In the US, to be a computer science professor you generally only need a PhD in CS, which you're getting as a PhD grad student. It helps to also have some good

In the US, to be a computer science professor you generally only need a PhD in CS, which you're getting as a PhD grad student. It helps to also have some good publications under your belt and a good thesis and a good advisor. But these are all things a PhD student can achieve. No fees, no field experience, none of that stuff. No special requirements for obtaining grant funding. This is the case for a great many academic fields.