LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC)

The U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) in partnership with NSA’s Laboratory for Physical Science (LPS) is soliciting Incubator, Collaboration, and Fellowship research proposals for participation in the LPS Qubit Collaboratory (LQC). The mission of the LQC can be captured in three broad goals: 1) pursue disruptive fundamental research and enabling technologies with a focus on qubit development for quantum computing and other applications; 2) grow deep, collaborative partnerships to tackle the most difficult and relevant long-term problems in quantum information science and technology; and 3) build a quantum workforce of tomorrow through research experiences in government at LPS and at LQC partners. • The LQC will offer a mechanism for collaborative research between LPS and academia, industry, FFRDCs, and Government Laboratories to advance foundational and transformative research on challenging problems that have hindered progress in quantum information processing and associated technologies. • Three categories of proposals are sought for this BAA: Incubator, Collaboratory, and QuaCR Research Fellowship proposals. • Incubator opportunities seek partnership proposals from single investigators and small research groups to develop technical concepts that may be of high interest to quantum information science. • Collaboratory proposals seek research proposals that bring together a strong significant collaboration to pursue long-term projects focused on fundamental problems of interest to qubit development and/or associated science and technology. • QuaCR Research Fellowship proposals seek to support talented U.S. citizen graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the field of quantum information processing.