NSF will invest more than $290 million to fund eight university-based research institutes in its Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes program, created by the agency in 2020.

The NSF is investing $37.5 million in QuBBE to develop quantum sensing tools for biology, medicine and biological research over five years.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a $290 million total investment across eight Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCIs), expanding its national framework…