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PURPOSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA (UTC) PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH THE UTC QUANTUM CENTER (UTCQC) WITH EQUIPMENT TO ADVANCE DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM SENSING AND ACCESS TO QUANTUM COMPUTING CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS. THIS WILL INCLUDE INTEGRATION OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN QISE, AND WORK WITH AGENCIES IN THE CHATTANOOGA AREA TO DEVELOP QUANTUM TALENT AND WORKFORCE INCLUDING OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ADDRESSING ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY THE U.S. NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE FOR THE NATION TO MAINTAIN LEADERSHIP IN QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (QISE) AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES, MOST NOTABLY THE NEED FOR QUANTUM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES AND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THIS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: WITHIN 48 MONTHS, ACTIVITIES IN FOUR MAIN AREAS WILL ESTABLISH THE UTCQC AND ENSURE THAT THE ENTERPRISE IS WELL-CONNECTED IN THE COMMUNITY AND SUSTAINABLE: (1) INFRASTRUCTURE; (2) EDUCATION; (3) USE-CASE DRIVEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D); AND (4) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (BD).EXPECTED OUTCOMES: EXPECTED IMPACTS WILL BE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TO UTC. WITHIN UTC, THE PROJECT WILL STRENGTH STEM EDUCATION RELATED TO QISE, BY PROVIDING NEW EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY. EXTERNALLY TO UTC, THE PROJECT WILL BE AN ASSET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TENNESSEE, INCLUDING REACHING TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. IMPACTS AND METHODOLOGY ARE DISCUSSED IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE UTC QUANTUM CENTER WILL PROVIDE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, AND ACCESS TO LEADING-EDGE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE STATE.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.

Project Grant (B) · National Institute of Standards and Technology · to University of Tennessee (UEI JNZFHMGJN7M3) · data as of 2026-09-30

Obligated to date$3.50M1 action

Period2024-09-11 → 2024-09-11first to last action

What it is

Program: Congressionally-Identified Projects (Assistance Listing 11.617)
Where the work is: Hamilton, TN · district TN-03
Topics: quantum

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2024$3.50M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subrecipients: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

1 action since 2024-09-11. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Amendment	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2024-09-11	0	New award	$3.50M	PURPOSE: THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA (UTC) PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH THE UTC QUANTUM CENTER (UTCQC) WITH EQUIPMENT TO ADVANCE DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM SENSING AND ACCESS TO QUANTUM COMPUTING CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS. THIS WILL INCLUDE INTEGRATION OF…

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-09-30). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗