UCLA-Led Consortium Secures $4 Million NSF Grant for 60 Logical Qubit Trapped-Ion Architecture - Quantum Computing Report

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected a multidisciplinary team led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to receive $4 million in funding. Awarded through the NSF’s National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) initiative, the grant will support a new project titled FTL: Accelerating Fault-Tolerant Quantum Logic. The project’s central objective is to design a fault-tolerant quantum computer capable of deploying 60 logical (error-protected) qubits, establishing a blueprint for digital quantum simulations that exceed the capabilities of current classical supercomputers. Addressing Environmental Noise Through Logical Qubit Design Contemporary quantum processing units (QPUs) remain strictly limited by noise and environmental decoherence. [...]

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