ED24HDQ0G0404

Purpose: The Elevate Quantum (EQ) Unite and Create component project has two overarching goals:

1) To build an effective organization to deliver on their mission to keep the Mountain West and the United States on top in QIT and

2) To establish three key facilities across Colorado and New Mexico and operationalize associated workforce training efforts and management practices across those facilities.

Activities to be performed:

Foster consortium-wide collaboration and engagement by coordinating effectively, conducting an annual Mountain West Quantum Summit, finalizing the EQ Executive Board and Industry, Science, and EQWC Advisory Board, and empowering QWIO to roll out interface, forms, and reports.

Establish effective governance and leadership by providing strategic direction, resolving conflicts, and handling leadership changes transparently.

Recruit and hire a permanent leadership board, hire additional staff, develop communications/marketing/PR strategies, and conduct quarterly governance meetings with consortium representatives to review progress.

Implement a robust grant administration and reporting system across the EQ consortium and up to the EDA by contracting data analytics, integrating a report system, and developing guidelines for component project leads.

Establish a quantum device fabrication facility at the Colorado Quantum Commons.

Establish a quantum laser and cryogenic user facility at the Colorado Quantum Commons.

Establish a heterogeneous integration (HI) user facility at the University of New Mexico.

Train facility users and community members on how to use critical quantum hardware to help develop a skilled workforce.

Implement effective management and operational practices for the CREATE fab/lab facilities, including the development and maintenance of the EQ Open Asset Library (EQOAL).

Expected outcomes: Increased participation and engagement in the Quantum Summit, improved efficiency for reporting mechanisms, and an expanded advisory board presence with consistent communication and marketing strategies.

Expanded operational, reporting, and analytics systems with guidelines on form reporting.

Intended beneficiaries: Engage Unite employees, 100+ EQ consortium members and partners, communities across the Mountain West region, and the EDA.

Maintain community outreach and engagement for the Tech Hub through collaborative partnerships across public, nonprofit, private, and academic sectors meant to offer industry, science, workforce expertise, and strategic involvement across the advisory boards.

Subrecipient activities:

Conduct data analytics and reporting on component project metrics leveraging a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) dashboard.

Elevate Quantum

NON-CONSTRUCTION - FY23 REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HUB PROGRAM PHASE 2

11.039 - Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs

Economic Development Administration (EDA) [DOC]

Multi-State United States

Multi-State

FY 2023 Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program Phase 2 Notice of Funding Opportunity (EDA-TECHHUBSPHASE2-2023)