NSF Awards QuSteam Team $5 Million to Develop Quantum Education Programs

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a consortium $5 million over a 2 years period to fund an initiative called QuSTEAM: Convergence Undergraduate Education in Quantum Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics. QuSteam will be led by Ohio State University and include key partners at the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The initiative will also have industrial and national laboratory collaborators including GE Research, Honda and several JPMorgan Chase, Quantum Opus, Quantum Design Inc., Toptica, qBraid and Argonne National Laboratory. In total, the initiative will be comprised of 66 faculty members who will be part of the QuSteam team. The program will start by gathering information that will help identify critical scientific and engineering practices that will be needed in a quantum-ready workforce. It will then develop single concept modules that can provide for an array of educational paths including bachelor's degrees, associate's degrees, certificates and minors. Additional information about this award can be found in a news release issued by Ohio State University which can be seen here and another news release issued by the Chicago Quantum Exchange available here.

September 24, 2021