This award is jointly supported by the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Division of Chemistry Research Instrumentation program, and the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate Office of Strategic Initiatives. Amherst College is acquiring a pulse electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer to support the research of Jacob Olshansky in the Chemistry Department, Jonathan Friedman in the Physics and Astronomy Department, and numerous users from a variety of institutions. EPR is a well-established characterization technique for probing systems with unpaired electrons, such as organic radicals or metal complexes. Interest in this technique has grown in recent years due to its usefulness to many quantum information science (QIS) technologies. Specifically, quantum mechanical spin is the critical component in many proposed quantum bits (qubits), and this spin can readily be measured and manipulated with pulse EPR techniques. This instrument is therefore well-positioned to advance research in materials relevant to QIS while serving as a platform to train the next generation of quantum information scientists. This EPR spectrometer is the cornerstone for a new EPR user facility that serves the wider Connecticut River Valley, including four predominantly undergraduate institutions and three R1 institutions. Although a critical priority of this facility is serving QIS researchers, it also supports researchers exploring mechanisms of chemical reactions, struc