NSF Summit Student Program for Cybersecurity in USA for University Students

Trusted CI is accepting applications for 2022 NSF Summit Student Program, The 2022 NSF Cybersecurity Summit will be held at the Monroe Convention Center on October 18–20, 2022 in Bloomington, IN. Every year, Trusted CI organizes and hosts the NSF Cybersecurity Summit to bring together leaders in NSF cybersecurity and cyberinfrastructure. To support workforce development, the Summit organizers invite several students to attend the Summit at no cost every year. Both undergraduate and graduate students may apply, no specific major or course of study is required, as long as the student is interested in learning and applying cybersecurity innovations to scientific endeavors.

The most successful applicants will:

• Be prepared to actively engage and participate with the programming.
• Make it known that they are interested in complex cybersecurity needs around and new, efficient, effective ways to protect information assets while supporting science, even if they are new to the subject matter - let the program committee know why you are interested in this subject matter ; and
• Relay at least 1-3 personal goals they would strive to meet while at the summit.

Highlighting these interests in the application will allow the review committee to understand why the student feels he or she will be best suited to attend the conference.

1. Students may either self-nominate or be nominated by a mentor or teacher.
2. To be considered, students must submit a one-page letter (800-word maximum) describing their interest in and any relevant experience with cybersecurity, emphasizing the benefit to the student and/or community of their attendance at the Summit.
3. This letter must include the student's name, contact information, the institution of higher education of attendance, and their current expected year of graduation. A resume may be submitted in substitution for the requested information.
4. Up to fifteen successful student applicants will receive invitations to attend the Summit at no cost.
5. All applications will be reviewed by the Program Committee and students will be selected. The Program Committee will select students with an interest in advancing diversity and inclusiveness in the program.
6. For more information on the event itself, please visit: https://www.trustedci.org/2022-cybersecurity-summit

About Trusted CI:

As the National Science Foundation Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, Trusted CI draws on expertise from multiple internationally recognized institutions, including Indiana University, the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, and Berkeley Lab. Drawing on this expertise, Trusted CI collaborates with NSF-funded research organizations to focus on addressing the unique cybersecurity challenges faced by such entities. 

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