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National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure
15Agency
U.S. National Science Foundation
Source
grants
Posted
2026-02-18
Close Date
N/A
consultingother
View on Grants.gov →Team Fit
None of the team members possess the specific skills or interests related to quantum or nanotechnology infrastructure, making this opportunity a poor fit overall.
AI Summary
The NSF NQNI program aims to establish a network of university user facility Sites to advance quantum and nanotechnology research, focusing on technical capabilities and instrumentation.
Scoring Rationale
This opportunity primarily targets university research facilities and does not align well with the skills of our small business team. The focus on quantum technologies and nanotechnology is outside the team's expertise, and the requirements for technical capabilities and instrumentation suggest a need for larger teams with specialized knowledge.
Full Description
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI) program will empower researchers nationwide to advance critical and emerging technologies. Through NQNI, NSF will establish an open-access network of research facilities to spur innovations in future quantum technologies, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, manufacturing, biotechnology, and other areas of national priority.
The NQNI solicitationestablishes a competition for a network of university user facility Sites. The selection of user facility Sites will be based on their technical capabilities and instrumentation (specifically, fabrication, characterization, and expertise) to address current and anticipated user needs across quantum information science and engineering (QISE), nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology. Site selection will also be based on plans to open facilities and instrumentation for external use, education, training, outreach, and workforce development.
In a later stage, NSF will select an NQNI Coordinating Office from among the Sites; the Coordinating Office will enhance and coordinate NQNI collective impacts that serve the Nation’s quantum and nanotechnology innovators.