Program Offices QIS Pages
The Office of Science (SC) supports a diverse portfolio of research projects that advance the science needed for revolutionary energy breakthroughs, seek to unravel nature’s deepest mysteries, and provide the Nation’s researchers with the most advanced large-scale tools of modern science. The following describes SC program offices’ support for Quantum Information Science (QIS) research.
| Advanced Scientific Computing Research supports efforts to develop quantum computers as testbeds, design new algorithms for quantum computing, and enable quantum communication using entanglement towards the possible development of a future quantum network. In addition, ASCR supports QIS infrastructure for the research community through the Quantum Testbeds program and its Scientific User Facilities. Read More |
| Basic Energy Sciences supports the (1) use of quantum computing to model fundamental physics, chemistry, and materials phenomena; (2) development of materials and chemical systems that will sustain “quantum coherence” for significant periods of time; and (3) creation of sensors for next-generation detectors and characterization tools. In addition, BES supports QIS infrastructure at the Nanoscale Science Research Centers and its other Scientific User Facilities for the research community. Read More |
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Biological and Environmental Research supports applications in bioimaging and capabilities in sensing and measurement. |
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Fusion Energy Sciences supports basic research in QIS that that can have a transformative impact on FES mission areas, including fusion and discovery plasma science, as well as research that takes advantage of unique FES-enabled capabilities to advance QIS development. Areas of support include fusion-relevant quantum computing approaches, quantum sensors that can enhance diagnostic capabilities for plasma and fusion science, and high-energy-density techniques to form novel quantum materials at ultra-high pressures. Read More |
| High Energy Physics supports foundational theory and simulations connecting the cosmos to laboratory qubits, QIS-enabled quantum sensors and novel experiments to explore new physics, HEP-developed technology for QIS, and quantum computing approaches for particle physics experiments. Read More |
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Isotope R&D and Production (DOE Isotope Program or DOE IP) produces and distributes isotopes critical for QIS and supports R&D of novel and improved isotope production capabilities to ensure a secure, domestic supply of isotopes that are of vital importance to the Nation. Read More |
| Nuclear Physics supports experimental and theoretical research in three broad areas with deep connections to QIS: (1) Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), (2) Nuclei and Nuclear Astrophysics, and (3) Fundamental Symmetries. Read More |
