IonQ to Provide Free Research Credits to Approved Projects at Accredited Academic Institutions

In order to encourage more innovation in quantum information science and to help train additional members of a future quantum workforce, IonQ has announced a new program to provide free research credits for approved projects. The program is available to all graduate students, faculty, and other researchers and teachers at accredited academic institutions. The maximum amount of the award would be $10,000 with the credit usage based upon the number qubits, gates, and iterations used in each run. IonQ has provided a Resource Estimator on its website for those who want to estimate the cost. For example, a circuit with 32 qubits, 50 one-qubit gates, 25 two-qubit gates, and 1000 shots per iteration would use $9.00 worth of credits per iteration. People wishing to apply for this grant can fill out an application form which can be found on the IonQ website here before a deadline of June 15, 2021 for the first cohort. Additional details about this program are also available in a news release here and an FAQ listing here.

May 17, 2021