National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI)
Funding Agency:
Funding Agency
National Science Foundation
RFP# and Website:
RFP# and Website
Awards:
Awards
Standard Grant or Continuing Grant. The NQNI program will support awards funded at different levels as motivated by the proposed activities. Individual NQNI Sites may be funded at a level between $500,000/year and $2,000,000/year, for up to 5 years. The budget of each proposed Site is expected to be commensurate with the associated research, education, and coordination activities.
Anticipated Funding Amount:
Anticipated Funding Amount
$60,000,000 to $100,000,000
Letter of Intent:
Letter of Intent
Submission of Letters of Intent is required by March 16, 2026
Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:
Preliminary Proposal Deadline:
Full Proposal Submission Deadline:
Full Proposal Submission Deadline
May 14, 2026
Contacts:
Contacts
- Richard S. Nash, email: NQNI@nsf.gov
- Sankar Basu, email: NQNI@nsf.gov
- Maija M. Kukla, email: NQNI@nsf.gov
- Debasis Majumdar, email: NQNI@nsf.gov
- Olga Pierrakos, email: NQNI@nsf.gov
- Nora F. Savage, email: NQNI@nsf.gov
- Leonard Spinu, email: NQNI@nsf.gov
- Joseph C. Toscano, email: NQNI@nsf.gov
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 solicitation establishes 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.