CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: CyberRamblers Bolster National Security

Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金：Cyber​​Ramblers 支持国家安全

• 批准号: 2336386
• 负责人: David Chan-Tin
• 金额: $ 380.3万
• 依托单位: Loyola University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2028-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2336386&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; CyberRamblers; Bolster

Cybersecurity is critical to all aspects of modern life, from energy, commerce, finance, education, and healthcare to manufacturing and agriculture. Well-trained cybersecurity professionals serving in the government workforce are critical to national security. This project will establish the CyberRamblers – Loyola University Chicago CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service program to improve the United States' national security. Scholars will be trained in technical knowledge from Computer Science and Cybersecurity, and social and behavioral knowledge of cybercrime from Psychology, and Criminal Justice and Criminology. This leads to scholars receiving a well-rounded cybersecurity education and training. Four cohorts of undergraduate students majoring in the B.S. for Cybersecurity program will be recruited for a total of 20 students over five years. The student recruitment process emphasizes recruiting and retaining members of underrepresented and underserved groups. The outcome of this project will be a well-prepared cohort of cybersecurity professionals and leaders ready to meet the nation’s cybersecurity workforce needs.The project will build on the existing interdisciplinary cybersecurity program to recruit students from Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Psychology, and Criminal Justice and Criminology. Each CyberRambler scholar will receive two years of scholarship support and advising and mentoring support to ensure adequate progress toward graduation and successful job placement. Scholars will be involved in interdisciplinary research and education and receive training to develop the critical thinking, independence, teamwork, and technical knowledge required in a cybersecurity career. These scholarships for service will provide the necessary hands-on training and education for scholars to start a successful cybersecurity career as part of the government workforce. To ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of the program, comprehensive formative and summative evaluation mechanisms will be used to assess the progress and achievements of the student scholars. These will specifically focus on scholars’ skill development, knowledge acquisition, and readiness to meet the nation's cybersecurity workforce needs. This project aims to create cybersecurity professionals who will positively impact national security and meet the evolving challenges of the cyber landscape through strategic recruitment, interdisciplinary cybersecurity-focused curriculum, rigorous evaluation, and government partnerships.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.

网络安全对现代生活的各个方面都至关重要，从能源，商业，金融，教育和医疗保健到制造业和农业。在政府工作的训练有素的网络安全专业人员对国家安全至关重要。该项目将建立CyberRamblers - Loyola大学芝加哥CyberCorps®服务奖学金计划，以改善美国的国家安全。学者将接受计算机科学和网络安全技术知识的培训，以及心理学，刑事司法和犯罪学的网络犯罪社会和行为知识。这使学者接受了全面的网络安全教育和培训。四批本科生主修学士学位。网络安全计划将在五年内招募20名学生。学生招聘过程强调招聘和保留代表性不足和服务不足的群体的成员。该项目的成果将是一批准备充分的网络安全专业人员和领导者，随时准备满足国家的网络安全劳动力需求。该项目将建立在现有的跨学科网络安全计划的基础上，招收来自计算机科学，网络安全，心理学，刑事司法和犯罪学的学生。每位CyberRambler学者将获得两年的奖学金支持以及咨询和指导支持，以确保毕业和成功就业的适当进展。学者将参与跨学科的研究和教育，并接受培训，以发展网络安全职业所需的批判性思维，独立性，团队合作和技术知识。这些服务奖学金将为学者提供必要的实践培训和教育，以作为政府劳动力的一部分开始成功的网络安全职业生涯。为了确保该计划的有效性和可持续性，将采用全面的形成性和总结性评估机制来评估学生学者的进展和成就。这些将特别关注学者的技能发展，知识获取和准备，以满足国家的网络安全劳动力需求。该项目旨在通过战略招聘，跨学科的网络安全课程，严格的评估和政府合作伙伴关系，培养能够积极影响国家安全并应对网络环境不断变化的挑战的网络安全专业人员。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。