Targeted Infusion Project: Workforce Development for a New Generation of Cyber Security Systems

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。哥伦比亚特区大学致力于支持国家加强其网络安全队伍的努力，方法是加强该校的计算机科学课程，并提供更多机会培训更多的学生进入该队伍。该机构处于有利地位，能够在STEM领域影响大量来自代表性不足群体的学生。该项目的成功实施将为同行机构的其他类似项目建立一个典范。该项目承诺：1)通过开发三门新的网络安全课程，加强UDC本科生的学习体验，这些课程将成为跨学科网络安全辅修课程的一部分；2)通过推出暑期网络安全研究项目，刺激本科生参与网络安全研究；以及3)通过实施与网络安全相关的外展活动，并通过吸引从当地高中和社区大学招募的现有和潜在的UDC学生，来增加UDC的招生和留住学生。预计在该项目期间，至少有600名学生将直接影响并受益于拟议的活动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), through Targeted Infusion Projects, supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The University of the District of Columbia aspires to support the nation’s efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity workforce by enhancing the institution’s computer science curriculum and providing more opportunities to train more students to enter said workforce. The institution is well-positioned to impact large numbers of students from underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Successful implementation of the project will establish a model for other analogous programs at peer institutions.The project promises to: 1) strengthen the learning experience of UDC undergraduate students by developing three new cybersecurity courses that will be part of an interdisciplinary cybersecurity minor; 2) stimulate the undergraduate students’ participation in cybersecurity research by launching a summer cybersecurity research program; and 3) increase student enrollment and retention at UDC by implementing outreach activities related to cybersecurity, and by engaging existing and potential UDC students, recruited from local high schools and community colleges. It is expected that at least 600 students will be directly impacted, and benefit from, the proposed activities during the period of this project.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.