Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
361 Sam Houston State University (142249)
Principal Investigator: Zhou, Bing
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 985,055
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 1/1/23 - 12/31/27
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Computer Science
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Department of Computer Science
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Developing Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Education at SHSU
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
National Science Foundation
CFDA Link: NSF
47.076
Program Title:
n/a
CFDA Linked: Education and Human Resources
Note:
SAMS 1.3.2: Sam Houston State University (SHSU) proposes a new SFS program including four cohort classes of undergraduate and graduate students with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary cybersecurity and cyber forensics education and research opportunities for scholars. We aim at preparing 16 scholars to become leaders in the cybersecurity workforce. Important sub-goals of the project are to increase the percentage of scholars who are from underrepresented minority (URM) groups and to support transfer students from community colleges. SHSU is a Doctoral Research, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), with a strong focus on STEM. It is a national Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CDE) designated by both National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It has been selected as a partner in the United States Cyber Command’s Academic Engagement Network (AEN) to better engage our future cyber professionals with 70 universities, 14 community colleges, 4 service academies and 4 federal graduate-level colleges in the network. This program will educate and train scholars in different aspects of cybersecurity, integrating multiple disciplines (Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, Data Science, Criminal Justice, Security Studies, and Forensic Science) and including practical, hands-on applications of those aspects in an effort to alleviate the country’s cybersecurity workforce shortages. We will prepare students to make substantial contributions to our country’s cybersecurity defenses, and we will also enhance scholar, student, and faculty research and its impact on government agencies, industries, and communities. This program targets the final two or three years of education of undergraduate and graduate students, and will provide academic advisement, research and career mentoring, extracurricular activities, and coordinating placement with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for internship and service.
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