Feb 24-26, 2016 NIST Presentation at PQCrypto 2016: Announcement and outline of NIST's Call for Submissions (Fall 2016), Dustin Moody

April 28, 2016 NIST releases NISTIR 8105, Report on Post-Quantum Cryptography

Dec 20, 2016 Formal Call for Proposals

Nov 30, 2017 Deadline for submissions

Dec 4, 2017 NIST Presentation at AsiaCrypt 2017: The Ship Has Sailed: The NIST Post-Quantum Crypto "Competition", Dustin Moody

Dec 21, 2017 Round 1 algorithms announced (69 submissions accepted as "complete and proper")

Apr 11, 2018 NIST Presentation at PQCrypto 2018: Let's Get Ready to Rumble - The NIST PQC "Competition", Dustin Moody

April 11-13, 2018 First PQC Standardization Conference - Submitter's Presentations

January 30, 2019 Second Round Candidates announced (26 algorithms)

March 15, 2019 Deadline for updated submission packages for the Second Round

May 8-10, 2019 NIST Presentation at PQCrypto 2019: Round 2 of the NIST PQC "Competition" - What was NIST Thinking? (Spring 2019), Dustin Moody

August 22-24, 2019 Second PQC Standardization Conference

July 22, 2020 Third Round Candidates announced (7 Finalists and 8 Alternates)

October 1, 2020 Deadline for updated submission packages for the Third Round