The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub

Lead Agency: Chicago Quantum Exchange

State Served: Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin

Applicant-Defined Region: Chicago MSA

Core Technology Area: Quantum  materials, components, subsystems, and full systems at scale

Contact: Jean-Luc Cambier ([email protected])

Media Contact: Becky Beaupre Gillespie ([email protected])

Organizational Link: https://chicagoquantum.org/bloch

The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub, led by the Chicago Quantum Exchange, seeks to transform the Greater Chicago area into a global leader in quantum technology, which will provide new ways of processing, measuring, and transmitting information to solve previously unsolvable challenges in defense, transportation, medicine and other industries. This Tech Hub will focus on manufacturing quantum materials, components, and subsystems at scale, leveraging the region’s manufacturing base, universities, and national labs. 

EDA intends to award this Tech Hub grant funding of approximately $30 million to:

• Offer small quantum firms access to software and shared-use facilities to scale manufacturing of their products;
• Map, match, and provide pilot grants to existing manufacturers to pivot into the emerging quantum supply chain; and
• Build a facility for manufacturers to collocate with quantum software and system developers.

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