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National Science Foundation Programs Supporting Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

National Science Foundation Programs Supporting Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development. Victor Piotrowski, Ph.D. Lead Program Director Directorate for Education and Human Resources National Science Foundation Component 2 Lead National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE).

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National Science Foundation Programs Supporting Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

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  1. National Science Foundation ProgramsSupporting Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development Victor Piotrowski, Ph.D. Lead Program Director Directorate for Education and Human Resources National Science Foundation Component 2 Lead National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)

  2. Cybersecurity Education - Funding Opportunities at NSF • CyberCorps®:Scholarship for Service (SFS) –$300-900K per project; $1-5M/Scholarship grant • Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Education Perspective (SaTC-EDU) – up to $300K/project • Advanced Technological Education (ATE) – up to $800K/ project or $3-5M/centers

  3. SFS Mission and Structure • The CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields to meet the needs of our increasingly technological society. • The SFS program is composed of two tracks: • The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships to students. • The Capacity Building Track providing funds to support curriculum, outreach, faculty, institutional, and/or partnership development.

  4. SFS Website: www.sfs.opm.gov

  5. SFS Statistics

  6. Pipeline Problem

  7. Clearance Problem

  8. Ecosystem Problem

  9. Teaching hospitals for law school graduates

  10. The CyberCenter™ Program – Brookdale CC Pilot (NSF funded)

  11. Learning in Informal Settings

  12. National Cybersecurity Sports Federation (NSF #1343536) “…This project develops NCSF, an organization and infrastructure, to support current and future cyber competitions, to help create rules of the game, determine learning objectives, eligibility, metrics, and a code of ethics. A network of stakeholders is organized in a manner that does not threaten individual competitions but provides value to the collective endeavor. The project provides a shared pathway vision for students to learn cyber competitions the way athletes learn a sport. It negotiates an agreement on common goals, learning objectives, performance measurements, and desired outcomes…”

  13. Questions? Comments? vpiotrow@nsf.gov

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