“New Haven is excited and proud to serve as the home of QuantumCT’s hub. New Haven has a long tradition of innovation and discovery, and today’s announcement helps position us at the forefront of the next technological revolution that will help provide new job opportunities for our residents, drive new economic growth for our city, and unlock new breakthroughs for our society at large,” mentioned New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker. “New Haven is establishing itself as a regional and national hub for quantum research and innovation, and this award will help accelerate the growth of our quantum ecosystem and strengthen our leadership position in this exciting and rapidly growing field.”
The NSF Engines program invests in regional ecosystems with the potential to drive financial progress by means of technological innovation. The QuantumCT proposal was chosen for funding from a subject of 15 finalists following a extremely aggressive nationwide choice course of.
“As Connecticut’s flagship public university and the state’s land-grant institution, UConn takes pride in its leadership role within the QuantumCT Engine. Our university is home to more than 60 esteemed faculty members who are experts in the field of quantum science and will collaborate with Yale researchers to drive innovative advancements and groundbreaking discoveries in quantum research,” UConn President Radenka Maric mentioned. “Over the past three years, we have been working hand-in-hand with our academic, state, industry, and community partners to position quantum technologies as a catalyst for economic development that will fuel prosperity in our state and nation.”
The State of Connecticut has pledged $121 million to QuantumCT, comprising $60 million already invested and a further $60 million upon receiving the NSF award. This state assist will construct the quantum incubator in New Haven, amongst different initiatives.
“This award application process was highly competitive, and it’s a huge win for Connecticut,” Governor Ned Lamont mentioned. “Our pioneering research and advanced application pipeline helped set us apart from the competition. Whereas other states may be theorizing about quantum, we’re already applying it together with corporate partners across the state. These federal funds, combined with state investment, will accelerate Connecticut’s progress in quantum technology and help establish our state as a national and global leader in this field — and we’re grateful for NSF’s support in getting us here. This investment will help create good jobs and new opportunities for workers across the economy as quantum’s impact grows.”
Industry companions are key to QuantumCT’s success. Quantinuum and D-Wave are partnering with QuantumCT to develop quantum computing testbeds that might be used for experimentation and know-how translation actions.
Quantum know-how adopters — together with RTX, Travelers, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, Amphenol, and Microsoft — have been working with the QuantumCT staff over the previous a number of years on utilized analysis tasks that deliver quantum capabilities straight to their product traces.
SCSU additionally performs a important position as QuantumCT’s workforce lead, with its CSCU Center for Quantum and Nanotechnology (QNT) serving because the optimum coordinator primarily based on its successes in main academic initiatives and robust alliances with business, group stakeholders, and institutes of upper training all through Connecticut.
Through longstanding technical and training collaborations with Yale, UConn, and the Connecticut State Community College System, the QNT is a conduit to all tutorial establishments in the state and to small and medium companies, together with these in superior manufacturing, biotech, photonics, and different provide chain sectors.
“Southern Connecticut State University is more than ready to take the lead on workforce development in Connecticut’s quantum ecosystem,” Sandra Bulmer, interim president of the college, mentioned. “We are proud to be part of Connecticut’s ‘research triangle,’ along with Yale and UConn, serving as the support for the talent pipeline. Our mission is grounded in access and opportunity, and the workforce piece of this effort enables us to open up new frontiers in research and innovation to countless students across Connecticut.”
“NSF Engines investments in critical technologies and future industries will transform America’s innovation infrastructure for decades to come,” mentioned Brian Stone, who’s performing the duties of the NSF director. “The NSF Quantum Technologies Engine will advance the Nation’s quantum innovation by accelerating the commercialization of quantum technologies for national defense, biotechnology and financial services.”
Read UConn’s announcement of this transformative award on UConn Today.