CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (Renewal): Defending the National Cyber Infrastructure

该项目支持CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划在佛罗里达州立大学（FSU）的延续。更新资金将支持32个奖学金，以本科和研究生SFS学者寻求科学学士/理学硕士或理学硕士学位的网络安全。该项目的组成部分旨在为毕业生提供通用计算和安全技能，这将直接影响联邦劳动力的信息保证和取证能力。SFS学者将有机会在现实世界的项目合作，以获得实践经验，提高实习和就业前景。此外，更新项目旨在加强努力，让在网络安全领域参与人数不足的团体成员以及其他非传统学生参与。拟议项目将通过以下七个目标解决当前网络安全人员的缺口。首先是确定和招募SFS学者，重点是招募女性学生或没有参与网络安全领域历史的少数群体成员。其次是通过队列班招生，专门的教学助理，动手课程，以及SFS学者和现有的学术支持单位之间的互动来提高保留率。第三是为这些SFS学者确定实习，前沿研究（在网络安全，人工智能和机器学习的交叉点），领导力和推广机会。第四是收集当前SFS学者的反馈，以完善奖学金项目的产品和课程。第五是使用一个系统来支持和安置至少70%的前苏联SFS毕业生在联邦执行机构，高达20%的毕业生在其他机构，高达10%的毕业生在提供SFS奖学金的机构。第六是确定影响学生获得SFS奖学金的因素，并增加妇女和少数民族在SFS计划中的参与。最后，第七个目标是通过出版物传播教育成果和网络安全研究。该项目由CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划提供支持，该计划为建立或继续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，以培养一支上级网络安全队伍。毕业后，奖学金获得者需要在联邦，州，地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作与他们的奖学金支持相同的时间。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。

This project supports the continuation of the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at Florida State University (FSU). Renewal funding will support 32 scholarships to undergraduate and graduate SFS scholars seeking combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Science or Master of Science degrees in cybersecurity. The project's components are designed to provide graduates with general computing and security skills that will directly impact the federal workforce's information assurance and forensics capabilities. SFS scholars will have the opportunity to collaborate on real-world projects to gain practical experience and enhance internship and job placement prospects. In addition, the renewal project aims to strengthen efforts to engage members of groups that are underrepresented in their participation in the cybersecurity field, as well as other non-traditional students. The proposed project will address the current cybersecurity personnel gap through the following seven objectives. First is to identify and recruit SFS scholars with an emphasis on recruiting students who are women or members of minority groups that have not had a history of engagement with the field of cybersecurity. Second is to improve retention through cohort class enrollments, dedicated teaching assistants, hands-on curricula, and interactions between the SFS scholars and existing academic support units. Third is to identify internship, cutting-edge research (at the intersections of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and machine learning), leadership, and outreach opportunities for these SFS scholars. Fourth is to gather feedback from current SFS scholars to refine the scholarship project's offerings and curricula. Fifth is to use a system to endorse and place at least 70% of FSU SFS graduates in federal executive agencies, up to 20% of graduates in other agencies, and up to 10% of graduates in institutions that offer SFS scholarships. Sixth is to identify factors that influence students to obtain an SFS scholarship and increase the participation of women and minorities in the SFS program. Finally, the seventh objective is to disseminate educational findings and cybersecurity research through publications.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.