Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service Program at UTD

得克萨斯大学达拉斯分校（UTD）已经确定了研究和教学计划的发展，以“使国家安全”作为其六大战略目标之一，并建立了NSF奖学金服务（SFS）计划。该计划建立在信息保障（IA）的强大教育和研究基础上，UTD自2000年以来一直在发展。该项目的主要目标是毕业至少22名高素质的学生在研究生水平IA浓度跟踪程序，并提供积极的指导和支持，成功地把毕业生在覆盖联邦的位置。一个团队的教师，从事IA相关的研究由各政府机构资助，利用这些研究活动，以提高SFS学生的教育过程。该计划包括大量的研究经验，预计学生将在期刊和会议论文集上发表论文。这种研究，开发和教育工作的整合，以及与工业，学术界和研究实验室的密切合作，使招聘和研究生与网络安全的理论和实践知识。该项目缩小了目前国家信息基础设施网络安全方面的人员缺口，并实施了一种有希望的招聘妇女和少数民族学生的方法。

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has identified the development of research and teaching programs to "make the nation secure" as one of its six strategic goals and establishes an NSF scholarship for Service (SFS) program. The program is built on strong educational and research foundations in Information Assurance (IA) that UTD has been developing since 2000. The main objectives of the project are to graduate at least 22 highly qualified students in the graduate level IA concentration track program and to provide active mentoring and support to successfully place the graduates in covered federal positions.A team of faculty, engaged in IA-related research funded by various government agencies, leverages these research activities to enhance the education process of SFS students. The program includes a substantial research experience and students are expected to publish papers in journals and conference proceedings. This integration of research, development and education efforts as well as close collaborations with industry, academia and research labs enable to recruit and graduate students with knowledge of cybersecurity both in theory and practice. The project reduces the current personnel gap in cyber security for the national information infrastructure and it implements a promising approach for recruiting women and minority students.