Universities Space Research Association

USRA is an independent, nonprofit research corporation where the combined efforts of in-house talent and university-based expertise merge to advance space science and technology. They collaborate with Google and NASA Ames to operate the DWave 2X computer installed at the NASA Ames Research Center. As part of the collaboration an allocation of 20% of the computing time will be provided to the research community at no cost through a competitive selection process. Through this competitive process, research organizations will be able to utilize a state-of-the-art quantum computer, and also collaborate with researchers at NASA, Google and other universities.