PISCES 2023 - Partnership in Securing Cyberspace Through Education and Service (Renewal)

自2003年以来，乔治华盛顿大学（GWU）通过教育和服务（PISCES）计划保护网络空间的合作伙伴关系已经产生了88名联邦政府雇员，并通过CyberCorps（R）：服务奖学金（SFS）计划支持了17名学者。GWU的这个项目建议继续为来自不同背景的另外24名学生提供网络安全教育机会，使他们成为网络安全专业人员，并帮助保护我们国家信息基础设施的安全。这将通过结合奖学金支持，计算机安全和信息保障，实习，实验室和政府服务的大学课程，与统一和加强研讨会，为学生准备的知识，观点和专业知识，在他们未来的网络安全政府职位取得成功。GW将应用其多学科的方法，这个网络安全项目，通过将来自各种学校的学生（例如，工程、法律、国际事务、艺术和科学）。GW SFS学者将根据个人学习计划的需要，在其家庭部门内外参加网络安全相关课程。一个独特的研讨会课程和每周会议将把所有的学生聚集在一个队列，并提供机会，从不同的角度检查一系列的安全问题（例如，技术、法律的、政策、商业、法证、国家安全研究），从而为交叉培训和扩大其专门知识的广度提供了机会。学者将从三个学术途径聚集：从社区学院过渡的学生，从一开始就在4年制大学注册的学生，以及寻求硕士学位的职业转换者。这将丰富每个群体的多样性，并扩大更广泛的参与感兴趣和合格的候选人希望在网络安全职位与政府服务的人才库。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准进行评估的支持。

Since 2003, the George Washington University's (GWU) Partnership in Securing Cyberspace through Education and Service (PISCES) program has produced 88 federal government employees and supported 17 more scholars through the CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. This project from the GWU proposes to continue to provide cybersecurity education opportunities for an additional 24 students from diverse backgrounds, to become cybersecurity professionals and help protect the safety and security of our nation's information infrastructure. This will be achieved by combining scholarship support, university courses in computer security and information assurance, internships, laboratories, and government service, with a unifying and reinforcing seminar that prepares students with the knowledge, perspective, and expertise to succeed in their future cybersecurity government positions.GW will apply its multidisciplinary approach to this cybersecurity project, by bringing students from a variety of schools (e.g., Engineering, Law, International Affairs, Arts and Sciences). GW SFS scholars will take cybersecurity-related courses in and outside their home departments as appropriate for their individual program of study. A unique seminar course and weekly meetings will bring all the students together in a cohort and provide opportunities to examine a range of security issues from various points of view (e.g., technical, legal, policy, business, forensics, national security studies), thus providing an opportunity for cross-training and expanding the breadth of their expertise. Scholars will be assembled from three academic pathways: students who transition from community colleges, students who enroll in a 4-year institution from the start, and career changers seeking a master's degree. This will enrich the diversity of each cohort and broaden participation for a wider pool of interested and qualified candidates looking to serve in cybersecurity positions with the government.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.