QLCI-CG: Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Quantum Information Theory and Simulation

量子飞跃挑战研究所（QLCI）计划是量子飞跃的一部分，量子飞跃是美国国家科学基金会推动的研究大思想之一。该奖项是QLCI概念化补助金，旨在支持计划大规模跨学科挑战研究所项目的团队之间的能力建设活动，这些项目旨在推进量子信息科学和工程的前沿。这些研究所的研究将涵盖量子计算，量子通信，量子模拟和/或量子传感的重点领域。预计这些研究所将促进采取多学科办法，实现这些领域的具体科学、技术和劳动力发展目标。该概念化基金将为未来的挑战研究所提案制定精心制定的计划，该提案旨在填补现有量子信息科学理论与量子计算，模拟和通信的现实实验平台之间的理论差距。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估而被认为值得支持。

The Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) program is part of the Quantum Leap, one of the research Big Ideas promoted by the National Science Foundation. This award is a QLCI Conceptualization Grant, which supports activities to build capacity among teams planning for the large-scale, interdisciplinary Challenge Institute projects that aim to advance the frontiers of quantum information science and engineering. Research at these Institutes will span the focus areas of quantum computation, quantum communication, quantum simulation, and/or quantum sensing. The Institutes are expected to foster multidisciplinary approaches to specific scientific, technological, and workforce development goals in these fields. This Conceptualization Grant will develop well-formulated plans for a future Challenge Institute proposal that seeks to fill the theory gap between existing quantum information science theory and real-world experimental platforms for quantum computing, simulation, and communication.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.