# Quantum Sensing of Neutrinos (QuSeN)

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- Solicitation number: HR001125S0004
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was February 3, 2025
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Contracting office: Def Advanced Research Projects Agcy (HR0011)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AC11 National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Basic Research
- First posted: November 5, 2024
- Last posted: January 21, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d13e3baf0232498dafcba5a468ad8f48/view

## Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting proposals for new, high sensitivity neutrino detectors. Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in neutrino detection science, devices and systems. The Quantum Sensing of Neutrinos (QuSeN) program aims to develop neutrino detectors with greatly increased performance for detection of neutrinos from sources such as nuclear reactors and nuclear materials.

Detectors will make use of neutrino – matter interactions that produce low energy nuclear recoils and athermal phonons in absorber materials with high neutron numbers at the (multi)-kilogram scale. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice.

## Publications

- November 5, 2024: Solicitation, due January 20, 2025. Notice 2adb230c43d04fbfa533b1ba0c30f72c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2adb230c43d04fbfa533b1ba0c30f72c/view
- November 14, 2024: Solicitation, due January 20, 2025. Notice 18e942923daa484f8ad002c4271153ae. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/18e942923daa484f8ad002c4271153ae/view
- December 5, 2024: Solicitation, due January 23, 2025. Notice b3fed2f62ddb4bd1ba96d148ecf9fd16. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b3fed2f62ddb4bd1ba96d148ecf9fd16/view
- January 21, 2025: Solicitation, due February 3, 2025. Notice d13e3baf0232498dafcba5a468ad8f48. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d13e3baf0232498dafcba5a468ad8f48/view

## Points of contact

- BAA Coordinator, QuSeN@darpa.mil

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