QLCI-CG: Design of Novel Functional Materials for Quantum Devices

量子飞跃挑战研究所(QLCI)计划是量子飞跃计划的一部分，量子飞跃计划是由国家科学基金会推动的研究大想法之一。该奖项是QLCI概念化资助金，旨在支持旨在推进量子信息科学和工程前沿的大型跨学科挑战研究所项目团队之间的能力建设活动。这些研究所的研究将跨越量子计算、量子通信、量子模拟和/或量子传感等重点领域。预计这些研究所将促进多学科方法来实现这些领域的具体科学、技术和劳动力发展目标。这项概念化拨款将为未来挑战研究所的提案制定精心制定的计划，主题是为手性量子比特、单光子发射器和超导量子比特设计新材料。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 designing new materials for chiral qubits, single-photon emitters, and superconducting qubits.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.