NSF Awards $37.5M to CU Boulder-Led Quantum Research Institute

Insider Brief

• The U.S. National Science Foundation is providing $37.5 million to renew the CU Boulder-led NSF Q-SEnSE institute for five years of quantum science and engineering research.
• NSF Q-SEnSE develops quantum technologies including atomic clocks, lasers and biomedical sensors designed to improve precision measurement.
• The institute brings together 39 researchers from 16 institutions and will also support quantum workforce development and training programs.

Press release – A scientific quest to build more accurate clocks, faster computers and new sensors to detect the faintest signs of disease and disaster is getting a $37.5 million financial boost.

The U.S. National Science Foundation, through its Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes, is investing in the next phase of CU Boulder and its partners’ work to advance quantum science research and engineering.

“We’re really world leaders in terms of building the best quantum technology tools and applying them to meaningful, impactful scientific problems,” said Physicist Jun Ye, a JILA fellow leading the quantum research center based at CU Boulder. “There are still a lot of unknowns in the universe, and only by building some of the most sensitive instruments can we get some clue of what is behind them.”