🇺🇸The Department of Energy launched Quantum Genesis Q Competition, with up to $215 million in planned funding, targeting 100-plus logical qubits.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Quantum Genesis Q Competition on September 17. The initiative has up to $215 million in planned funding, which should not be treated as funding already awarded or disbursed.

Applicants are invited to propose deployment of quantum computers with at least 100 logical qubits. The threshold specifically concerns logical qubits, not a count of physical qubits, and the stated objective is demonstrating fault-tolerant, scientifically relevant quantum computers.

A separate Telegram account of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announcement places the competition within Quantum Genesis. That message did not supply incentive amounts, a timetable, or participation details; the funding ceiling and logical-qubit threshold come from the DOE announcement excerpt carried by HPCwire.