National Science Foundation 1 Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Where Its Been, Where Its Going Dr. Ernest L. McDuffie [email protected].

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Federal Cyber Service:Scholarship for Service (SFS)

Where It’s Been, Where It’s Going

Dr. Ernest L. [email protected]

Secure IT - 24 April 2003Division of Undergraduate Education

National Science Foundation

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• Established in 1950 to promote and advance scientific progress in the US by supporting scientific research and selected activities in education and engineering

• Agency does not conduct research

General Information About NSF

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NSF Modes of Support

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National Science Foundation Organization

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Education and Human Resources (EHR)

E lem en ta ry , S ec on d a ry , a n dIn fo rm a l E d u c a tion

(E S IE )

D iv is ion o f G ra d u a teE d u c a tion (D G E )

E d u c a tion a l S ys tem R efo rm(E S R )

H u m a n R esou rc eD evelop m en t

(H R D )

E xp erim en ta l P rog ra m toS tim u la te C om p etitive

R esea rc h (E P S C oR )

D iv is io n o f U n d erg ra d u a teE d u ca tio n (D U E )

R esea rc h , E va lu a tion ,a n d C om m u n ic a tion

(R E C )

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• Assessment of Student Achievement (ASA) in Undergraduate Education

• Advanced Technological Education (ATE)

• Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)

• Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship (CSEMS)

• National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technological Education Digital Library (NSDL)

• NSF Director’s Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars (DTS)

• Federal Cyber Service : Scholarship for Service (SFS)

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teacher Preparation (STEMTP)

Programs in DUE

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FY00 Actual FY01 Actual FY02 Actual FY03 Request FY03 Actual FY04 Request

ASA NA $3.00 $3.00 $3.00 $3.00 $3.00

CCLI $47.13 $46.63 $46.56 $45.63 $43.63*** $37.63

Noyce NA NA $5.00 $4.00 $7.00 $4.00

ATE $29.25 $39.16 $39.11 $38.16 $43.16 $38.16

DTS NA $1.51 $1.51 $1.51 $1.51 $1.51

NSDL $13.00 $24.95 $24.56 $23.60 $22.60*** $18.60

SFS NA $11.18 $11.16* $11.18 $11.18 $16.18

STEP NA NA $5.00 $2.00 $22.00 $7.00

STEMTP/CETP/TP $26.93 $14.52 $6.50 $6.52 $6.52 NA

Other NA NA NA NA NA 15.52§

Total Congressional Appropriations

$116.31 $140.95 $142.40 $135.60 $160.60 $141.60

CSEMS** $36.83 $52.54 $50.16 NA $30.0 (est) NA

Total From All Sources

$153.14 $193.49 $192.56 $135.60 $190.60 $141.60

DUE Funding (Dollars in Millions)

*Near the end of FY02, SFS received an additional $19.3 million for FY02

**The CSEMS program is funded through the H1-B Visas program

***Due to a $3 million arithmatic error, DUE received $2 million less in CCLI and $1 million less in NSDL than was originally congressionally budgeted

§"Other" FY04 Request includes $6.52 million to TPC, $8.5 million to Workforce for the 21st Century, and $1 million to HE-CLTs

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NSF-Wide Programs with an Undergraduate Component

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)Information Technology Research (ITR)Information Technology Workforce (ITW)Partnerships for Innovation (PFI)Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Womenin Academic Science and Engineering Careers (ADVANCE)

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Programs in Other Directorates/Divisions with an Undergraduate Component

Directorate/Division ProgramCISE/EIA CISE Minority Institutions Infrastructure (MII)CISE&ENG Combined Research-Curriculum Development

(CRCD)EHR/DGE Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education

(GK-12)EHR/HRD Activities in Science, Engineering & Mathematics

for Persons with Disabilities (PPD)EHR/HRD Historically Black Colleges & Universities

Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP)EHR/HRD Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation

(LSAMP)

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Programs in Other Directorates/Divisions with an Undergraduate Component, con’t

Directorate/Division ProgramEHR/HRD Program for Gender Equity in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology

(PGE)ENG/EEC The Action Agenda for Engineering Curriculum

InnovationGEO Geoscience EducationMPS/DMS Grants for Vertical Integration of Research and

Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE)EHR/HRD Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP)

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Division of Graduate

Education (DGE)DGE supports the following programs:

Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF)Graduate Teaching Fellowships in K-12 Education (GK-12)Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeships

(IGERT)NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowships in Science and

Engineering (NATO)Travel Grants for NATO Advanced Study Institutes (ASI)

www.ehr.nsf.gov/dge/

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Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS)

Purpose

To increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the US higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields.

Tracks

• Scholarship

• Capacity Building

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Scholarship Track

• Funding for students in last 2 years of bachelors or masters or Ph.D. program in IA

• Required federal service upon graduation, 2 years

• Cohort management and support

• Summer internships at federal agencies

• Open to institutions with CAE/IAE certification or equivalent

Capacity Building

• Institutional capacity to develop IA program

• Consortia

• Minority-serving institutions support

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Typical Capacity Building Projects

• Adaptation and Implementation: The program wishes to foster collaboration and dialogue among institutions offering courses and programs in information assurance.

• Curriculum and Educational Materials Development: Supported activities should affect the learning environment, course content, and the experience of instruction.

• Faculty Development: Grants are made to CAE/IAE designated or equivalent institutions for the development and implementation of activities that assist faculty from other institutions to learn about recent advances in information assurance and computer security and to improve their instructional capability in these areas.

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SFS FY’01 Award InformationAward total: $11.2M

6 Scholarship awards

8 Capacity building

SFS FY’02 Award InformationAward total: $11.2M + $19.3M supplemental

15 Total Scholarship Awards now in effect

14 Total Capacity building

SFS FY’03 Award Information (to be announced)Award total: $11.2M

4 New Scholarship Awards – now 19 total

19 New Capacity Building Awards – now 33 total

SFS Proposal InformationDue date: December, 2003 (anticipated)

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SFS Program Issues

• Graduate Placement– Summer Internships– Permanent Positions– Security Clearances– Timeliness

• Working with OPM– Their web site and database

• SFS will be producing about 350 graduates per year by the end of 2003!

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Special Projects

• Projects/ideas that do NOT fit into existing programs– Workshops

– Faculty enhancement activities

• Funded by ‘leftover’ program monies– Not a large amount of funds

• Requirements:– 1-3 page white paper describing project, including rationale and impact

– Preliminary budget

– Approximately $75K max

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SFS Related Research Issues

• Critical Infrastructure Protection• Authentication and cryptography• Computer forensics and intrusion detection• Reliability of computer and network applications,

middleware, operating systems, and communications infrastructure

• Privacy and confidentiality• Remote access and wireless security

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Research Issues, Continued

• Network security architecture, including tools for security administration and analysis such as firewall technology

• Emerging threats, including malicious such as viruses and worms

• Vulnerability assessments and techniques for quantifying risk

• Operations and control systems management

• Management of interoperable digital certificates or digital watermarking

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How to Really Know About a Program

• Become a reviewer for the proposals submitted to the program

– Give us a business card

– Send email to the lead program officer

• Your name will be added to the database of potential reviewers

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Contact NSF

• Telephone 703-292-5111 (NSF Information Center)

• Websites:http://www.nsf.gov/

http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/DUE/program/sfs/

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Any Questions?

Thanks for your attention!

Dr. Ernest L. McDuffie

[email protected]

703.292.4655