CEDAR FALLS, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - The University of Northern Iowa is leading a study into materials that could be applied to quantum technologies as part of a more than $1 million grant with partner universities.

UNI announced in a news release the university will receive $340,000 of the overall grant, other portions of which were awarded to South Dakota State University and the University of Virginia, to study advanced materials with different magnetic qualities. The grant comes from the National Science Foundation, or NSF.

Pavel Lukashev, a physicist and professor at UNI, will serve as principal investigator for the project, with UNI Physics Department Head Paul Shand working as his co-principal investigator.

“NSF research grants are extremely competitive, especially for

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