CyberCorps Scholarship for Service at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校 Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金

• 批准号: 1565521
• 负责人: Brian Levine
• 金额: $ 418.93万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1565521&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; University; Massachusetts

This proposal will inaugurate a CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) at Amherst, the Commonwealth?s flagship institution of higher education. This program will support and expand several of the University?s advanced programs that educate and train cybersecurity researchers and professionals. It will support four interdisciplinary cohorts of seven scholars across four nationally-recognized colleges and departments at UMass: computer science, electrical and computer systems engineering, mathematics and statistics, and business. The proposed program has several key objectives. It will create the CyberCorps® community that ensures their success through strong peer-mentoring, faculty advising, and academic and professional support. The program intends a 100% placement in government cybersecurity positions, leveraging the UMass faculty?s many relationships with various federal and state labs and offices. UMass?s academic programs in cybersecurity have and will continue to provide high-quality education and research opportunities, with instruction from and collaboration with leading scholars in the field. Its academic programs will address the multifaceted nature of cybersecurity by continuing to expand and integrating interdisciplinary material. The program will prepare students for successful careers in cybersecurity, through a combination of strong curricula, ample professional development, extensive advising, interdisciplinary enrichment, and access to recruiting opportunities. In addition, the program will continue and expand UMass?s existing mechanisms to recruit and retain women and underrepresented minorities into our undergraduate and graduate programs. This program will directly impact the cybersecurity workforce by training 28 cybersecurity professionals. Further, this program directly encourages interdisciplinary work between faculty. More generally, the developments under this program, including curriculum, professional development, broad interdisciplinary collaboration, and recruiting focused on women and underrepresented minorities will provide a broad and sustained base to attract more students into UMass?s cybersecurity programs into the foreseeable future.

该提案将在位于阿默斯特的马萨诸塞大学 (UMass) 启动 Cyber​​Corps® 服务奖学金 (SFS) 项目，该项目是英联邦旗舰高等教育机构。它将支持麻省大学四个国家认可的学院和系的四个跨学科研究人员和专业人士：计算机科学、电气和计算机系统工程、数学和统计学以及商业。它将创建 Cyber​​Corps® 社区，通过强有力的同行指导、教师建议以及学术和专业支持，确保他们 100% 担任政府网络安全职位，利用麻省大学教师与各个方面的关系。麻省大学的网络安全学术项目已经并将继续提供高质量的教育和研究机会，并与该领域的顶尖学者进行指导和合作。通过继续扩展和整合跨学科材料，该计划将通过结合强大的课程、充足的专业发展、广泛的建议、跨学科丰富和获得招聘机会，为学生在网络安全领域的成功职业做好准备。扩大麻省大学现有的机制，以招募和保留女性和代表性不足的少数族裔进入我们的本科生和研究生项目。该计划将通过培训 28 名网络安全专业人员来直接影响网络安全劳动力。这根据该计划，包括课程、专业发展、广泛的跨学科合作以及针对女性和代表性不足的少数族裔的招聘，将为在可预见的未来吸引更多学生加入麻省大学的网络安全计划提供广泛和持续的基础。