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Colorado's Economic Development Commission will create two seed grants, administered by CU Boulder’s CUbit Quantum Initiative, to help get quantum out of the lab and into the marketplace. The grants can be used by any Colorado research institution or industry partners.

Earlier this month, the NAS announced that it had elected Ana Maria Rey (Physics) and Gia Voeltz (MCDB), along with 141 more scientists, to join its ranks in 2023. Both researchers have spent their careers studying phenomena far too small for humans to see with the naked eye.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves led a recent roundtable discussion in Denver with local leaders in education, community and business. Massimo Ruzzene, vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes at CU Boulder, joined the session on the critical role universities will play in the nation’s push to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

Allie Anderson and Torin Clark at CU Boulder are conducting research into how humans and artificial intelligence systems work together. The pair are part of a multi-university research team commissioned by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study trust in autonomous systems—an important and complex problem.

“It was truly inspiring to speak with the next generation of space scientists and engineers at CU Boulder," said Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "The power of education at learning institutions like CU Boulder provide the necessary tools to make big dreams a reality and keep our nation a global leader in space exploration and innovation.”

In taking its next-gen all-solid-state battery technology from the lab to the streets, Solid Power is changing how electric vehicles run. The spinout went public in 2021 with many past CU Boulder students—undergraduate, Master’s and PhD—working within its ranks, major partnership deals with BMW and Ford, and a new facility in Thornton.

Heidi Shyu, under secretary of defense for research and engineering at the U.S. Department of Defense, visited CU Boulder to glimpse the future of cutting-edge research. During this visit, Shyu toured labs, listened to short lectures by CU Boulder researchers, and participated in a spirited roundtable discussion campus leaders.

The 2023 Research & Innovation Seed Grants, awarded by CU Boulder's Research & Innovation Office (RIO) and the Office of the Provost, are funding 25 new projects for up to $75,000 each. This year’s awards include five projects spurred by a new pool of funding that encouraged external partnerships by leveraging matching funding from industry, national labs, universities, community nonprofits and others.

The CU Boulder Department of Physics has received a $94.5 million award from NIST to continue the collaborative Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) for the next five years. Started in 1994, the PREP program provides funding for undergraduate and graduate students in physics and other departments to work with researchers at NIST on cutting-edge projects, including new atomic clocks, precision quantum measurement and more.

Tandems for Efficient and Advanced Modules using Ultrastable Perovskites (TEAMUP) has secured $9M in federal funding from the DOE's Solar Technologies Office. Led by RASEI Fellow Mike McGehee (Chemical and Biological Engineering), the consortium brings together researchers from labs across the country to develop a near-term solution for more efficient solar panels.