CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Graduating Workforce-Ready Cybersecurity Professionals

美国的经济竞争力和安全取决于国家培养足够的网络安全专业人员的能力，这些专业人员能够确保其网络基础设施的安全。该项目将向威奇托州立大学(WSU)网络安全专业的本科生和研究生颁发奖学金。将作出重大努力招收和留住优秀学生，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。因此，该项目将为政府服务提供源源不断的多样化的网络安全专业人员。威斯康星州立大学是堪萨斯州唯一一所为城市服务的研究机构，被指定为国家安全局和国土安全部网络防御教育学术卓越中心。威斯康星州立大学提供强大的网络安全研究生和本科生课程，以适应不同学术背景的学生。奖学金获得者将接受个性化的职业建议，重点是过渡到政府工作，并在完成网络安全学位的同时参与指导研究。学生将有机会在生物识别、网络物理系统安全、移动安全和无线网络安全等领域进行研究。该项目团队将利用其与校园内面向少数群体和安全的学生组织以及社区大学和当地高中的现有密切联系来招收学生。该项目还包括留住专家，他们将建立支持结构，包括家长指导，以应对来自代表性不足群体的学生面临的挑战。为了进一步提高我们课程的包容性，该项目将对参与项目的教师进行培训，让他们了解来自代表性不足群体的学生所面临的学术挑战。该项目得到了CyberCorps®服务奖学金(SFS)计划的支持，该计划为设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队伍。奖学金获得者毕业后必须在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织中从事网络安全工作，工作时间与他们的奖学金支持期限相同。 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。

The US economic competitiveness and security depend on the nation's ability to produce enough cybersecurity professionals who can secure its cyberinfrastructure. This project will award scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in cybersecurity programs at Wichita State University (WSU). Significant efforts will be made to recruit and retain outstanding students, including those from underrepresented groups. As a result, the project will provide a steady stream of diverse workforce-ready cybersecurity professionals for government service. WSU is the only urban-serving research institution in Kansas and is designated as a National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. WSU offers strong cybersecurity graduate and undergraduate programs that accommodate students with diverse academic backgrounds. Scholarship recipients will receive individualized career advising focused towards transitioning to a government job and participate in mentored research while completing a cybersecurity degree. Students will have an opportunity to conduct research in areas such as biometrics, cyberphysical system security, mobile security, and wireless network security. The project team will leverage its existing close ties with minority-oriented and security-oriented student organizations on campus, as well as with community colleges and local high schools, to recruit students. The project also includes retention specialists who will develop support structures, including parent mentoring, to tackle challenges faced by students from underrepresented groups. To further improve the inclusivity of our programs, the project will train participating faculty on the academic challenges faced by students from underrepresented groups. 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.