# Quantum Characterization, Calibration, and Control (QC3)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/w911nf25s0002

- Solicitation number: W911NF25S0002
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Army
- Agency: Department of the Army
- Contracting office: W6QK ACC-APG Durham (W911NF)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AJ11 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Basic Research
- First posted: May 1, 2025
- Last posted: July 7, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1b04c6cbe28e496e90a6d9e1e5a866bc/view

## Description

DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory–Army Research Office (ARL-ARO) in partnership with the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS) is soliciting proposals for research in Quantum Characterization, Calibration, and Control (QC3). This is a proposed four-year program and is primarily focused on three topic areas in the field of quantum computing (QC). The topic areas are as follows:

**(1) Characterization:** • Primary Research Goal: Advance the state-of-the-art to quantitatively assess the performance of qubit operations in multi-qubit circuits and to extract error-models.

**(2) Calibration:** • Primary Research Goal: Advance state-of-the-art for bring up of multi-qubit circuits for high-performance operations near or better than fault-tolerance thresholds.

**(3) Control:** • Primary Research Goal: Advance state-of-the-art control techniques to operate multi-qubit circuits operating near or better than fault-tolerant thresholds, accounting for the specifics of error-models for the circuit. For this BAA, by error-models is meant the quantitative (Topic 1) description of the total, the types, and distribution of errors encountered by qubit operations in multi-qubit circuits.

Research proposals to these topics are sought that address the circuit gate-based model of quantum computation overhead and inefficiencies, as well as improve the accuracy and stability of characterization, calibration, and control schemes, in a manner relevant for qubit arrays in the 10s-100s of qubits scale for early fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) applications.

**Amendment 1 Posted:** To extend the proposal due date to 26 August 2025. Also changing the award announcement date to 26 September 2025. No other changes.

## Publications

- May 1, 2025: Solicitation, due August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 69a8a7bbf57b48b78d5167ba076d2f07. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/69a8a7bbf57b48b78d5167ba076d2f07/view
- July 7, 2025: Solicitation, due August 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 1b04c6cbe28e496e90a6d9e1e5a866bc. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1b04c6cbe28e496e90a6d9e1e5a866bc/view

## Points of contact

- Dr. T.R. Govindan, t.r.govindan.civ@army.mil

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