NSF Convergence Accelerator- Track C: QuSTEAM: Convergent undergraduate education in Quantum Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics

NSF融合加速器计划支持以使用为灵感，以团队为基础，多学科的努力，以应对国家重要性的挑战，并将在不久的将来为社会提供有价值的成果。该项目的目标是开发QuSTEAM（量子信息科学，技术，工程，艺术和数学），一个变革性的本科课程，将为量子信息科学与工程（QISE）的新兴领域提供一个国家教育模式。该项目的智力价值在于开发一个QuSTEAM课程结构，使用证据-基于研究，以确定未来量子智能劳动力所需的科学和工程实践。我们的课程将作为QISE教育的国家标准。这一新的课程结构将从头开始设计，以解决迄今为止限制STEM培训多样性和包容性的结构性障碍，并将通过纳入传统STEM学科以外的内容，包括QISE技术社会影响的并行培训。我们的研究的主要成果将是：（i）一个跨学科模块的示意图，详细说明了QISE能力的构建模块可以为不同的教育目标（模块，类，未成年人，和证书）进行组织。(ii)为积极促进课程公平和包容性而采取的步骤图，将作为未来课程开发的模式。(iii)展示QuSTEAM实施的个人课程。该项目的更广泛影响将是创造量子智能劳动力，这将对美国经济和社会产生变革性影响。QuSTEAM课程及其开发方法将公开提供，作为其他学科开发融合课程的模板。“这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The NSF Convergence Accelerator program supports use-inspired, team-based, multidisciplinary efforts that address challenges of national importance and will produce deliverables of value to society in the near future. The goal of this project is to develop QuSTEAM (Quantum Information Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts andMathematics), a transformational undergraduate curriculum that will provide a national educationalmodel for the emerging field of quantum information science and engineering (QISE).The intellectual merit of this project is in development of a QuSTEAM curricular structure using evidenced-based research to determinethe scientific and engineering practices that will be required of the future quantum smart workforce. Ourcurriculum will serve as a national standard for QISE education. This new curricular structure will bedesigned from the ground up to address structural barriers that have to date limited the diversity andinclusiveness of STEM training and will include concurrent training in the societal impact of QISEtechnologies by incorporating content beyond traditional STEM disciplines. The key outputs of ourresearch will be: (i) A schematic of interdisciplinary modules that details how the building blocks ofQISE-competency can be organized for different educational targets (module, class, minor, andcertificate). (ii) A map of steps taken to actively promote equity and inclusivity in the curriculum that willserve as a model for future curricular development. (iii) Individual course curricula that demonstrate theimplementation of QuSTEAM.The broader impacts of this project will be in creation of a quantum smart workforce will have a transformative effect on the US economy and society. The QuSTEAM curriculum, and the methodology used in developing it, will be made publicly available to serve as a template for the development of convergent curricula in other subjects."This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.