CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: The Bulldog Cyber Scholarship

Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金：Bulldog Cyber​​ 奖学金

• 批准号: 2235144
• 负责人: Rosemary Shumba
• 金额: $ 210万
• 依托单位: Bowie 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=2235144&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Bulldog; Cyber

The Bowie State University (BSU) proposes a new CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, called the Bulldog Cyber Scholarship (Bulldog) program. The Bulldog program aims to increase the quantity and diversity of new entrants to the government cybersecurity workforce by awarding two-year scholarships to highly motivated students specializing in cybersecurity. These include students from BSU's computer science major and those who transfer from community colleges. The Bulldog program will allow students to enhance their knowledge and develop technical skills by participating in undergraduate research. BSU has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. The Bulldog program will strengthen an existing infrastructure that attracts and supports students to enter the cybersecurity profession. In addition, the project will benefit from existing partnerships with community colleges through which the pool of student talent gains BSU access and continues into the STEM workforce. The specific objectives for the project are: 1) Recruit 20 talented and highly motivated students to the program over five years. 2) Work closely with the NSF SFS program office and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to ensure full placement of students into government cybersecurity positions, with at least 70 percent of scholarship recipients securing placement in the executive branch of the Federal government; no more than 20 percent of scholarship recipients in a non-executive federal agency, national laboratory, or state, local or tribal government organization; no more than 10 percent in cybersecurity at qualified institutions of higher education that provide SFS scholarships. 3) Provide the students with a robust support system that includes advising, mentoring, and close monitoring to ensure the scholars graduate within two years of entering the program. 4) Prepare students for long-term career success and produce professionals who can contribute to the defense of our nation through quality education, faculty-mentored research, and collaborative skills-development activities.  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.

鲍伊州立大学（BSU）提出了一个新的CyberCorps®：服务奖学金（SFS）计划，称为斗牛犬网络奖学金（斗牛犬）计划。斗牛犬计划旨在通过向专门从事网络安全的积极性很高的学生颁发两年奖学金，增加政府网络安全工作人员的数量和多样性。这些包括来自BSU计算机科学专业的学生和那些从社区学院转学的学生。斗牛犬计划将允许学生通过参与本科研究来提高他们的知识和发展技术技能。BSU已被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。斗牛犬计划将加强现有的基础设施，吸引和支持学生进入网络安全专业。此外，该项目将受益于与社区学院的现有合作伙伴关系，通过这些合作伙伴关系，学生人才库可以获得BSU的访问权，并继续进入STEM劳动力市场。该项目的具体目标是：1）在五年内招募20名有才华和积极性高的学生参加该项目。2）与NSF SFS项目办公室和美国人事管理办公室（OPM）密切合作，确保学生完全进入政府网络安全职位，至少70%的奖学金获得者确保在联邦政府的执行分支中获得安置;在非执行联邦机构、国家实验室或州、地方或部落政府组织中，奖学金获得者不超过20%;在提供SFS奖学金的合格高等教育机构中，网络安全不超过10%。3）为学生提供强大的支持系统，包括建议，指导，并密切监测，以确保学者在进入该计划的两年内毕业。4）为学生的长期职业成功做好准备，并通过优质教育，教师指导的研究，该项目得到CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划的支持，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。