Special notice
Future Program Announcement: Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) 2026 Solicitation
DARPA-SN-26-01
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).
Response deadline
November 30, 2025
Closed 293 days ago. Posted October 2, 2025. Scheduled to archive December 1, 2025.
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
The purpose of this Special Notice (SN) is to provide public notification of additional research areas of interest to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office (MTO), specifically for the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) program. It has been credibly hypothesized—but not proven—that quantum computers will have a transformative impact on a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. DARPA is interested in novel and innovative approaches to constructing an industrially useful fault-tolerant quantum computer and applications that can run on those machines.
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
October 2, 2025
Special notice
Due November 30, 2025. SAM.gov, notice 62439507da55469394caf85b110aed75
Points of contact
- PS Coordinatorqbi@darpa.mil
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