CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Accelerating Cybersecurity Education, Scholarship and Service

该项目在马萨诸塞州达特茅斯大学（UMass达特茅斯）建立了一个新的CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划。该项目旨在（1）满足国家对全面网络安全教育的需求，（2）为进入政府职业创造一个支持性的生态系统，以及（3）通过扩大学生的参与来满足对具有网络安全硕士水平准备的多元化劳动力的需求。该项目提供了一个综合的经验，结合了教育和应用经验，以增加对网络安全和政府劳动力机会的理解。它包括招聘和劳动力发展战略的协调方案，以准备和毕业的硕士级专业人员，以满足政府的需求。总体结果将是一个多元化的学者群体，他们为政府网络安全职位做好了准备，并走上了成功的道路。麻省大学达特茅斯被指定为国家安全局和国土安全部网络防御教育学术卓越国家中心。该项目利用了这一名称，加速了B.S./ M.S.电子和计算机工程和计算机科学课程，网络安全研究生课程，与政府机构建立合作伙伴关系，以及联邦资助的研究工作，以促进网络安全奖学金。在麻省大学达特茅斯学院的指导下完成的研究将推进将安全视为基本系统设计属性的科学。该项目将实施，调整和研究基于证据的活动，包括专业发展实践，以招募和支持在网络安全领域历史上代表性不足的研究生。 此外，该项目还将生成和传播有关影响招聘、学生成功和接受过专门网络安全研究培训的学生获得研究生学位的活动的知识。 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。

This project establishes a new CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth). The project aims to (1) address the national need for a holistic cybersecurity education, (2) create a supportive ecosystem for entering government careers, and (3) respond to demands for a diverse workforce with master’s-level preparation in cybersecurity by broadening participation of students. The project provides an integrated experience that combines education and applied experiences to increase understanding of cybersecurity and workforce opportunities in the government. It includes a coordinated program of recruitment and workforce development strategies to prepare and graduate master’s-level professionals to meet the needs of the government. The overall outcome will be a diverse group of scholars who are prepared for government cybersecurity positions and placed on a pathway for success. UMass Dartmouth is designated as a National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. The project leverages this designation, accelerated B.S./M.S. programs in electrical and computer engineering and computer science, graduate-level courses in cybersecurity, established partnerships with government agencies, and federally sponsored research efforts to advance scholarship in cybersecurity. Research completed under the mentorship of UMass Dartmouth faculty will advance the science that treats security as a fundamental system design attribute. The project will implement, adapt, and study evidence-based activities, including professional development practices, to recruit and support graduate students historically underrepresented in the field of cybersecurity. In addition, the project will generate and disseminate knowledge about activities affecting recruitment, student success, and graduate degree attainment by students with specialized cybersecurity research training. 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.