Scholarship for Service - The University of Texas at San Antonio

该项目的目标是为主修网络安全领域的本科生和研究生提供信息保证和网络安全奖学金和就业机会。德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校（UTSA）获得了美国国家安全局授予的国家信息保障教育学术卓越中心和研究学术卓越中心的称号。UTSA在本科阶段提供基础设施保障的专业和辅修课程，并在研究生阶段提供集中课程。它还提供计算机和信息安全在本科和研究生水平的浓度。拟议的项目减少了目前的人员缺口在网络安全的国家信息基础设施，它提供了一个机会，招收少数民族学生。UTSA是一所西班牙裔服务机构（HSI），超过58%的学生来自高等教育中代表性不足的群体。凭借与当地大型网络安全行业的联系，UTSA可以帮助解决该国网络安全专业人员严重短缺的问题。

The objective of this project is to provide Information Assurance and Cybersecurity scholarships and employment opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students who are majoring in a cybersecurity field. The project's focus is on both recruitment and retention of students including student mentoring and a Student Champions outreach program.The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has received the National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Center of Academic Excellence in Research designations from the National Security Agency. UTSA offers both a major and a minor in Infrastructure Assurance at the undergraduate level and a concentration at the graduate level. It also offers concentrations in Computer and Information Security at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.The proposed project reduces the current personnel gap in cyber security for the national information infrastructure and it presents an opportunity for recruiting minority students. UTSA is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with more than 58 percent of its students coming from groups underrepresented in higher education. With its ties to the large local cybersecurity industry, UTSA can help address the critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals the nation is experiencing.