CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: The Bulldog Cyber Scholarship

鲍伊州立大学(BSU)提出了一项新的CyberCorps®：服务奖学金(SFS)计划，名为斗牛犬网络奖学金(BullDog)计划。斗牛犬计划旨在通过向高度积极的网络安全专业学生颁发两年期奖学金，增加政府网络安全工作人员的新进入者的数量和多样性。这些学生包括北卡罗来纳州立大学计算机科学专业的学生和从社区大学转学过来的学生。斗牛犬计划将允许学生通过参与本科生研究来增强他们的知识和发展技能。北卡罗来纳州立大学被美国国家安全局和国土安全部指定为国家网络防御教育学术卓越中心。斗牛犬计划将加强现有的基础设施，吸引和支持学生进入网络安全专业。此外，该项目将受益于与社区大学现有的伙伴关系，通过这些伙伴关系，学生人才库获得了北卡罗来纳州立大学的准入，并继续进入STEM劳动力队伍。该项目的具体目标是：1)在五年内招收20名才华横溢、积极进取的学生。 2)与国家科学基金会计划办公室和美国人事管理办公室(OPM)密切合作，确保学生充分安置在政府网络安全职位上，至少70%的奖学金获得者获得联邦政府行政部门的安置；不超过20%的奖学金获得者进入非执行联邦机构、国家实验室或州、地方或部落政府组织；在提供SFS奖学金的合格高等教育机构的网络安全方面不超过10%。 3)为学生提供强大的支持系统，包括建议、指导和密切监控，以确保学者在进入项目后的两年内毕业。 4)为学生为长期的职业成功做准备，并培养出能够通过优质教育、教师指导研究和协作技能发展活动为国家国防做出贡献的专业人员。 该项目由CyberCorps®服务奖学金计划支持，它为建立或继续开展网络安全奖学金项目的提议提供资金，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 Bowie State University (BSU) proposes a new CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, called the Bulldog Cyber Scholarship (Bulldog) program. The Bulldog program aims to increase the quantity and diversity of new entrants to the government cybersecurity workforce by awarding two-year scholarships to highly motivated students specializing in cybersecurity. These include students from BSU's computer science major and those who transfer from community colleges. The Bulldog program will allow students to enhance their knowledge and develop technical skills by participating in undergraduate research. BSU has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. The Bulldog program will strengthen an existing infrastructure that attracts and supports students to enter the cybersecurity profession. In addition, the project will benefit from existing partnerships with community colleges through which the pool of student talent gains BSU access and continues into the STEM workforce. The specific objectives for the project are: 1) Recruit 20 talented and highly motivated students to the program over five years. 2) Work closely with the NSF SFS program office and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to ensure full placement of students into government cybersecurity positions, with at least 70 percent of scholarship recipients securing placement in the executive branch of the Federal government; no more than 20 percent of scholarship recipients in a non-executive federal agency, national laboratory, or state, local or tribal government organization; no more than 10 percent in cybersecurity at qualified institutions of higher education that provide SFS scholarships. 3) Provide the students with a robust support system that includes advising, mentoring, and close monitoring to ensure the scholars graduate within two years of entering the program. 4) Prepare students for long-term career success and produce professionals who can contribute to the defense of our nation through quality education, faculty-mentored research, and collaborative skills-development activities.  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.