The Quantum Genesis initiative will serve towards the Department of Energy’s goals as outlined in President Trump’s Executive Order, Ushering the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the establishment of the ambitious new Quantum Genesis initiative to develop and deploy the world’s first fault-tolerant, scientifically relevant quantum computing capability for research and development by 2028.
The Quantum Genesis initiative follows other American efforts to lead in quantum computing, such as the establishment of the Quantum Computer for Application Development and Discovery Science (QC-ADDS) Effort.
“The Quantum Genesis initiative is the first step in delivering on President Trump’s charge for a national effort in developing a quantum computer powerful enough for scientific research,” said Michael Kratsios, assistant to the President and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
“This effort will strengthen U.S. competitiveness, drive breakthroughs that classical systems cannot achieve, and ensure America remains at the forefront of one of the most consequential technologies of our time.”
The Quantum Genesis, a core component of the Genesis Mission, will have three priorities:
The DOE Q Competition
This competition aims to demonstrate fault-tolerant quantum systems in 2028 with logical qubits numbering in the low hundreds. These systems will target critical scientific applications relevant to DOE, including chemistry, materials science, plasma physics, and high-energy physics. Informed by the recent RFI, the competition is designed to accelerate development of fault-tolerant quantum systems, enabling their application for today’s most challenging problems in science, energy innovation, and national security.
Participants will collaborate closely with experts from DOE’s National Laboratories, National Quantum Information Science Research Centers (NQISRCs), and Office of Science User Facilities.
The National Quantum Supercomputing User Facility
This first-of-its-kind facility will provide U.S. scientists and engineers access to advanced quantum computing systems of multiple modalities capable of tackling previously intractable problems and opening new frontiers of discovery. It will complement DOE’s existing exascale and future post-exascale high-performance computing (HPC) systems and integrate with artificial intelligence, the high-performance Energy Sciences Network (a DOE Office of Science User Facility), and the Genesis Mission’s American Science and Security Platform.
Together, these capabilities will form a unified HPC-AI-quantum computing ecosystem, providing the United States with one of the most powerful discovery platforms ever conceived.
Focused R&D for Quantum Computing Applications
Alongside the Q Competition, DOE will conduct targeted research and development to identify and implement breakthrough quantum scientific applications. These efforts will bring together universities, National Laboratories, and industry partners with deep domain expertise to define and advance high-impact use cases for quantum computers.
DOE will identify keystone scientific applications to guide system development and evaluation of quantum computers, mirroring the role of the Genesis Mission’s National Science and Technology Challenges in shaping AI-driven innovation.
