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Projects PQC Digital Signature Schemes

Post-Quantum Cryptography: Additional Digital Signature Schemes

News and Updates

NIST Advances 9 Candidates to the 3rd Round of PQC
May 14, 2026
NIST Internal Report (IR) 8610 announces nine candidates advancing to the third round of the Additional Digital Signatures for the Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standardization Process.
PQC Digital Signature Second Round Announcement
October 25, 2024
NIST publishes NIST Internal Report (IR) 8528, Status Report on the First Round of the Additional Digital Signature Schemes for the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process.
Additional PQC Digital Signature Candidates Announced
July 17, 2023
NIST has completed the reviews for all the “onramp” digital signature submissions received by the deadline. 
Request for Additional PQC Digital Signature Schemes
September 6, 2022
NIST is requesting additional digital signature scheme proposals to be considered in the PQC standardization process.
Announcing PQC Candidates to be Standardized, Plus Fourth Round Candidates
July 5, 2022
NIST is announcing four Post-Quantum Cryptography candidates for standardization, plus candidates for a fourth round of analysis.

Contacts

PQC Crypto Technical Inquiries
[email protected]

Dr. Lily Chen

Dr. Dustin Moody

Dr. Yi-Kai Liu

Topics

Security and Privacy: digital signatures, post-quantum cryptography

Created August 29, 2022, Updated July 29, 2026