About NSF Quantum Idea Incubator: The National Science Foundation’s Quantum Idea Incubator for Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (QII – TAQS) program is designed to support interdisciplinary teams that will explore highly innovative, original, and potentially transformative ideas for developing and applying quantum science, quantum computing, and quantum engineering. Program Solicitation can be found here.
NSF Quantum Idea Incubator at Brown: In 2019, a team of Brown University researchers was awarded a $2 million grant from the NSF to build a quantum mechanical magnetic camera, which will take snapshots of weak magnetic fields emanating from quantum materials. The camera will help researchers to understand the exotic materials that may one day be used in quantum computers and other quantum devices.
Project Information:
Project Title: QII-TAQS: Spatially and Temporally Resolved Ultrasensitive Magnetic Sensing of Quantum Materials
NSF Award Number: OMA1936221
Funding Organization: NSF OMA MPS Multidisciplinary Activities
Start Date: January 1, 2020
End Date: December 31, 2023
Total Awarded Amount: $2,000,000
Investigators: Gang Xiao (PI), John Marston (Co-PI), Alexander Zaslavsky (Co-PI), Vesna Mitrovic (Co-PI), Kemp Plumb (Co-PI)
Links to:
Xiao Group
Marston Group
Zaslavsky Group
Mitrovic Group
Plumb Group