D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced it has been selected to receive a $1,566,250 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) through the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) program. The funding will support D-Wave’s role as a key industry partner in ERASE (Erasure Qubits and Dynamic Circuits for Quantum Advantage), a project focused on developing foundational technologies for fault-tolerant quantum computing and strengthening U.S. leadership in quantum innovation.
Led by Yale University, the ERASE project brings together researchers from leading academic institutions and industry organizations to advance dual-rail gate-model quantum computing hardware, software, error correction, and applications. D-Wave, through its New-Haven, Connecticut-based subsidiary Quantum Circuits, LLC, will give ERASE researchers access to its superconducting dual-rail gate-model quantum computing resources. The award moves ERASE into the second phase of the NQVL program and underscores the NSF’s continued support for the project’s approach to scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing.
“NSF’s continued support for the ERASE project highlights the national importance of accelerating progress toward scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing,” said Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave. “We believe that D-Wave’s dual-rail technology can play a meaningful role in that effort, while building the technical foundation and skilled workforce needed to sustain U.S. leadership in quantum computing.”
The grant is part of a broader effort by the NSF to bolster quantum research infrastructure through the NQVL program. As the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, D-Wave is uniquely positioned to contribute to this initiative. The company’s dual-rail technology, which uses two physical qubits to encode a single logical qubit with built-in error detection, is considered a promising approach to fault tolerance.
This funding comes at a critical time as the United States seeks to maintain its competitive edge in quantum computing, a field with implications for national security, cryptography, drug discovery, and materials science. By supporting projects like ERASE, the NSF aims to accelerate the timeline for achieving practical quantum advantage. For D-Wave, the grant not only provides financial resources but also validates the technical merit of its dual-rail architecture in the eyes of federal funding agencies.
The full press release is available at https://ibn.fm/5um9O. More information about D-Wave can be found at https://www.dwavequantum.com.
