CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: CyberRamblers Bolster National Security

Cyber​​Corps 服务奖学金：Cyber​​Ramblers 支持国家安全

• 批准号: 2336386
• 负责人: David Chan-Tin
• 金额: $ 380.3万
• 依托单位: Loyola University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2028-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2336386&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CyberCorps; Scholarship; Service; CyberRamblers; Bolster

Cybersecurity is critical to all aspects of modern life, from energy, commerce, finance, education, and healthcare to manufacturing and agriculture. Well-trained cybersecurity professionals serving in the government workforce are critical to national security. This project will establish the CyberRamblers – Loyola University Chicago CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service program to improve the United States' national security. Scholars will be trained in technical knowledge from Computer Science and Cybersecurity, and social and behavioral knowledge of cybercrime from Psychology, and Criminal Justice and Criminology. This leads to scholars receiving a well-rounded cybersecurity education and training. Four cohorts of undergraduate students majoring in the B.S. for Cybersecurity program will be recruited for a total of 20 students over five years. The student recruitment process emphasizes recruiting and retaining members of underrepresented and underserved groups. The outcome of this project will be a well-prepared cohort of cybersecurity professionals and leaders ready to meet the nation’s cybersecurity workforce needs.The project will build on the existing interdisciplinary cybersecurity program to recruit students from Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Psychology, and Criminal Justice and Criminology. Each CyberRambler scholar will receive two years of scholarship support and advising and mentoring support to ensure adequate progress toward graduation and successful job placement. Scholars will be involved in interdisciplinary research and education and receive training to develop the critical thinking, independence, teamwork, and technical knowledge required in a cybersecurity career. These scholarships for service will provide the necessary hands-on training and education for scholars to start a successful cybersecurity career as part of the government workforce. To ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of the program, comprehensive formative and summative evaluation mechanisms will be used to assess the progress and achievements of the student scholars. These will specifically focus on scholars’ skill development, knowledge acquisition, and readiness to meet the nation's cybersecurity workforce needs. This project aims to create cybersecurity professionals who will positively impact national security and meet the evolving challenges of the cyber landscape through strategic recruitment, interdisciplinary cybersecurity-focused curriculum, rigorous evaluation, and government partnerships.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.

网络安全对现代生活的各个方面都至关重要，从能源、商业、金融、教育、医疗保健到制造业和农业，在政府工作人员中服务的训练有素的网络安全专业人员对国家安全至关重要。芝加哥大学 Cyber​​Corps® 服务奖学金计划旨在改善美国的国家安全，学者们将接受计算机科学和网络安全方面的技术知识以及心理学、刑事司法和犯罪学领域的网络犯罪社会和行为知识方面的培训。接收全面的网络安全教育和培训将在五年内招收四批网络安全理学士学位课程的学生，共计 20 名学生。该项目的成员将是一群准备充分的网络安全专业人员和领导者，随时准备满足国家网络安全劳动力的需求。该项目将建立在现有的跨学科网络安全项目的基础上，招收计算机科学、网络安全、心理学和计算机科学等领域的学生。每位 Cyber​​Rambler 学者将获得两年的奖学金支持以及建议和指导支持，以确保在毕业和成功就业方面取得足够进展。学者们将参与跨学科研究和教育，并接受培训以培养批判性思维和独立性。这些服务奖学金将为学者提供必要的实践培训和教育，以确保该计划的有效性和可持续性。 ，全面的正式和总结性评估机制将用于评估学生学者的进步和成就，这些机制将特别关注学者的技能发展、知识获取以及满足国家网络安全劳动力需求的准备情况。通过招聘战略性、跨学科的以网络安全为重点的课程、严格的评估和政府合作伙伴关系，影响国家安全并应对网络环境不断变化的挑战。该项目得到 Cyber​​Corps® 服务奖学金 (SFS) 计划的支持，该计划资助建立或继续网络安全方面的奖学金计划并调整根据美国国家网络战略，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、地方或部落政府组织从事网络安全工作，期限与奖学金支持的期限相同。该奖项反映了这一点。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，NSF 的法定使命被认为值得支持。