2531869
Cooperative Agreement
Overview
Grant Description
NSF Quantum Technologies Engine in Connecticut (QUANTUMCT) - The NSF Quantum Technologies Engine in Connecticut (QUANTUMCT) advances America's global leadership in quantum technologies by transforming industry sectors through innovation, applied research leading to new technologies, support for inventors and entrepreneurs, and workforce development.
Quantum technologies are an emerging market that could reach $100 billion in the coming decade, strengthening the American economy and national security.
QUANTUMCT is partnering with industry and government to ensure that the US emerges as a global leader in the new quantum technology sector.
The QUANTUMCT engine promotes quantum solutions for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities in various industry sectors including pharmaceuticals, national security, and finance and insurance.
Working with established firms and emerging startups, QUANTUMCT builds the ecosystem and trains the workforce that will sustain quantum innovation over the long term.
Winning the race to innovate will create a quantum advantage and increase productivity that will lead to new jobs and economic growth benefiting all Americans.
The region of service (State of Connecticut) is an accessible, compact region with an outsized impact on the US economy.
Connecticut's strong industry base makes significant contributions to the nation's GDP that are primarily focused on national security, defense, biotechnologies, pharmaceuticals, finance, and insurance sectors.
The national presence of QUANTUMCT's partners ensures that the engine's initiatives will impact quantum innovation and adoption across the nation and elevate America's global security and economic competitiveness.
Connecticut's critical economic sectors, its strength in research, its strong educational and training infrastructure, support from the state, and the readiness of its communities for advancement position QUANTUMCT to become one of America's premier quantum technology engines.
The goals of QUANTUMCT are to:
1) Build American competitiveness and leadership in quantum technologies,
2) Create a regional innovation engine with national reach based on quantum information science and relevant technologies that transforms the pharmaceuticals, national security, and finance and insurance sectors, from large industry to small and medium enterprises,
3) Proactively extend opportunities to workers across the education and employment spectrum to develop the next generation quantum-ready American workforce, and
4) Fuel the growth of a broad entrepreneurial ecosystem and provide opportunities to cultivate and support innovators, from ideation to commercialization.
To advance quantum technologies, QUANTUMCT leverages its relationships with its industrial base and the research expertise of its academic partners to solve current and future, real-world technology and application challenges.
QUANTUMCT has the scale, depth, and breadth in major technology areas needed to strengthen the overall US position in quantum technologies including quantum communications, quantum sensing, and quantum computing.
QUANTUMCT collaborates with education, industry, government, and community sectors to train the workforce needed to meet the growing demand for quantum skills from middle-skill jobs to advanced R&D.
QUANTUMCT's workforce development initiatives provide entry points to the quantum economy for workers at all skills levels, from vocational and community college graduates, through college and university pathways.
This comprehensive approach is designed to empower workers across education levels and demographics to benefit from new opportunities in the quantum economy.
QUANTUMCT leverages its partners' experience in technology translation to bring emerging quantum technologies to real-world economic impact.
The QUANTUMCT's incubator enables private sector partners to experiment on state-of-the-art quantum technology and computing infrastructure, which will promote quantum innovation and adoption.
This incubator actively supports new startups, and QUANTUMCT's partners will provide the capital needed to support the ecosystem and promote growth and success of small and medium enterprises.
These efforts will accelerate innovation-driven economic development in the region of service and beyond.
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.
Subawards are planned for this award.
Quantum technologies are an emerging market that could reach $100 billion in the coming decade, strengthening the American economy and national security.
QUANTUMCT is partnering with industry and government to ensure that the US emerges as a global leader in the new quantum technology sector.
The QUANTUMCT engine promotes quantum solutions for today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities in various industry sectors including pharmaceuticals, national security, and finance and insurance.
Working with established firms and emerging startups, QUANTUMCT builds the ecosystem and trains the workforce that will sustain quantum innovation over the long term.
Winning the race to innovate will create a quantum advantage and increase productivity that will lead to new jobs and economic growth benefiting all Americans.
The region of service (State of Connecticut) is an accessible, compact region with an outsized impact on the US economy.
Connecticut's strong industry base makes significant contributions to the nation's GDP that are primarily focused on national security, defense, biotechnologies, pharmaceuticals, finance, and insurance sectors.
The national presence of QUANTUMCT's partners ensures that the engine's initiatives will impact quantum innovation and adoption across the nation and elevate America's global security and economic competitiveness.
Connecticut's critical economic sectors, its strength in research, its strong educational and training infrastructure, support from the state, and the readiness of its communities for advancement position QUANTUMCT to become one of America's premier quantum technology engines.
The goals of QUANTUMCT are to:
1) Build American competitiveness and leadership in quantum technologies,
2) Create a regional innovation engine with national reach based on quantum information science and relevant technologies that transforms the pharmaceuticals, national security, and finance and insurance sectors, from large industry to small and medium enterprises,
3) Proactively extend opportunities to workers across the education and employment spectrum to develop the next generation quantum-ready American workforce, and
4) Fuel the growth of a broad entrepreneurial ecosystem and provide opportunities to cultivate and support innovators, from ideation to commercialization.
To advance quantum technologies, QUANTUMCT leverages its relationships with its industrial base and the research expertise of its academic partners to solve current and future, real-world technology and application challenges.
QUANTUMCT has the scale, depth, and breadth in major technology areas needed to strengthen the overall US position in quantum technologies including quantum communications, quantum sensing, and quantum computing.
QUANTUMCT collaborates with education, industry, government, and community sectors to train the workforce needed to meet the growing demand for quantum skills from middle-skill jobs to advanced R&D.
QUANTUMCT's workforce development initiatives provide entry points to the quantum economy for workers at all skills levels, from vocational and community college graduates, through college and university pathways.
This comprehensive approach is designed to empower workers across education levels and demographics to benefit from new opportunities in the quantum economy.
QUANTUMCT leverages its partners' experience in technology translation to bring emerging quantum technologies to real-world economic impact.
The QUANTUMCT's incubator enables private sector partners to experiment on state-of-the-art quantum technology and computing infrastructure, which will promote quantum innovation and adoption.
This incubator actively supports new startups, and QUANTUMCT's partners will provide the capital needed to support the ecosystem and promote growth and success of small and medium enterprises.
These efforts will accelerate innovation-driven economic development in the region of service and beyond.
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.
Subawards are planned for this award.
Awardee
Funding Goals
THE GOAL OF THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, "NSF REGIONAL INNOVATION ENGINES", IS IDENTIFIED IN THE LINK: HTTPS://WWW.NSF.GOV/PUBLICATIONS/PUB_SUMM.JSP?ODS_KEY=NSF24565
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Storrs Mansfield,
Connecticut
06269-9018
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
University Of Connecticut was awarded
QuantumCT: Advancing American Leadership in Quantum Technologies
Cooperative Agreement 2531869
worth $7,500,000
from National Science Foundation in August 2026 with work to be completed primarily in Storrs Mansfield Connecticut United States.
The grant
has a duration of 10 years and
was awarded through assistance program 47.084 NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.
The Cooperative Agreement was awarded through grant opportunity NSF Regional Innovation Engines.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 7/17/26
Period of Performance
8/1/26
Start Date
7/31/36
End Date
Funding Split
$7.5M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$7.5M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for 2531869
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
2531869
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Public/State Controlled Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
491502 INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEMS
Funding Office
491502 INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEMS
Awardee UEI
WNTPS995QBM7
Awardee CAGE
01NY7
Performance District
CT-02
Senators
Richard Blumenthal
Christopher Murphy
Christopher Murphy
Modified: 7/17/26