QLCI-CG: The Open Quantum Frontier Institute

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创意之一。该奖项是 QLCI 概念化补助金，旨在支持规划大规模跨学科挑战研究所项目的团队能力建设活动，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/或量子传感等重点领域。这些研究所预计将促进多学科方法实现这些领域的具体科学、技术和劳动力发展目标。该概念化资助将为未来挑战研究所的提案制定周密的计划，主题包括开放量子系统、量子计算新材料、量子传感、量子模拟、量子光学和量子教育研究。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，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 along the themes of open quantum systems, new materials for quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum simulation, quantum optics, and quantum education research.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.