Application Deadline: Friday, Nov. 12th Apply here.
Overview
Trusted
CI serves the scientific community as the NSF Cybersecurity Center of
Excellence, providing leadership in and assistance in cybersecurity in the
support of research. In 2019, Trusted CI is establishing an Open Science
Cybersecurity Fellows program. This program will establish and support a
network of Fellows with diversity in both geography and scientific discipline.
These fellows will have access to training and other resources to foster their
professional development in cybersecurity. In exchange, they will champion
cybersecurity for science in their scientific and geographic communities and
communicate challenges and successful practices to Trusted CI.
About the program
The
vision for the Fellows program is to identify members of the scientific community,
empower them with basic knowledge of cybersecurity and the understanding of
Trusted CI’s services, and then have them serve as cybersecurity liaisons to
their respective communities. They would then assist members of the community
with basic cybersecurity challenges and connect them with Trusted CI for
advanced challenges.
Trusted CI will select six fellows each year. Fellows will receive
recognition, cybersecurity professional development consisting of training and
travel funding. The Fellows’ training will consist of a Virtual Institute,
providing 20 hours of basic cybersecurity training over six months. The
training will be delivered by Trusted CI staff and invited speakers. The
Virtual Institute will be presented as a weekly series via Zoom and recorded to
be publicly available for later online viewing. Travel support is budgeted
(during their first year only) to cover fellows’ attendance at the NSF
Cybersecurity Summit, PEARC, and one professional development opportunity
agreed to with Trusted CI. The Fellows will be added to an email list to
discuss any challenges they encounter that will receive prioritized attention
from Trusted CI staff. Trusted CI will recognize the Fellows on its website and
social media. Fellowships are funded for one year but will be encouraged to
continue to participate in TrustedCI activities the years following their
fellowship year.
After the Virtual Institute, Fellows, with assistance from the Trusted CI team,
will be expected to help their science community with cybersecurity and make
them aware of Trusted CI for complex needs. By the end of the year, they will
be expected to present or write a short white paper on the cybersecurity needs
of their community and some initial steps they will take (or have taken) to
address these needs. After the year of full support, Trusted CI will continue
recognizing the cohort of Fellows and giving them prioritized attention. Over
the years, this growing cohort of Fellows will broaden and diversify Trusted
CI’s impact.
Application
requirements
· A description of their
connection to the research community. Any connection to NSF projects should be
clearly stated, ideally providing the NSF award number.
A statement of interest in cybersecurity
· Two-page biosketch
· Optional demographic
info
· A letter from their
supervisor supporting their involvement and time commitment to the program
· A commitment to fully
participate in the Fellows activities for one year (and optionally thereafter)
The selection of
Fellows would be made by the Trusted CI PIs and Senior Personnel based on the
following criteria:
1. Demonstrated
connection to scientific research, with preference given to those who
demonstrate a connection to NSF-funded science.
2. Articulated interest
in cybersecurity.
3. Fellows that broaden
Trusted CI’s impact across all seven NSF research directorates (Trusted CI
encourages applications for individuals with connections to NSF directorates
other than CISE), with connections to any of the NSF 10 Big Ideas, or Fellows
that increase the participation of underrepresented populations.
Who should
apply?
· Professionals and
post-docs interested in cybersecurity for science, with evidence of that in
their past and current role
· Research Computing,
Data, and IT technical or policy professionals interested in applying
cybersecurity innovations to scientific research
· Domain scientists
interested in data integrity aspects of scientific research
· Scientists from all
across the seven NSF research directorates interested in how data integrity
fits with their scientific mission
· Researchers in the NSF
10 Big Ideas interested in cybersecurity needs
· Regional network
security personnel working across universities and facilities in their region
· People comfortable collaborating
and communicating across multiple institutions with IT / CISO / Research
Computing and Data professionals
· Anyone in a role
relevant to cybersecurity for open science
More about the
Fellowship
If you have questions about the Fellows program, please let us know by emailing fellows@trustedci.org.
