Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service Program at UTD

德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校(UTD)已将发展研究和教学项目以“确保国家安全”确定为其六个战略目标之一，并设立了NSF服务奖学金(SFS)项目。该计划建立在UTD自2000年以来一直在发展的信息保障(IA)方面强大的教育和研究基础上。该项目的主要目标是在研究生水平IA集中跟踪计划中至少毕业22名高素质的学生，并提供积极的指导和支持，以成功地将毕业生安置在有保障的联邦职位上。一个由多个政府机构资助的从事与IA相关的研究的教员团队利用这些研究活动来加强SFS学生的教育过程。该项目包括大量的研究经验，预计学生将在期刊和会议记录上发表论文。这种研究、开发和教育努力的整合，以及与工业界、学术界和研究实验室的密切合作，使我们能够招收和毕业在理论和实践方面都具有网络安全知识的学生。该项目缩小了目前国家信息基础设施在网络安全方面的人员差距，并在招收妇女和少数族裔学生方面采取了一种很有前途的办法。

The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has identified the development of research and teaching programs to "make the nation secure" as one of its six strategic goals and establishes an NSF scholarship for Service (SFS) program. The program is built on strong educational and research foundations in Information Assurance (IA) that UTD has been developing since 2000. The main objectives of the project are to graduate at least 22 highly qualified students in the graduate level IA concentration track program and to provide active mentoring and support to successfully place the graduates in covered federal positions.A team of faculty, engaged in IA-related research funded by various government agencies, leverages these research activities to enhance the education process of SFS students. The program includes a substantial research experience and students are expected to publish papers in journals and conference proceedings. This integration of research, development and education efforts as well as close collaborations with industry, academia and research labs enable to recruit and graduate students with knowledge of cybersecurity both in theory and practice. The project reduces the current personnel gap in cyber security for the national information infrastructure and it implements a promising approach for recruiting women and minority students.