Letter of Intent Due Date (required) (due by 5 p.m.
submitting organization's local time): February 07, 2025

Preliminary Proposal Due Date (required) (due by 5
p.m. submitting organization's local time): March 07, 2025

Full Proposal Deadline (due by 5 p.m. submitting
organization's local time): September 17, 2025

Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes are large-scale
interdisciplinary research projects motivated by major challenges at the
frontiers of quantum information science and technology (QIST). Institutes are
expected to catalyze breakthroughs on important problems underpinning QIST, for
example in the focus areas of quantum computation, quantum communication,
quantum simulation and/or quantum sensing. Successful institutes will
coordinate a variety of approaches to specific scientific, technological, and
educational goals in these fields, including multiple institutions and building
upon multiple disciplines, as motivated by the science and engineering
challenges. In so doing, Institutes will nurture a culture of discovery,
provide education, training, and workforce development opportunities in the
context of cutting-edge research, and demonstrate value-added from synergistic
coordination within the institute and with the broader community. Partnerships,
infrastructure, industry engagement, outreach, international collaboration, and
new applications for QIST should be fostered by Institutes in support of their
research, education, and coordination goals.

Anticipated Funding Amount: The QLCI program will support
several Challenge Institute awards, which can be funded at different levels as
motivated by the science and engineering challenges and proposed approaches. It
is anticipated that individual Challenge Institutes can be funded at a level
between $2,000,000/year and $7,500,000/year, for up to 6 years. Flexibility in
the funding schedule may be allowed to enable ramping up or changing levels of
effort as motivated by the Institute research, education, and coordination
activities. A variety of Challenge Institute awards with a range of budget
sizes and scopes will be considered. Each proposed Challenge Institute budget
is expected to be commensurate with the associated QIST research, education,
and coordination activities.

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 2; Limitations on the number of proposals per organization
do not apply to the Letters of Intent. Lead organizations are limited to submit no more than two
(2) Challenge Institute Preliminary Proposals. Lead organizations are limited
to submit no more than two (2) invited Challenge Institute Full Proposals.
Multi-institutional Challenge Institute proposals must be submitted as a single
proposal by a single lead organization; separately submitted collaborative
proposals are not permitted.

Limit on Number of Proposals per PI or co-PI: 2;  Letters of Intent:
Principal Investigators (PIs) and co-PIs may participate in multiple Letters of
Intent. Limits on the number of Challenge Institute Full Proposals do not apply
to Letters of Intent.