Total funding

$5,163,686

exact total across listed support

Asthana Lab share

$1,559,577

exact total across listed lab shares

Computing credits

$34,000

exact in-kind resource total

Awards and Resources

NSF NQVL ASPEN-Net

QSTD: Design: Attosecond Synchronized Photonic Entanglement Network

Amount$60,000 Asthana Lab share
Period2026-2028
RoleKey personnel
CollaboratorsASPEN-Net team

Contributing to the development of a minor program at UND in quantum information as part of the broader ASPEN-Net quantum-networking collaboration.

Industry grant

Accurate and Scalable Molecular Simulations on Quantum Computers

Amount$24,600
Period2024-2025
RolePI
CollaboratorsAnonymous pharma industry partner

Supporting accurate and scalable molecular simulation workflows for quantum computers in a short-term industry collaboration.

UND Early Career Scholars

Learning Molecular Electronic Structure Using Physics-Informed Neural Networks

Amount$30,000 total; $15,000 Asthana Lab share
Period2023-2025
RolePI
CollaboratorsAhmed Abdelhadi and Mark Hoffmann

Supporting physics-informed neural network approaches for molecular electronic structure in collaboration with UND colleagues in computer science and chemistry.

Computing resources

Amazon Braket, IBM Quantum, and NSF ACCESS Compute Credits

Amount$34,000 in-kind
Period2023-2026
RolePI
CollaboratorsAmazon Braket, IBM Quantum, and NSF ACCESS

Providing cloud, quantum-hardware, and advanced computing resources for the group’s quantum algorithm and quantum chemistry research.