On May 9, 2024, the DOE SC program in High Energy Physics (HEP) announced its interest in receiving interdisciplinary applications for open scientific research in Quantum Information Science (QIS) Enabled Discovery (QuantISED). This initiative is aimed at advancing the HEP mission to understand the universe at its most fundamental level. More information about this opportunity can be found on their website.
The QIS subprogram within HEP has been established over the past few years through workshops and funding opportunities in 2018 and 2019. It is aligned with a broader SC initiative in QIS and coordinated with national and interagency QIS programs, including the National QIS Research Centers. The goal of this subprogram is to break traditional boundaries and focus areas by leveraging the interdisciplinary nature of QIS and strategic partnerships for exploratory, early-stage research. This research is geared towards making high-impact discoveries that align with HEP science goals while also driving developments in foundational QIS and related scientific and technology research areas.
Successful applications will help shape an exploratory program where innovative solutions for scientific discovery are developed and implemented to advance HEP science drivers and contribute to QIS research and technology for public benefit. The ultimate goal of such research is to benefit the public within the scope of HEP’s Congressionally-authorized mission, by increasing human understanding of the physical universe and advancing technologies that support this mission.