Collaborative Research: Conference: 2023 Workshop for Aspiring PIs in Secure and Trusted Cyberspace

该项目资助了一个为期1.5天的研讨会，以支持那些渴望成为NSF安全和值得信赖的网络空间(SATC)赠款的首席研究员(PI)的研究人员。研讨会的目标是为有抱负的私人投资机构提供指导和指导，帮助他们撰写建议书，这可能是他们的第一次尝试，也可能是被拒绝的建议书，需要在重新提交之前进行工作。该研讨会的创新之处在于，通过与导师一对一的会议，参加模拟小组，以及制定可提交给SATC的完整提案的执行摘要，重点制定了全面的研究计划。研讨会的更广泛的意义和重要性在于，许多拥有高质量研究项目的研究人员可能在发展关键的提案撰写和演示技能方面缺乏支持，最终将他们排除在资助机会之外。除了支持有抱负的绩效指标外，研讨会还将通过在多个维度寻找具有不同背景的参与者来扩大对SATC计划的参与。这些奖项包括但不限于来自小型和大型组织；R1、R2和文科学校；对核心感兴趣的研究人员，以及SATC的EDU和TTP计划；从事网络安全广度研究的研究人员，从硬件、软件、隐私、人为因素；以及来自传统上代表不足的计算群体的有抱负的PI。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project funds a 1.5 day workshop to support researchers who aspire to be principal investigators (PIs) on NSF’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) grants. The goal of the workshop is to provide mentorship and guidance to aspiring PIs for writing proposals, which might be either their first attempt or a declined proposal who needs work prior resubmission. The workshop’s novelties are a focus on developing comprehensive research plans, through one-on-one meetings with mentors, participating in mock panels, and developing an executive summary that can be developed into a full proposal submitted to SaTC. The workshop’s broader significance and importance are that many researchers with quality research programs may lack support in developing critical proposal writing and presentation skills that end up excluding them from funding opportunities. In addition to supporting aspiring PIs, the workshop will broaden participation in the SaTC program by seeking participants with diverse backgrounds in multiple dimensions. These include but are not limited to those from small and large organizations; R1, R2 and liberal arts schools; researchers interested in the CORE, as well as the EDU and TTP programs of SaTC; researchers engaged with the breadth of cybersecurity, from hardware, software, privacy, human factors; and aspiring PIs from traditionally underrepresented groups in computing.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.