Most of the quantum-mechanics educational work has been funded by the National Science Foundation. The Math Methods class has been supported in part by NASA. The Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown has provided significant support for the on-line classes.

Research grants that support pedagogical work

• National Aeronautical and Space Administration, subcontract from American University
  "Georgetown University DC Space Grant Subaward Proposal", Ed Van Keuren and Chris Cothran PIs, $80,000 ($8,000 to Freericks), 2020-2022.
• National Science Foundation, Quantum Information grant (PHY-1915130)
  "Engineering Reservoirs and Optimizing Response Function Measurements in Quantum Simulators and Computers", Jim Freericks PI, $320,000, 2019-2022.
• National Science Foundation, EAGER grant (CHE-1836497),
  "New Design for Quantum Chemistry Calculations on Emerging Quantum Computer," J. K. Freericks (PI) and Dominika Zgid (co-PI) $300,000 (Georgetown amount $171,038) 2018-2020 (no-cost extended to 2022).
• National Science Foundation Quantum Information grant (PHY-1620555)
  "Ion trap based quantum computers: From benchmarking to outperforming classical digital computers," Jim Freericks PI, $269,711, 2016-2019.
• National Science Foundation Physics at the Information Frontier grant (PHY-1314295)
  "PIF: Beyond adiabatic state preparation for ion trap quantum simulators," Jim Freericks PI, $165,000, 2013-2016.