CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Cybersecurity Workforce Preparation

Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金：网络安全劳动力准备

• 批准号: 2043022
• 负责人: Yu Cai
• 金额: $ 337.82万
• 依托单位: Michigan Technological University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-02-15 至 2026-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2043022&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; Cybersecurity; Workforce

The nation is facing a significant shortage of well-trained and well-prepared cybersecurity professionals. To meet this workforce need, the CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program at Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) will train 20 undergraduate and graduate SFS scholars over a five-year period. These highly-skilled SFS scholars will be ready to enter the government's cybersecurity workforce upon graduation. Michigan Tech offers a number of high-quality cybersecurity and computing degree programs and faculty actively conduct externally supported research in emerging areas including cyber-physical systems, mobile computing, and network architecture. Michigan Tech also has a long history of offering cybersecurity outreach activities to K-12 teachers and students and of providing excellent career services for college students. The SFS program will create a supportive learning community to help these students complete their college education and join the cybersecurity workforce.The SFS program at Michigan Tech is a joint effort of multiple departments and programs. SFS scholars will be chosen from seven computing undergraduate majors and one cybersecurity master’s degree program. The SFS program allows multi-disciplinary study and broader participation with a mix of flexible curriculum tracks, including undergraduate majors and minors in cybersecurity and accelerated or regular master’s degrees in cybersecurity. The SFS program will also include student mentoring, training, and management activities, as well as coursework and personalized academic advising. Students will be mentored through individual meetings and group meetings, undergraduate/graduate research, professional development workshops, cybersecurity competitions/conferences, and outreach activities. In addition, the SFS program will collaborate with the Pavlis Honors College at Michigan Tech that affords students opportunities to design their own honors experience and participate in a dynamic learning community. The SFS program will recruit and retain underrepresented groups including women, minorities, first-generation / low-income students, and persons with disabilities. Throughout the project period, the project team will evaluate the effectiveness of conducted activities and achievement of job placement goals. The formative and summative assessment results will be used to refine the SFS program and apply best practices. In addition, project outcomes and evaluation results will be disseminated nationwide to help peer institutions and government agencies adopt best practices in cybersecurity education.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.

该国面临着训练有素且准备充分的网络安全专业人员的严重短缺。为了满足这一劳动力需求，密歇根州技术大学（密歇根理工学院）的Cyber​​corps®：服务奖学金（SFS）计划将在五年内培训20位本科和研究生SFS学者。这些高技能的SFS学者将准备在毕业后进入政府的网络安全劳动力。密歇根理工学院提供许多高质量的网络安全和计算学位课程，并在新兴地区积极进行外部支持的研究，包括网络物理系统，移动计算和网络体系结构。密歇根理工学院还拥有悠久的历史，可为K-12教师和学生提供网络安全外展活动，并为大学生提供出色的职业服务。 SFS计划将创建一个支持性学习社区，以帮助这些学生完成大学教育并加入网络安全劳动力。密歇根理工学院的SFS计划是多个部门和计划的共同努力。 SFS学者将从七个计算本科专业的专业和一个网络安全硕士学位课程中选择。 SFS计划允许多学科研究和更广泛的参与，包括柔性课程轨道，包括网络安全的本科专业和未成年人，以及网络安全方面的加速或常规硕士学位。 SFS计划还将包括学生的心理，培训和管理活动，以及课程和个性化的学术咨询。将通过个人会议和小组会议，本科/研究生研究，专业发展研讨会，网络安全竞赛/会议和外展活动来召唤学生。此外，SFS计划将与密歇根理工学院的Pavlis Honors学院合作，该学院为学生提供了设计自己的荣誉经验和参与动态学习社区的机会。 SFS计划将招募和保留代表性不足的团体，包括妇女，少数民族，第一代 /低收入学生以及残疾人。在整个项目期间，项目团队将评估开展活动的有效性和实现工作机会目标。形成性和总结性评估结果将用于完善SFS计划并采用最佳实践。 In addition, project outcomes and evaluation results will be disseminated nationwide to help peer institutions and government agencies adopt best practices in cybersecurity education.This project is supported by the Cyber​​Corps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, which funds proposals establishing or continuing science programs in cybersecurity and aligns with the U.S. National Cyber​​ ​​Strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce.毕业后，奖学金获得者必须在与科学支持相同的持续时间内为联邦，州，地方或部落政府组织的网络安全工作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准的评估来评估。