NSF Org:	DGE Division Of Graduate Education
Recipient:	GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
Initial Amendment Date:	January 20, 2022
Latest Amendment Date:	February 5, 2024
Award Number:	2146497
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Li Yang liyang@nsf.gov  (703)292-2677 DGE  Division Of Graduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	February 1, 2022
End Date:	January 31, 2027 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$3,921,999.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$2,105,217.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2022 = $1,119,210.00 FY 2024 = $986,007.00
History of Investigator:	Balasubramaniam Ramesh (Principal Investigator) bramesh@gsu.edu Anu Bourgeois (Co-Principal Investigator) Zhipeng Cai (Co-Principal Investigator) William Dicker (Co-Principal Investigator) Daniel Takabi (Former Principal Investigator) Balasubramaniam Ramesh (Former Co-Principal Investigator) Dmitry Zhdanov (Former Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Georgia State University Research Foundation, Inc. 58 EDGEWOOD AVE NE ATLANTA GA  US  30303-2921 (404)413-3570
Sponsor Congressional District:	05
Primary Place of Performance:	Georgia State University 58 Edgewood Avenue Atlanta GA  US  30303-2921
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	05
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	MNS7B9CVKDN7
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	CYBERCORPS: SCHLAR FOR SER
Primary Program Source:	04002526DB NSF STEM Education 04002425DB NSF STEM Education 04002627DB NSF STEM Education 04002223DB NSF Education & Human Resource
Program Reference Code(s):	9179, 7434, 7254, 9178, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	166800
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

This project aims to address the growing need for a highly-skilled national cybersecurity workforce capable of responding to rapidly evolving challenges in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). With funding from the NSF CyberCorps(R) Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, Georgia State University (GSU) will produce graduates capable of assuming a variety of cybersecurity roles in the U.S. government. Moreover, the project will increase the diversity of the Federal cybersecurity workforce, leveraging GSU's position as a minority-serving institution (MSI). The SFS project will emphasize recruiting and graduating highly qualified candidates from groups that have remained underrepresented in the cybersecurity field, including those with military-affiliations, first-generation college attendees, and low-income students. This project's unique and innovative focus will impact the Nation's competitiveness and the U.S. government by producing highly skilled cybersecurity professionals who can develop and deploy trustworthy cybersystems to address grand challenges facing society.

GSU has established a strong curriculum in cybersecurity and privacy that balances technical rigor and hands-on experiences, offering students the opportunity to study various topics in cybersecurity and privacy. The project focuses on training and preparing a workforce with integrated cybersecurity, privacy, AI, and machine learning competencies to apply AI expertise to cybersecurity and build robust and trustworthy AI systems. Students will be prepared with the knowledge and practical skills to apply AI expertise and understand AI's safety, security, privacy, reliability, fairness, and ethical implications. Over a five-year period the project will provide scholarships to 25 students studying issues at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI. The SFS students will participate in an intensive academic program in cybersecurity, privacy, and trustworthy AI, including coursework and research in cutting-edge areas to sharpen the students' ability for creative thinking, making them better cybersecurity professionals. In addition to completing rigorous, required coursework, the SFS scholars will engage in experiential learning through opportunities for individual and group research projects and other extracurricular activities, which will provided deeply technical as well as interdisciplinary learning experiences and leadership development tailored to each student's preparation and aspiration.

This project is supported by the CyberCorps(R) 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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