CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Graduating Workforce-Ready Cybersecurity Professionals

Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金：即将毕业的网络安全专业人员

• 批准号: 2235135
• 负责人: Sergio Salinas Monroy
• 金额: $ 240.95万
• 依托单位: Wichita State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2027-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2235135&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Graduating; Workforce

The US economic competitiveness and security depend on the nation's ability to produce enough cybersecurity professionals who can secure its cyberinfrastructure. This project will award scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in cybersecurity programs at Wichita State University (WSU). Significant efforts will be made to recruit and retain outstanding students, including those from underrepresented groups. As a result, the project will provide a steady stream of diverse workforce-ready cybersecurity professionals for government service. WSU is the only urban-serving research institution in Kansas and is designated as a National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. WSU offers strong cybersecurity graduate and undergraduate programs that accommodate students with diverse academic backgrounds. Scholarship recipients will receive individualized career advising focused towards transitioning to a government job and participate in mentored research while completing a cybersecurity degree. Students will have an opportunity to conduct research in areas such as biometrics, cyberphysical system security, mobile security, and wireless network security. The project team will leverage its existing close ties with minority-oriented and security-oriented student organizations on campus, as well as with community colleges and local high schools, to recruit students. The project also includes retention specialists who will develop support structures, including parent mentoring, to tackle challenges faced by students from underrepresented groups. To further improve the inclusivity of our programs, the project will train participating faculty on the academic challenges faced by students from underrepresented groups. 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.

美国的经济竞争力和安全取决于国家培养足够的网络安全专业人员的能力，这些专业人员可以保护其网络基础设施。该项目将为威奇托州立大学（WSU）网络安全课程的本科生和研究生提供奖学金。将作出重大努力，征聘和留住优秀学生，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。因此，该项目将为政府服务提供源源不断的多样化劳动力准备网络安全专业人员。 WSU是堪萨斯唯一的城市服务研究机构，并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中心。WSU提供强大的网络安全研究生和本科课程，可容纳具有不同学术背景的学生。奖学金获得者将获得个性化的职业建议，重点是过渡到政府工作，并在完成网络安全学位的同时参与指导研究。学生将有机会在生物识别，网络物理系统安全，移动的安全和无线网络安全等领域进行研究。该项目小组将利用其与校园内面向少数群体和面向安全的学生组织以及社区学院和当地高中的现有密切联系来招募学生。该项目还包括保留专家，他们将建立支持结构，包括家长指导，以应对代表性不足群体的学生所面临的挑战。为了进一步提高我们计划的包容性，该项目将培训参与教师对来自代表性不足的群体的学生所面临的学术挑战。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。