Supports a nationwide, open-access network of quantum and nanotechnology facilities that provide advanced tools and training to accelerate future quantum technologies, semiconductors, AI, manufacturing, biotechnology and other areas of national priority.
Supports a nationwide, open-access network of quantum and nanotechnology facilities that provide advanced tools and training to accelerate future quantum technologies, semiconductors, AI, manufacturing, biotechnology and other areas of national priority.
Synopsis
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI) program will empower researchers nationwide to advance critical and emerging technologies. Through NQNI, NSF will establish an open-access network of research facilities to spur innovations in future quantum technologies, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, manufacturing, biotechnology, and other areas of national priority.
The NQNI solicitation establishes a competition for a network of university user facility Sites. The selection of user facility Sites will be based on their technical capabilities and instrumentation (specifically, fabrication, characterization, and expertise) to address current and anticipated user needs across quantum information science and engineering (QISE), nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology. Site selection will also be based on plans to open facilities and instrumentation for external use, education, training, outreach, and workforce development.
In a later stage, NSF will select an NQNI Coordinating Office from among the Sites; the Coordinating Office will enhance and coordinate NQNI collective impacts that serve the Nation’s quantum and nanotechnology innovators.
Program contacts
| Name | Organization | |
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Richard S. Nash
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NQNI@nsf.gov | ENG/ECCS |
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Maija M. Kukla
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NQNI@nsf.gov | MPS/DMR |
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Olga Pierrakos
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NQNI@nsf.gov | EDU/DUE |
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Nora F. Savage
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NQNI@nsf.gov | ENG/CBET |
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Joseph C. Toscano
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NQNI@nsf.gov | SBE/BCS |
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Krisztina Varga
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NQNI@nsf.gov | BIO/DBI |