CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Cybersecurity Talent Development in Kentucky

美国的安全与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名具有卓越网络安全技能的硕士学生进入政府工作岗位做好准备。为了确保多样性，该项目将积极招收网络安全劳动力中目前代表性不足的群体的学生，包括女性、少数民族和低收入学生。作为肯塔基州的第一个SFS项目，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。该项目以现有的网络安全研究生证书项目为基础，该项目由国家安全局和国土安全部指定为国家网络防御教育学术卓越中心，旨在为学生提供先进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，如个性化课程规划和指导，基于群体的同伴会议和建议，联邦实习计划和其他专业发展活动，以促进他们在项目中的成功。此外，该项目将帮助路易斯维尔大学扩大参与网络安全教育，并加强与政府机构在网络安全方面的合作关系。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，以培养优秀的网络安全劳动力。毕业后，奖学金获得者必须在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织的网络安全部门工作，工作时间与奖学金支持时间相同。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。

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.