PEPIG: Empowering Academic Partnership with Federal Safety and Security Priorities

在联邦机构工作的具有数据科学专业知识的人越来越短缺。该项目将帮助解决这一问题，为教师、博士后、研究科学家、研究生和大四本科生提供奖学金机会，在国土安全部（DHS）的数据科学优先领域开展研究。参与者将与国土安全部的导师和工作人员同处一处。该项目作为美国紧迫的安全和安全问题研究合作的支柱，广泛地使数据生态系统受益。该计划的目标是支持学者发展行业和政府关系，以促进研究合作和职业成功；为学生在数据科学、计算和大数据研究方面的劳动力前景做好准备；并创建一个多样化的大数据管道，从大学研究到对政府服务的实际影响。拟议的计划是模仿创新和成功的大数据区域创新南方中心的授权与行业和政府合作伙伴关系计划（PEPI-G）计划。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

There is a growing shortage of people with data science expertise working in federal agencies. This project will help overcome this problem, by providing fellowship opportunities to faculty, postdocs, research scientist, graduate student, and senior undergraduates to carry out research in data science priority areas within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Participant will be co-located with DHS mentors and staff. The program broadly benefits the data ecosystem by serving as a backbone for research collaboration on pressing United states safety and security concerns.The goals of this program are to support academics in developing industry and government relationships for research collaboration and career success; prepare students for the workforce landscape in data science, computing, and Big Data research; and create a diverse Big Data pipeline from university research through to real-world impact in government service. The proposed program is modeled after the innovative and successful Big Data Regional Innovation South Hub's Program to Empower Partnerships with Industry and Government (PEPI-G) program.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.