# NEXT NEW AND EMERGING QUBIT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (nextNEQST)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/w911nf21s0010-next-new-and-emerging-qubit-science-technology-nextneqst/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/332920

> Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command offered grants to nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, small businesses, businesses and individuals. Applications closed on July 20, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | W911NF21S0010 |
| Agency | Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 20, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.431 |

## Who can apply

- Independent school districts
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Individuals
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) in collaboration with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) is soliciting proposals for research in the next New and Emerging Qubit Science and Technology (nextNEQST) program. nextNEQST focuses on qubit systems that explore new operating regimes and environments, fundamentally new methods of fabrication, and new methods of design, control, or operation. These explorations should have in mind the development of quantum computation where the novel properties of these systems create significant advantages in coherence, fabrication, and/or qubit operation over current state-of-the-art qubits. A.1.1 Outline of the nextNEQST Research Areas: nextNEQST is soliciting proposals in three research areas as well as advances from previous NEQST research topics. Proposals may address more than one of these research areas and, in some cases, may be required to address more than one area to achieve proposed research milestones. Quantum information science and technology has seen steady progress since the motivating algorithmic discoveries of Shor and others. Continued research in qubit technology has resulted in the development of several different qubit modalities that can now perform two-qubit operations with less than 1% error per gate, with advances towards higher performance and larger qubit systems on the horizon. Many advances are needed to push existing technologies towards the distant goal of fault-tolerant quantum computing or systems of similar complexity. This BAA anticipates that state-of-the-art qubit devices and quantum logic gate approaches, even with anticipated advances, may not be the same devices on which future technology will be based. In other words, tomorrow's fault-tolerant quantum computers will not be made with today's qubits. The nextNEQST program seeks to fund high-risk seedling efforts that can significantly advance the performance of future multi-qubit information processors towards the goal of fault-tolerant quantum computing. Each effort should pursue the experimental realization of the proposal. In addition, theory or model development must be included to elucidate the underlying mechanisms, and the theoretical and practical limits. At the end of this three-year program, research progress will be evaluated to determine whether graduation to a larger research effort is warranted or whether the research direction should be abandoned.

## Questions people ask

### Is W911NF21S0010 still open?

No. It closed on July 20, 2021. A newer notice is open: W911NF26S1000, closes April 9, 2027 (153 days left).

### Who can apply for NEXT NEW AND EMERGING QUBIT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (nextNEQST)?

Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, state and local governments, small businesses, businesses and individuals.

### What is the deadline for NEXT NEW AND EMERGING QUBIT SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (nextNEQST)?

Closed July 20, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### Who has won Basic Scientific Research grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were University of Maryland, College Park, General Dynamics Robotic Systems Inc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The program made 3,478 awards worth $2.8 billion in that time.