Collaborative Research: Conference: 2023 Workshop for Aspiring PIs in Secure and Trusted Cyberspace

该项目资助了一个为期1.5天的研讨会，以支持那些渴望成为NSF安全和值得信赖的网络空间（SaTC）赠款的主要研究人员（PI）。研讨会的目标是为有抱负的PI提供指导和指导，以撰写提案，这可能是他们的第一次尝试，也可能是被拒绝的提案，需要在重新提交之前进行工作。讲习班的创新之处在于，通过与导师一对一的会议，参加模拟小组讨论，以及编写执行摘要，将其发展成为提交给南大西洋技术合作委员会的完整提案，侧重于制定全面的研究计划。 该研讨会更广泛的意义和重要性在于，许多拥有高质量研究项目的研究人员可能在开发关键提案写作和演讲技巧方面缺乏支持，最终将他们排除在资助机会之外。除了支持有抱负的PI外，研讨会还将通过寻求具有多个维度不同背景的参与者来扩大SaTC计划的参与。这些包括但不限于来自小型和大型组织的人员; R1，R2和文科学校;对CORE感兴趣的研究人员，以及SATC的EDU和TTP计划;从事网络安全广度的研究人员，从硬件，软件，隐私，人为因素;该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

This project funds a 1.5 day workshop to support researchers who aspire to be principal investigators (PIs) on NSF’s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) grants. The goal of the workshop is to provide mentorship and guidance to aspiring PIs for writing proposals, which might be either their first attempt or a declined proposal who needs work prior resubmission. The workshop’s novelties are a focus on developing comprehensive research plans, through one-on-one meetings with mentors, participating in mock panels, and developing an executive summary that can be developed into a full proposal submitted to SaTC. The workshop’s broader significance and importance are that many researchers with quality research programs may lack support in developing critical proposal writing and presentation skills that end up excluding them from funding opportunities. In addition to supporting aspiring PIs, the workshop will broaden participation in the SaTC program by seeking participants with diverse backgrounds in multiple dimensions. These include but are not limited to those from small and large organizations; R1, R2 and liberal arts schools; researchers interested in the CORE, as well as the EDU and TTP programs of SaTC; researchers engaged with the breadth of cybersecurity, from hardware, software, privacy, human factors; and aspiring PIs from traditionally underrepresented groups in computing.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.