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NSF National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI) Program

NQNI Portal

All applications for this internal competition must be submitted via InfoReady. You can sign in using your Net-ID and your @stonybrook.edu email address. Please allow sufficient time to familiarize yourself with the portal prior to submitting your pre-application. Pre-application requirements are listed in the announcement below.

The Office for Research and Innovation invites applications to the National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure Program. The purpose of the program is to 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. Stony Brook University can submit ONE application to the program. 

Please see below for details.  If you are interested in applying, you must submit a pre-application via the NQNI Portalin InfoReady by Friday, February 27, 2026 at 9:00 am.  Pre-applications for internal review and selection must be uploaded to the portal as a single PDF document. 

DISCIPLINES: Quantum Information Science and Engineering, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, AI, Biotechnology

WHAT DOES IT FUND:  Selection of user facility Sites will be based on their technical capabilities and instrumentation (specifically, fabrication, characterization, and expertise) to address user needs across quantum information science and engineering (QISE), nanoscience, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology, as well as plans to open facilities and instrumentation for external use, education, training, outreach, and workforce development. Sites should include formal partnerships with community and/or technical colleges. NSF will later select an NQNI Coordinating Office from among the Sites to enhance and coordinate NQNI collective impacts.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS:PI must hold a tenured or tenure-track position, or a full-time, paid appointment to a research position by submission deadline.

AWARD: Individual NQNI Sites: $500,000 - $2,000,000/year, for up to 5 years. Coordinating Office: separate award of $700,000/year.

COST SHARE: Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited.

SPONSOR DEADLINE: Letter of intent (required) - March 16, 2026; Full Proposal - May 14, 2026

 

A complete pre-application should contain the following:

  • 1-page letter of intent:
    • Synopsis (proposed vision, key components, main activities, and major goals of the proposed activity) and; 
    • Other Comments (maximum 2500 characters): A list of Senior/Key Personnel (Principal Investigator, co-PI(s), and Faculty Associate(s) or equivalent), including funded and unfunded collaborators, with names, affiliations, and area(s) of expertise for all personnel; Estimated total budget for each year of award and for each funded partner institution.