ICAM was founded in December 1998 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory with support from the University of California by experimental condensed matter physicist Zack Fisk and theoretical physicist David Pines, receiving support from the University of California Office of the Present, ICAM member branches all over the world, the US National Science Foundation from 2003-2013, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for QuantEmX Fellows from 2015–present.
ICAM was established in December 1998 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, backed by the University of California, with support from experimental condensed matter physicist Zack Fisk and theoretical physicist David Pines. ICAM's international branches were aided by the US National Science Foundation from 2003-2013, as well as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for QuantEmX Fellows from 2015 to present.