Organizations across the national laboratory system, academia and private industry constitute Q-NEXT, which is led by Argonne National Laboratory.

These Q-NEXT institutions bring together world-leading experts, top-tier facilities and cutting-edge projects and collaborations to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum information science and technology and to ensure U.S. leadership in this economically crucial arena. They are leaders in many areas of quantum information science, including quantum information theory, high-performance computation, quantum experimental science, basic discovery science, advanced computing and high energy physics.