Unitary Foundation

Unitary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit helping create a quantum technology ecosystem that benefits the most people. We do three main things. ▪ Microgrants We run a microgrant program to fund explorers across the world to work on quantum technologies. Do you have an idea for a project? ▪ Research We do our own research to help the ecosystem as a whole. For example, we are developing (1)mitiq, an open-source toolkit for error-mitigated quantum programming; (2)metriq, an open community platform for sharing quantum tech benchmarks; (3)ucc, an open-source quantum compiler collection; and (4)clifft, an open-source simulator for fast exact simulation of near-Clifford quantum circuits. ▪ Community We host an open-source quantum tech community that runs hackathons and events on our Discord. We are interested in projects that leverage and support quantum technology to benefit humanity. Projects are not strictly required to be open source or open publication - though we recommend it as a starting point. It is, however, important to provide a rationale in your application for any exceptions (for example, if you think it’d be best for the world to reserve the IP for a company). We prefer projects that can be completed within 3-6 months. However, if there is a reason that your project should have a longer timeline, then include that in your application and we will consider it.