Closed · HR001119S0052 · CFDA 12.910 · Discretionary

Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ)

Federal grant opportunity posted by DARPA - Defense Sciences Office, cataloged on Grants.gov.

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Status
June 10, 2019
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The verdict

Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) is a closed discretionary listing from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 175 other opportunities from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office.

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award range
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12.910
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other opportunities from DARPA - Defense Sciences Office

Archived opportunity record

Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Qu… is closed (last close June 10, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. DARPA - Defense Sciences Office still indexes 175 other opportunities here.

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

Deadline tracker

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Closed June 10, 2019

Posted Apr 9 Closes Jun 10

Instrument

Procurement Contract

Description

The Defense Sciences Office at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals in support of the Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) program. The goal of the ONISQ program is to establish that Quantum Information Processing (QIP) using Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices has a quantitative advantage for solving real-world combinatorial optimization problems as compared with the best known classical methods. In addition, the ONISQ program will develop a theoretical basis to explore the power of hybrid optimization approaches, including identifying families of problem instances in combinatorial optimization where QIP is likely to have the biggest impact. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, and NISQ systems. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. For the purposes of this BAA, QIP refers to quantum information processing using noisy, non-fault-tolerant devices. The advancement of fully fault-tolerant quantum computation is outside the scope of this BAA. Quantum annealing approaches are also explicitly excluded.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HR001119S0052

Grants.gov marks Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Qu… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). 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: Procurement Contract. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the DARPA - Defense Sciences Office book (77 peers, 44% of 176).

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Others (see official listing text)

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Agency Contact

BAA Coordinator ONISQ@darpa.mil

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