ | |
ITAMP | Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics | Harvard | pweb.cfa.harvard.edu | |
CIQM | Center for Integrated Quantum Materials | Harvard | ciqm.harvard.edu | |
EPIQC | Enabling Practical Scale Quantum Computing | The University of Chicago | epiqc.cs.uchicago.edu | |
STAQ | Software-Tailored Architecture for Quantum co-design | Duke | staq.pratt.duke.edu | |
QISE-NET | Quantum Information Science and Engineering Network | The University of Chicago | qisenet.uchicago.edu | |
DOE | ASCR | Advanced Scientific Computing Research QIS Program | N/A | https://science.osti.gov/ascr |
BER | Biological and Environmental Research | N/A | https://science.osti.gov/Initiatives/QIS/Program-Offices-QIS-Pages | |
BES | Basic Energy Science QIS Program | N/A | science.osti.gov/bes/Research/qis | |
FES | Fusion Energy Sciences | N/A | https://science.osti.gov/Initiatives/QIS/Program-Offices-QIS-Pages%20 | |
HEP | High Energy Physics QIS Program | N/A | science.osti.gov/hep/Research/Quantum-Information-Science-QIS |