Share in the discovery of new ideas and applications for quantum devices in materials characterization and simulation, medicine, navigation, physics exploration, security, biology, cancer diagnostics, earth exploration, energy, environment, health and imaging.
Quantum for Health Design Challenge
Transformative Quantum Technologies hosted the Quantum for Health Design Challenge (Q4Health) to search for opportunities where quantum technology can advance health. This challenge was open to the entire University of Waterloo community, including undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff.
Health: “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” – The World Health Organization.
TQT awarded over $14,000 to six teams to develop their healthcare solutions using quantum technologies.
Quantum for Environment Design Challenge
Transformative Quantum Technologies hosted the Quantum for Environment Design Challenge (Q4Environment) to search for opportunities where quantum technology can impact the environment. This challenge was open to University of Waterloo undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
TQT awarded over $15,000 to 12 Waterloo students and postdoctoral fellows to develop their green-tech solutions.
Quantum Quest Seed Fund (QQSF)
Just as we could only imagine the impact of the transistor in 1947, we can only imagine the future opportunities quantum technologies will reveal. The Quantum Quest Seed Fund (QQSF) is designed to broadly encourage quantum exploration and innovation across TQT’s grand challenges and beyond.
The QQSF promotes the development of new ideas and applications for quantum devices. This fund is intended to encourage ideas and uncover opportunities from diverse fields outside the scope of researchers working day-to-day with quantum devices.
- $900K in seed funding supports new quantum projects;
- New quantum technology projects receive funding boost;
- Seed fund backs $2.8M in new quantum ideas at the University of Waterloo;
- Seed fund continues to support new diverse quantum projects;
- TQT’s QQSF awarded to eight new projects spanning quantum materials to quantum dots; and
- Quantum Quest Seed Fund announces twelfth round of funding.