We are pleased to announce the winners of Stage 1 of the NIH Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge!

The teams will receive $20,000 for their proposals and will be invited to participate in Stage 2 of the Challenge. Congratulations!

Stage 1 Winners

University of Wisconsin – Madison
“Magnetomechanical Fetal Cardiac Imaging”
Lead: Ronald Wakai, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Team Narang Lab
“B-QuEST: Biomedical Quantum-Enhanced Sensing Technology”
Lead: Prineha Narang, University of California Los Angeles

Johns Hopkins University
“Quantum-Assisted Volumetric Imaging AppaRatus (QAVIAR) for Fast and Background-Free 3D Imaging of Whole Live Animals”
Lead: Yun Chen, Johns Hopkins University

FieldLine Medical and Mesa Quantum
“A Wearable Pediatric Magnetoencephalography System Based on Quantum Sensors”
Leads: Svenja Knappe, FieldLine Medical; Amirhossein Ghods, Mesa Quantum

Team Quantum Eyesight
“Quantum Tools For Retinal Disorder Characterization”
Lead: Dmitry Pushin, University of Waterloo

Team AUQST
“Quantum-Correlation-Enhanced Multiplexed Imaging Platform for Single-Exosome Surface Biomarker Profiling”
Lead: Pengyu Chen, Auburn University

Flari Tech, Inc.
“Optical Frequency Comb-Based Breath Analysis for Lung Nodule Risk Stratification”
Lead: Xin Yao, Flari Tech, Inc.

FemtoSenseLabs, LLC
“Solid-State Quantum Sensors for Magnetic Field Imaging”
Lead: Farid Kalhor, FemtoSenseLabs, LLC

Aperta Systems, LLC
“Multiplexed Biomedical Detection Through the Combination of Spin-Labeled Receptor Proteins and Optically Detected Electron-Spin Resonance With NV-Centers”
Lead: Alexei Goun, Aperta Systems, LLC

Vizma Life Sciences
“Quantum-Enabled Metabolic MRI, Clinical Diagnostics and Monitoring – A Hyperpolarized [1-13C] Pyruvate Platform for Accessible, Real-Time Metabolic Imaging”
Lead: Carlos Dedesma, Vizma Life Sciences

Infleqtion, Inc.
“Rydberg Atom-Based THz Imaging for Disease Diagnostics and Molecular Characterization”
Lead: Teague Tomesh, Infleqtion, Inc.

University of Maryland
“Quantum Flow Cytometer”
Lead: Ivan Burenkov, University of Maryland