Targeted Infusion Project: Workforce Development for a New Generation of Cyber Security Systems

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP），通过有针对性的输液项目，支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求STEM研究生课程和/或职业。哥伦比亚特区的大学渴望通过加强该机构的计算机科学课程和提供更多的机会来培训更多的学生进入所说的劳动力，以支持国家的努力，以加强其网络安全劳动力。该机构处于有利地位，可以影响来自STEM领域代表性不足群体的大量学生。 该项目的成功实施将为同类院校的其他类似项目树立一个典范。该项目承诺：1）通过开发三门新的网络安全课程，加强UDC本科生的学习体验，这三门课程将成为跨学科网络安全辅修课程的一部分; 2）通过启动暑期网络安全研究计划，激发本科生参与网络安全研究;和3）通过实施与网络安全相关的外展活动，以及通过吸引从当地高中和社区学院招募的现有和潜在的UDC学生，增加UDC的学生入学率和保留率。预计至少有600名学生将直接受到影响，并受益于，在本项目期间拟议的活动。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。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), through Targeted Infusion Projects, supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The University of the District of Columbia aspires to support the nation’s efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity workforce by enhancing the institution’s computer science curriculum and providing more opportunities to train more students to enter said workforce. The institution is well-positioned to impact large numbers of students from underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Successful implementation of the project will establish a model for other analogous programs at peer institutions.The project promises to: 1) strengthen the learning experience of UDC undergraduate students by developing three new cybersecurity courses that will be part of an interdisciplinary cybersecurity minor; 2) stimulate the undergraduate students’ participation in cybersecurity research by launching a summer cybersecurity research program; and 3) increase student enrollment and retention at UDC by implementing outreach activities related to cybersecurity, and by engaging existing and potential UDC students, recruited from local high schools and community colleges. It is expected that at least 600 students will be directly impacted, and benefit from, the proposed activities during the period of this project.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.