Computational simulations indicate that proper programming of the toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields in a reversed field pinch (RFP) can drive a steady‐state current. This current drive technique, calledF‐&THgr; pumping, assumes that the RFP plasma remains in a quasirelaxed state and that the field programming is not deleterious to pinch performace. Field modulation experiments on the Los Alamos ZT‐40M experiment have shown that these assumptions are reasonable, and henceF‐&THgr; pumping is a plausible candidate for RFP current drive.