U.S. National Science Foundation Announces Increased Spending of Taxpayer Money for Quantum Information Science and Engineering Research

…The expansive and growing societal and economic impacts of quantum information science and engineering, or QISE, pose new challenges and unique possibilities…

…Building capacity, broadening participation, increasing access and expanding opportunities are central to fulfilling the mandate outlined in the “National Quantum Initiative Act,” passed in 2018 under the Trump Administration, and a key tenet of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s founding mission…

…The NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering program supports work in quantum fundamentals… and education and workforce development…

…NSF invested $21,397,566 in 2022 ExpandQISE awards…

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