The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has awarded over $10 million to University of Waterloo researchers as part of a national investment to support quantum research, foster national and international collaborations, and strengthen quantum talent in Canada.
The Government of Canada funding for Waterloo researchers announced today by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry is part of a $51 million investment through NSERC’s Alliance grants and Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grants.
The funding announced for Principal Investigators of five Waterloo projects is:
Alliance Quantum Grants
Na Young Kim
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
$1,028,700
Alliance Consortia Quantum Grants
Thomas Jennewein
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Qeyssat User INvestigation Team (QUINT)
$5 million
Douglas Stebila
Associate Professor, Combinatorics and Optimization
Accelerating the transition to quantum-resistant cryptography
$4,150,155
Alliance International Quantum Grants (Catalyst)
Jonathan Baugh
Professor, Chemistry
Improved scalability of silicon quantum computing with ambipolar devices
$25,000
Adrian Lupascu
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Information processing with multilevel systems
$25,000