CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Building Research-minded Cyber Leaders

该项目将在杨百翰大学(BYU)建立一个新的CyberCorps®服务奖学金(SFS)计划。在接下来的五年里，该项目将支持23名学习网络安全的本科生和研究生。这些未来的网络领导者将进入政府工作队伍，在网络安全的技术和人力方面奠定坚实的基础。SFS本科生和研究生将有机会参与教师指导的研究、杨百翰大学安全运营中心(SOC)、新的网络诊所、网络安全和网络俱乐部、比赛、招聘会、政府实习和外联工作。此外，该项目将促进杨百翰大学的战略增强，旨在提高网络安全学生多样性的形象，在SFS学生中建立一个强大的社区，并促进学生研究。这反过来将为政府提供一批越来越多样化的有能力、人脉广泛的毕业生，为解决当今和未来的网络安全挑战做好准备。杨百翰大学SFS项目旨在激励学生成为政府中的道德网络领袖，提高杨百翰大学网络安全项目和机会的知名度，并进一步发展与政府机构的合作伙伴关系。该项目将支持SFS学生研究研讨会，这是一个与杨百翰STEM博览会相关的政府网络安全职业活动，以及新的多元化推广努力，将更好地整合校园内的努力(例如，杨百翰工程、女性参与网络安全俱乐部、CS归属感、计算机科学女性、杨百翰多元文化学生服务)和社区，以招募更多女性、少数族裔和第一代学生进入该领域。一个新的网络安全SFS研讨会将有助于在SFS的学生和教职员工之间建立一个社区，并邀请来自其他大学和政府机构的专家。参与研究的学生将与教师合作学习高度优先的领域，包括人工智能和网络安全、网络安全的人的方面、嵌入式系统安全、网络安全和网络安全教育。SFS研究生将围绕网络安全主题完成一篇严谨的论文，帮助他们为政府机构内的尖端研究做准备。该项目由CyberCorps®服务奖学金(SFS)计划支持，该计划为建立或继续开展网络安全奖学金计划提供资金，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以培养一支优秀的网络安全队伍。毕业后，奖学金获得者被要求在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作中工作，时间与他们的奖学金支持相同。这一奖项反映了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 will establish a new CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at Brigham Young University (BYU). Over the next five years, this project will support 23 undergraduate and graduate students studying Cybersecurity. These future cyber leaders will enter the government workforce with a strong grounding in cybersecurity's technical and human dimensions. SFS undergraduate and graduate students will have opportunities to participate in faculty-mentored research, BYU’s Security Operations Center (SOC), a new CyberClinic, cybersecurity and networking clubs, competitions, career fairs, government internships, and outreach efforts. In addition, this project will enable strategic enhancements at BYU designed to increase the cybersecurity student diversity profile, build a strong community among SFS students, and promote student research. This will, in turn, provide the government with an increasingly diverse set of capable, well-connected graduates ready to solve the cybersecurity challenges of today and the future.The BYU SFS program is designed to motivate students to become ethical cyber leaders in government, raise the visibility of cybersecurity programs and opportunities at BYU, and further develop partnerships with government agencies. The project will support an SFS student research symposium, a government cybersecurity career event tied to BYU’s STEM Fair, and new diversity outreach efforts that will better integrate efforts across campus (e.g., BYU Engineering BE Together, Women in Cybersecurity Club, CS Belonging, Women in Computer Science, BYU Multicultural Student Services) and the community to recruit more women, minorities, and first-generation students into the field. A new Cybersecurity SFS Seminar will help build a community among SFS students and faculty and bring in experts from other universities and government agencies. Students participating in research will work with faculty studying high-priority areas, including AI and cybersecurity, human aspects of cybersecurity, embedded systems security, network security, and cybersecurity education. Graduate SFS students will complete a rigorous thesis centered around a cybersecurity topic, helping prepare them for cutting-edge research within government institutions.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.