CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (Renewal): Interdisciplinary Scholarship for Service for the Intermountain West

1998年，爱达荷州立大学（ISU）是美国国家安全局（NSA）指定的首批信息保障（现为网络防御）学术卓越中心之一。自2003年以来，ISU一直提供服务奖学金（SFS），在此期间，它为联邦政府组织培养了100名网络安全专业人员。ISU SFS毕业生已经成为行政部门机构、企业家和学者的首席信息安全官（ciso），为支持国家安全和科学界的强大网络安全生态系统做出贡献。该项目扩展了ISU的承诺，通过在未来五年内为联邦就业培养合格的，适应性强的跨学科毕业生来捍卫国家安全。为了实现这一目标，国际滑联将从不同的学术背景中选择积极性高、表现优异的学生。选定的SFS学者将参与以群体为基础的教育专业体验。他们将参与解决复杂的网络安全挑战，包括在地区高等教育机构中规划、设计和开展年度网络安全竞赛。SFS学者将在正式的课堂环境中从合格的教职员工那里学习网络安全战略、联邦政策、风险管理和事件响应。SFS学者将能够通过研究机会、网络安全竞赛和最终的网络安全项目，应用他们的知识来解决当前和未来的挑战。SFS学者将定期与ISU SFS校友互动，他们可以为奖学金获得者提供有关网络安全领域联邦服务的相关和及时的见解。SFS学者将准备并参加外部验证的专业认证考试，如Security+和CISSP。ISU SFS学者将在联邦行政部门实习并接受就业。该项目由CyberCorps®服务奖学金（SFS）计划支持，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，以培养优秀的网络安全劳动力。毕业后，奖学金获得者必须在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织的网络安全部门工作，工作时间与奖学金支持时间相同。  该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In 1998, Idaho State University (ISU) was among the country’s first National Security Agency (NSA)-designated Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance (now Cyber Defense). ISU has offered the Scholarship for Service (SFS) continually since 2003 – over which time it has produced 100 cybersecurity professionals for federal government organizations. ISU SFS graduates have gone on to become Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) in executive branch agencies, entrepreneurs, and academics, contributing to a robust cybersecurity ecosystem that supports national security and scientific community. This project extends ISU’s commitment to defend national security by producing qualified, adaptable and interdisciplinary graduates for federal employment over the next five years. In order to achieve its goal, ISU will select highly motivated, high-performing students from diverse academic backgrounds. Selected SFS scholars will engage in a cohort-based, education-professional experience. They will be engaged in solving complex cybersecurity challenges, including planning, designing, and carrying out an annual cybersecurity competition in regional institutions of higher education. SFS scholars will learn cybersecurity strategy, federal policy, risk management, and incident response from qualified faculty and staff in formal classroom settings. SFS scholars will be able to apply their knowledge to solve current and future challenges through research opportunities, cybersecurity competitions, and a final cybersecurity project. SFS scholars will interact regularly with ISU SFS alumni, who can provide scholarship recipients with relevant and timely insights about federal service in the cybersecurity field. SFS scholars will prepare for and take externally validated professional certification exams, such as Security+ and CISSP. ISU SFS scholars will serve as interns for and accept employment in the federal executive branch. 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.