How much funding is available in total?

$2,700,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

What can the funding be used for?

Science, Technology, Research & Development, as classified by the source.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

Is the money paid up front or reimbursed?

Reimbursement. Recipients spend first and claim the cost back, so the money has to be found before it is repaid.

StateOpenFixed dateGovernor's Office of Business and Economic Development

Quantum FAST Challenge

Award ceiling: $50,000 – $500,000
Closes: Oct 20, 2026
Last verified: 2026-09-07

Awards $50,000 – $500,000 per recipient for other legal entity, public agency, closing Oct 20, 2026.

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Other Legal EntityPublic AgencyCA Science, Technology, Research & Development

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Quantum FAST Challenge awards $50,000 – $500,000 per recipient, open to other legal entity, public agency in CA, closing Oct 20, 2026.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $2,700,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $500,000
Award floor: $50,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Oct 20, 2026
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Not stated
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Other Legal Entity · Public Agency
Geography: CA
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Reimbursement
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: Science · Technology · Research & Development
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$2,700,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$500,000

Who can apply?

level

state

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Other Legal Entity, Public Agency

Source field: entity types

state

Source field: states

industry

Science, Technology, Research & Development

Source field: industries

use

Research & Development, Science, Technology

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Not stated

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Oct 20, 202643 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

3 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

ScienceTechnologyResearch & Development

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Reimbursement
Recipients spend first and are reimbursed. Plan cash flow accordingly.
Matching funds: No

What comparable notices state

113 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 113 of 353 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$500,000
Median$1,500,000
75th percentile$5,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

8 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $50,000 – $500,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?: $2,700,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Oct 20, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?: Other Legal Entity, Public Agency.
Which locations are eligible?: CA.
What can the funding be used for?: Science, Technology, Research & Development, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
Is the money paid up front or reimbursed?: Reimbursement. Recipients spend first and claim the cost back, so the money has to be found before it is repaid.

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AI summary of the source text

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.ca.gov

Retrieved2026-09-07

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-02

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.