CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Developing the Cybersecurity Workforce in West Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas

该项目旨在通过从孟菲斯大学(UOFM)及其周边社区学院招聘、教育和培训一批不同的学者来满足国家对网络安全专业人员日益增长的需求，特别是在公共部门。它利用密歇根大学网络安全教育和研究项目的优势以及高度多样化的学生群体，为合格的学生进入公共部门的网络安全工作做好准备。招聘工作将特别侧重于代表性不足的学生，如妇女、少数族裔和退伍军人。该项目旨在提高政府组织对网络安全机会和职业道路的认识，特别是对西田纳西州、密西西比州和阿肯色州的学生。该项目将从密歇根大学计算机科学系、商业信息技术系、工程学系、刑事司法系和其他系招募四名学者。五个目标将指导项目的执行。首先是通过密歇根大学成熟的本科生和研究生网络安全课程来提高SFS学者的网络安全知识。第二，通过创新的网络安全项目和专业发展研讨会，提高SFS学者的实际网络安全技能。第三个目标是通过参与教师指导的网络安全研究来发展SFS学者解决问题的能力。第四，通过每月网络兵团研讨会和学生活动，提高SFS学者在网络安全就业市场的竞争优势。第五个目标是通过与密歇根大学少数群体、妇女和退伍军人组织的合作、与当地社区学院的伙伴关系以及社区外联活动，增加SFS学者的多样性。此外，该项目将建立一个可持续的奖学金管理计划，以处理招聘、指导、评估和保留工作。最后，将进行形成性和终结性评估，以衡量项目目标的成功实现。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，以培养一支优秀的网络安全劳动力队伍。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 seeks to address the growing national demand for cybersecurity professionals, especially in the public sector, by recruiting, educating, and training a diverse group of scholars from the University of Memphis (UofM) and its surrounding community colleges. It leverages the strengths of the cybersecurity education and research programs and highly diverse student populations at the UofM to prepare qualified students to enter the cybersecurity workforce in the public sector. Recruitment efforts will especially focus on underrepresented students, such as women, minorities, and veterans. This project aims to increase awareness of cybersecurity opportunities and career paths in government organizations, especially for West Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas students. This project will recruit four cohorts of scholars from the Departments of Computer Science, Business Information Technology, Engineering, Criminal Justice, and other departments at the UofM. Five goals will guide the execution of the project. First is to advance cybersecurity knowledge of SFS scholars through well-established undergraduate and graduate cybersecurity programs at the UofM. Second is to enhance hands-on cybersecurity skills of SFS scholars through innovative cybersecurity projects and professional development workshops. The third goal is to develop problem-solving capabilities of SFS scholars through participation in faculty-guided cybersecurity research. Fourth is to improve competitive advantages of SFS scholars in the cybersecurity job market through monthly CyberCorps seminars and student activities. The fifth goal is to increase the diversity of SFS scholars through collaboration with minority, women’s, and veterans’ organizations at the UofM, partnerships with local community colleges, and community outreach activities. Furthermore, this project will establish a sustainable scholarship management program to handle recruitment, mentoring, assessment, and retention. Finally, both formative and summative evaluations will be conducted to measure the success of achieving the project goals.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.