Collaborative Research: CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (Renewal): Strengthening the National Cybersecurity Workforce with Integrated Learning of AI/ML and Cybersecurity

合作研究：网络军团服务奖学金（续展）：通过人工智能/机器学习和网络安全的综合学习加强国家网络安全劳动力

• 批准号: 2234911
• 负责人: Fan Wu
• 金额: $ 286.35万
• 依托单位: Tuskegee University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2028-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2234911&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service

The growing nationwide shortage of cybersecurity professionals, especially in the federal government and defense critical infrastructure, has called for strategic measures to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity capacity. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and Tuskegee University (TU) are continuing their successful collaborative CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. This renewal program aims to produce additional well-prepared SFS graduates with integrated cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) competencies and place them in the federal government to combat cybersecurity threats aggravated by rapidly advancing AI technologies.The overarching goal of this renewal program is to recruit and retain talented students from diverse backgrounds, prepare them for cybersecurity careers, successfully mentor them through a Master of Science (MS) degree program, and place them in cybersecurity positions compliant with the SFS job-placement requirements. The collaborative SFS renewal will incorporate a series of innovations such as multiple program paths across cybersecurity and data science, enhanced cybersecurity training with embedded AI components, an inclusive program path for outstanding scholars from non-computing backgrounds, recruitment with emphasis on aptitude for federal service, career mentoring focused on federal employment, preparation to work with diverse individuals, and teamwork building activities. These innovations, along with the complementary strengths, synergistic efforts, and accumulated experiences of UTC and TU, will ensure the renewal program achieves its three objectives: 1) Recruiting and retaining talented, capable, and diverse SFS scholars; 2) Achieving scholar success through supporting services; and 3) Increasing workforce readiness of SFS scholars. To enhance inclusiveness, the renewal program will support SFS cohorts in three program paths at both UTC and TU: one for 3-year BS+MS degrees, one for 2-year MS degrees, and one for 3-year MS degrees. 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.The project at TU is partially funded through the Racial Equity in STEM Education program (EHR Racial Equity). The program supports research and practice projects that investigate how considerations of racial equity factor into the improvement of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce. Awarded projects seek to center the voices, knowledge, and experiences of the individuals, communities, and institutions most impacted by systemic inequities within the STEM enterprise. This program aligns with NSF’s core value of supporting outstanding researchers and innovative thinkers from across the Nation's diversity of demographic groups, regions, and types of organizations. Funds for EHR Racial Equity are pooled from programs across EHR in recognition of the alignment of its projects with the collective research and development thrusts of the four divisions of the directorate.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.

全国范围内网络安全专业人员的日益短缺，特别是在联邦政府和国防关键基础设施中，要求采取战略措施来加强国家的网络安全能力。田纳西大学查塔努加分校 (UTC) 和塔斯基吉大学 (TU) 正在继续其成功的合作。 Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划旨在培养更多具备网络安全和人工智能 (AI) 综合能力、准备充分的 SFS 毕业生，并将他们安置在联邦政府中，以应对因快速发展的人工智能而加剧的网络安全威胁。该更新计划的总体目标是招募和留住来自不同背景的优秀学生，为他们的网络安全职业做好准备，成功指导他们完成理学硕士 (MS) 学位课程，并将他们安置在符合 SFS 的网络安全职位协作性 SFS 更新将纳入一系列创新，例如跨网络安全和数据科学的多种项目路径、利用嵌入式人工智能组件强化网络安全培训、针对非计算背景的杰出学者的包容性项目路径、重点招聘等。关于联邦服务的能力，这些创新，加上 UTC 和 TU 的优势互补、协同努力和积累的经验，将确保更新计划实现其三个导师目标：1 ) 招募和留住有才华、有能力、多元化的 SFS 学者； 2) 通过支持服务实现学者的成功；以及 3) 提高 SFS 学者的劳动力准备度。 UTC 和 TU 的三个项目路径中的队列：一个为 3 年制 BS+MS 学位，一个为 2 年制 MS 学位，一个为 3 年制 MS 学位。该项目由 Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金 (SFS) 支持。 ）计划，该计划资助建立或继续网络安全奖学金计划的提案，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以培养优秀的网络安全劳动力，奖学金获得者毕业后必须在联邦、州、地方或地方从事网络安全工作。部落政府组织TU 项目的部分资金来自 STEM 教育中的种族平等计划（EHR 种族平等）。该计划支持研究和实践项目，调查如何将种族平等因素纳入科学技术的改进。 、工程和数学 (STEM) 教育和劳动力。该计划旨在集中受 STEM 企业内系统性不平等影响的个人、社区和机构的声音、知识和经验。支持杰出的研究人员和来自全国不同人口群体、地区和组织类型的创新思想家从整个 EHR 项目中汇集了 EHR 种族平等基金，以表彰其项目与四个部门的集体研究和开发主旨的一致性。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。