DARPA is seeking innovative proposals for its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative to advance the design and evaluation of utility-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers and computational workflows. The research must aim for revolutionary advances, not incremental improvements, and is intended to encourage new entrants to the program. While performers from prior related solicitations are not excluded, their proposals must offer new or distinct contributions.

DARPA is seeking innovative proposals for its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative to advance the design and evaluation of utility-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers and related computational workflows. The research must aim for revolutionary advances, not incremental improvements, and is intended to attract new entrants to the field. Performers from prior related solicitations may submit proposals only if they offer new or distinct contributions. The work is governed by the QBI 2026 Program Announcement.