Closed · DE-FOA-0002081 · CFDA 81.049 · Discretionary

Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing (ARQC)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Office of Science, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$250K-$2.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 31, 2019
Close date
6
Expected awards

The verdict

Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing (ARQC) is a closed discretionary listing from Office of Science that offered $250,000 -- $2,500,000 across 6 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 414 other opportunities from Office of Science.

$250K-$2.5M
award range
Closed
application status
6
expected awards
81.049
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing is closed (last close May 31, 2019). The parent program page for CFDA 81.049 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Office of Science still indexes 414 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 31, 2019

Posted Apr 1 Closes May 31

Est. Total Funding

$15,000,000

Expected Awards

6

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The DOE SC program in Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) hereby announces its interest in receiving applications from large multi-disciplinary teams (requesting support of more than $2 million per year) with the potential to dramatically accelerate research in quantum computing (QC). This FOA solicits applications for Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing (ARQC) Teams that will adopt a holistic and disciplined approach to address basic research gaps in the abstractions, methods and tools that connect QC applications to hardware.Submitted applications must follow the guidelines and criteria provided in the supplementary information below and the following sections. Letters of Intent (LOIs) are required and must be submitted according to the guidelines in the following sections. No responses will be sent to the LOIs. Applications submitted on behalf of investigators that did not submit an LOI; applications that do not follow the guidelines and criteria established below; or applications requesting support for out-of-scope topics may be declined without merit review.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DE-FOA-0002081

Grants.gov marks Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Unrestricted / see official listing). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the Office of Science book (278 peers, 67% of 415).

Code 99
Unrestricted / see official listing

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 81.049

Basic Energy Sciences

U.S. Department of Energy

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Agency Contact

Ceren Susut Program Manager Phone 301-903-0366

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What to do next

Accelerated Research in Quantum Computing is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 81.049 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Basic Energy Sciences indexes 6 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Office of Science lists 414 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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