Office of Science

Description

DOE SC hereby announces its interest in receiving applications from multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary teams (requesting support between $10 and $25 million per year) to establish National Quantum Information Science Research Centers referred to in the rest of this announcement as “Centers.” The goal of this FOA is to select applications that will accelerate the transformational advances in basic science and quantum-based technology needed to develop world-leading capabilities in Quantum Information Science (QIS), and in support of the National Quantum Initiative Act. This FOA is open to multi-institutional proposals submitted as a single application by the lead institution. Submitted applications must follow the guidelines and criteria provided in the supplementary information below and the following sections. Pre-applications are required and must be submitted by 02/10/2020. A response encouraging or discouraging the submission of a proposal will be provided by 03/10/2020. Only encouraged applications will be considered for merit-review. Applications submitted on behalf of investigators that did not submit a pre-application and applications that do not follow the guidelines and criteria established below may be declined without merit review. ----- This Amendment 000001 is issued to update, clarify and correct certain aspects of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), as identified on the page following the cover page of the amended FOA. ----- This Amendment 000002 is issued to update, clarify and correct certain aspects of the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), as identified on the page following the cover page of the amended FOA.

Who can apply

• Unrestricted

Contact

Ceren Susut <br/>Program Manager <br/>Phone 301-903-0366
Ceren.Susut-Bennett@science.doe.gov