U.S. QIS Budget Proposed to Grow 10.6% to $877 Million in FY2022

The Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council has proposed an FY 2022 total government budget for quantum technology of $877 million for fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022 - which runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022). This is an increase of about 10.6% from the estimated $793 million that was spent in FY 2021.

U.S. QIS R&D Budget Split Between NQI and Other Programs

U.S. QIS R&D Budgets by Program Component Area (PCA)

As shown in the top chart, about half of the budget comes from the National Quantum Initiative act which was passed in December 2018 with total funding of $1.275 billion with the remainder coming from additional government programs of various types. The second chart shows how the funding is split between Quantum Sensing (QSENS), Quantum Computing (QCOMP), Quantum Networking (QNET), QIS for Advancing Fundamental Science (QADV), and Quantum Technology (QT). These funds will be used by multiple U.S. government agencies including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DoD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA).

The Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science has published a document with these budgets that show details on the programs supported by this government funding. These budgets still need to be approved by U.S. Congress and the President, so these allocations could change between now and final approval. Nonetheless, the document provides a good overview of the various quantum technology programs supported by the U.S. The title is "National Quantum Initiative Supplement to the President's FY 2022 Budget" and you can view it on the Quantum.gov website here.

December 12, 2021