Funder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Due Dates: February 24, 2025 (Pre-proposal/white paper Q&A) | March 17, 2025 (White papers) | April 11, 2025 (Pre-proposal Q&A) | May 12, 2025 (Full proposals)
Funding Amounts: Typical awards: $150,000–$750,000/year for 2–5 years; total per award: $300,000–$3,750,000; at least 8 awards anticipated.
Summary: Supports basic research into novel or renewed solid-state qubit approaches to advance scalable fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC).
Key Information: Open to US and foreign academic, nonprofit, and industry organizations; FFRDCs, federal agencies, and individuals cannot apply as lead.