NSF Org:	DGE Division Of Graduate Education
Recipient:	SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	December 14, 2022
Latest Amendment Date:	December 14, 2022
Award Number:	2234710
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Ambareen Siraj asiraj@nsf.gov  (703)292-8182 DGE  Division Of Graduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	January 1, 2023
End Date:	December 31, 2027 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$2,792,651.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$985,055.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2023 = $985,055.00
History of Investigator:	Bing Zhou (Principal Investigator) zhou@shsu.edu Min Kyung An (Co-Principal Investigator) Cihan Varol (Co-Principal Investigator) Qingzhong Liu (Co-Principal Investigator) Narasimha Shashidhar (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Sam Houston State University 1806 AVE J HUNTSVILLE TX  US  77341-0001 (936)294-3621
Sponsor Congressional District:	17
Primary Place of Performance:	Sam Houston State University 1806 AVE J HUNTSVILLE TX  US  77341-2448
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	17
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	DJPXLZAE9931
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	CYBERCORPS: SCHLAR FOR SER
Primary Program Source:	04002324DB NSF STEM Education
Program Reference Code(s):	7254, 9102, 9178, 9179, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	166800
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

Sam Houston State University (SHSU) establishes a CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to serve four cohort classes of undergraduate and graduate students with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary education and research opportunities for scholars. The program will prepare 20 highly qualified students to become cyber leaders in the government workforce, with goals of increasing the percentage of scholars who are from underrepresented groups and supporting transfer students from community colleges. SHSU is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education designated by National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. As a Hispanic Serving Institution, the SHSU SFS program will also facilitate interactions with other minority serving institutions, building networks of universities and community colleges in the region recruiting cyber scholars.

The SFS program at SHSU will educate and train scholars in different aspects of cybersecurity, such as Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, and more. The interdisciplinary collaboration offers practical experiences to ease the transition into the workforce. The unique cross-department collaborative environment at SHSU will develop an interdisciplinary approach to educating and training cybersecurity workforce. Students will be prepared to make substantial contributions to our country?s cybersecurity defenses. This program targets the final two or three years of undergraduate and graduate students. The selected scholars will receive academic advisement, research and career mentoring, extracurricular activities, and coordinating placement with Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for internships and service.

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.

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