Closed · FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2023-0010 · CFDA 12.800 · Discretionary

Materials Characterization and Quantum Performance: Correlation and Causation (MQC) FY 23

Federal grant opportunity posted by Air Force Office of Scientific Research, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$1-$6.8M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 20, 2023
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

Materials Characterization and Quantum Performance: Correlation and Causation (MQC) FY 23 is a closed discretionary listing from Air Force Office of Scientific Research that offered $1 -- $6,750,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 136 other opportunities from Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

$1-$6.8M
award range
Closed
application status
12.800
CFDA program
136
other opportunities from Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Archived opportunity record

Materials Characterization and Quantum Perfor… is closed (last close June 20, 2023). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Air Force Office of Scientific Research still indexes 136 other opportunities here.

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

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Closed June 20, 2023

Posted Mar 20 Closes Jun 20

Instrument

Other

Description

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), in collaboration with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS), is soliciting proposals for the “Materials characterization and Quantum performance: Correlation and causation” (MQC) program. This program takes a “materials-first” approach to improving stability and reproducibility of state-of-the-art quantum bits (qubits). MQC focuses on solid-state qubits, for use in gate-based quantum computing, built from semiconductor- and superconductor material systems. Of particular interest are Si-based gate defined quantum dots or Josephson junction-based quantum circuits . More specifically, the goal of the research to-be-funded under this FOA is to identify correlations between qubit performance metrics and material properties, where the main focus is on identifying material properties which can be characterized in a high throughput and precise manner. In addition, an equally important goal is to identify the underlying physical mechanisms giving rise to these correlations. These mechanisms shall be supported by detailed material characterization measurements as well as material micro-structure and device modeling efforts.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2023-0010

Grants.gov marks Materials Characterization and Quantum Perfor… 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: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). 40 other Air Force Office of Scientific Research listings share this eligibility-code string (29% of 137).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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