Florida State University has announced its participation in Google’s AI for Education Accelerator program. This initiative is part of Google’s recent pledge to invest $1 billion in U.S. education over the next three years, which will support programs focused on AI literacy, research funding, and cloud computing resources.
FSU is the only R1 institution within the State University System of Florida taking part in this program. The university aims to provide free AI training to its students, faculty, and staff as part of this collaboration.
“At Florida State, we are committed to providing our faculty, staff, students and researchers with the latest tools and advancements, empowering our community to achieve beyond what many think is possible,” said Jonathan Fozard, chief information officer at FSU. “Our adoption of Gemini for Education reflects that commitment, enabling us to push the boundaries of technological innovation, research discovery and academic excellence, all in a safe and secure environment.”
The AI for Education Accelerator program from Google offers tools designed to personalize learning experiences and prepare students for careers that rely heavily on technology. Through this partnership, FSU will give its campus community access to Gemini for Education—a platform that includes data protection at no cost—by logging in with their university credentials. Additionally, college students can take advantage of free AI training through the program.
For students at FSU, these new tools offer resources such as inquiry-based learning support and personalized tutoring in a controlled setting. Faculty and staff gain access to applications like NotebookLM to help create summaries or study guides for students and streamline administrative tasks.
“Every student deserves access to the AI skills needed to succeed in today’s job market,” said Lisa Gevelber, founder of Grow with Google. “We are proud to partner with Florida State University to provide students with our most advanced AI products and training, ensuring they know how to make the most of the technology in the classroom and beyond. This program builds on years of us working together with universities to help students prepare for exciting careers.”
Paul Marty, associate vice provost for academic innovation at FSU added: “We are very excited about the AI tools that this partnership with Google will bring to our faculty, staff and students. Gemini-powered applications like NotebookLM make it easy for students to create summaries, study guides and practice quizzes, and for faculty to organize course content into shareable notebooks that can serve as an interactive classroom resource for their students.”
Faculty members also have access to Google’s AI Essentials and Prompting Essentials programs aimed at maximizing use of these technologies across teaching methods.
More details about FSU’s involvement can be found at ai.fsu.edu.
