Hi everyone,
I am excited to announce that IonQ today introduced the IonQ Research Credits Program to provide teams and individuals from qualified institutions with free credits for quantum compute time on IonQ’s trapped ion hardware. This is the answer to the question that all of you frequently ask me “how can I get credits to use the IonQ quantum computer?”
The IonQ Research Credits Program lays critical groundwork for the next generation of quantum experts and further democratizes access to this next-generation technology.
This program is open to all graduate students, faculty, and other researchers and teachers from accredited academic institutions in any country that IonQ or one of its cloud partners serves. The complete call for proposals with eligibility details and other frequently asked questions can be found at this link, and the application form can be found here. Applications are accepted at any time. To be considered for the first cohort of grantees, applicants must submit their proposals by 11:59PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 15th 2021.
The IonQ Research Credits Program is another step forward in the company’s mission to expand access to quantum computing. IonQ’s 11-qubit system is the first and only quantum computer available via the cloud on both Amazon Braket and Microsoft Azure, and its 32-qubit system is one of the world’s most powerful quantum computers. IonQ has a critical role to play in pulling the quantum computing industry forward as its plans to develop modular quantum computers small enough to be networked together in 2023 could pave the way for broad quantum advantage by 2025. IonQ will further expand access to quantum as it prepares to become the first publicly traded quantum computing company via a merger with dMY Technology Group III.
I hope you will take advantage of this generous program and become familiar with the IonQ trapped ion systems.
Denise Ruffner
President, Women in Quantum