A Scholarship Program for Security Assured Information Systems Track

通过这个奖学金计划，匹兹堡大学为高素质的学生提供了成为高素质信息保障（IA）专业人士的机会，他们将通过保护网络空间来服务于国家和全球社会。根据该计划，每个奖学金获得者都必须完成信息科学或电信和网络硕士学位，并选择安全保证信息系统（SAIS）轨道。此外，博士在任何一个程序与IA浓度的学生可以要求支持他们的研究的最后两年。奖学金计划在四年的时间里支持三个队列的4名学生。智力优势：奖学金学生受益于一个高度肥沃的多学科教育环境和一个强大的和多样化的，高质量的IA课程，这是在全国唯一的八个已被认证的所有五个国家IA教育标准由国家系统安全委员会（CNSS）设置。该计划建立了一个协调良好的管理和行政结构，以确保：（1）奖学金机会提供给竞争激烈，学生从代表性不足的群体在IA，（2）奖学金学生提供了适当的指导支持整个学术课程，和（3）奖学金学生从事专业发展和协同活动，丰富他们的学术经验。该计划非常重视通过与少数民族服务的联系，从IA地区代表性不足的群体中招募学生此外，还向波多黎各大学、马亚圭斯大学和林肯大学等中学后教育机构提供了援助。该计划还受益于大学内各种IA和国土防御相关举措之间的协同互动。

Through this scholarship program, the University of Pittsburgh offers highly qualified students the opportunity to become information assurance (IA) professionals of high caliber who will serve the nation and the global society by protecting the cyberspace. Under this program, each scholarship recipient is required to complete a Masters degree in Information Science or Telecommunication and Networking with the Security Assured Information Systems (SAIS) track option. In addition, Ph.D. students in either program with IA concentration can request support for the last two years of their studies. The scholarship program supports three cohorts of 4 students over a period of four years.Intellectual Merit: Scholarship students benefit from a highly fertile multidisciplinary educational environment and a strong and diversified, high quality IA curriculum, which is among the only eight in the nation that has been certified for all the five national IA educational standards set by the Committee on National Systems Security (CNSS). The program establishes a well-coordinated management and administration structure to ensure that:(1) Scholarship opportunities are available to highly competitive, students from underrepresented groups in IA,(2) Scholarship students are provided with appropriate mentoring support throughout their academic program, and(3) Scholarship students are engaged in professional development and synergistic activities that enrich their academic experience.Broader Impact: The program places significant emphasis on the recruitment of students from underrepresented groups in IA areas through its links with minority serving postsecondary institutions such as the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez and Lincoln University. The program also benefits from synergistic interactions among the various IA and homeland defense related initiatives within the university.