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An NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC)

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The Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT), an alliance between Purdue University, Indiana University, and the University of Notre Dame, partners with industry and government stakeholders to identify compelling needs and challenges, and then develop novel quantum technologies to address them.

The CQT is a National Science Foundation-funded Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) focused on academic creativity and innovation in addressing key industry problems and concerns. IUCRCs enable industrially-relevant, pre-competitive research through multi-member, sustained partnerships among industry, academia, and government.

CQT engineers and scientists from the partner institutions are developing and transferring foundational knowledge into industry-friendly quantum devices, systems, and algorithms with enhanced functionality and performance.

The NSF provides a financial and procedural framework for membership and operations in addition to best practices learned over decades of fostering public/private partnerships that provide significant value to the nation, industry and university faculty and students. Members guide the direction of center research through project selection, active involvement, and mentoring.