CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Cybersecurity Talent Development in Kentucky

美国的安全和繁荣越来越依赖于其在网络空间的技术优势和竞争力。路易斯维尔大学的CyberCorps®：服务奖学金（SFS）计划将为20名具有上级网络安全技能的不同硕士生准备进入政府工作队伍。为了确保多样性，该项目将积极从目前网络安全劳动力中代表性不足的群体中招募学生，包括妇女、少数民族和低收入学生。作为肯塔基州的第一个SFS计划，该项目将使肯塔基州及其他地区的不同学生更容易获得先进的网络安全教育和财务，学术和学生支持。 该项目建立在现有的网络安全课程研究生证书的基础上，该课程由国家安全局和国土安全部指定为网络防御教育学术卓越的国家中心，为学生提供先进的网络安全知识和技能的严格培训，以抵御当前和新兴的网络攻击。奖学金获得者还将参加各种学术和学生支持活动，如个性化的课程规划和指导，基于队列的同行会议和咨询，联邦实习计划，以及其他专业发展活动，以促进他们在该计划中的成功。此外，该项目将帮助路易斯维尔大学扩大网络安全教育的参与，并加强与政府机构在网络安全方面的伙伴关系。该项目由CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划支持，该计划为建立或继续网络安全奖学金计划的提案提供资金，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以培养一支上级网络安全人才队伍。毕业后，奖学金获得者需要在联邦，州，地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作与他们的奖学金支持相同的时间。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审查标准进行评估的支持。

The security and prosperity of the United States have become increasingly dependent on its technological superiority and competitiveness in the cyberspace. The University of Louisville’s CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program will prepare 20 diverse master’s students with superior cybersecurity skills for entry into the government workforce. To ensure diversity, this project will actively recruit students from currently underrepresented groups in the cybersecurity workforce, including women, minorities, and low-income students. As the first SFS program in Kentucky, this project will make advanced cybersecurity education and financial, academic, and student support more accessible to diverse students in Kentucky and beyond. This project builds on the existing graduate certificate in cybersecurity program, which is designated by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education, to provide students with rigorous training in advanced cybersecurity knowledge and skills to defend against current and emerging cyberattacks. Scholarship recipients will also participate in a variety of academic and student support activities, such as personalized curriculum planning and mentoring, cohort-based peer meetings and advising, a federal internship program, and other professional development activities to promote their success in the program. Additionally, this project will help the University of Louisville broaden participation in cybersecurity education and strengthen partnerships with government agencies in cybersecurity. This project is supported by the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, which funds proposals establishing or continuing scholarship programs in cybersecurity and aligns with the U.S. National Cyber Strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce. Following graduation, scholarship recipients are required to work in cybersecurity for a federal, state, local, or tribal Government organization for the same duration as their scholarship support.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.