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Do Quantum is a free, nonprofit quantum computing research program built and run by students. We close the gap between curiosity and contribution, guiding students from interested, to competent, to compensated, in a single academic year. We are not a course. We are a connector, plugging students directly into the problems, tools, venues, and people that define the field. Across a 26-week program, members learn quantum foundations, choose a track (Algorithms or Architecture), form small teams around their own research questions, and work alongside experienced advisors. They hear from industry, academic, and government speakers, write papers and whitepapers, and present at a year-end Quantum Research Symposium. The program is open by design: admission is free and unrestricted, because we believe interest is the strongest predictor of competence. Chapters run at UCLA, the University of Maryland, and the University of Virginia, with the same program and standards at each. Students elsewhere can connect with an existing research team or start a chapter at their own university. And it works. In one year at the University of Maryland, Do Quantum launched 18 research teams of 73 researchers. At the 2025 Global Industry Challenge, presented at Quantum World Congress, our students placed as runners-up in two of five industry tracks against a field of 88 teams from 24 countries, with their research published. Participants have earned course credit and moved into quantum-computing internships and continued research. Whether you are a student ready to do real work, an expert who wants to mentor in a fraction of the usual time, or a company seeking trained talent and proofs-of-concept, we would like to meet you. Learn more at our website.