[ACM-W] CRA-W DMP & CDC DMP 2007 Application Information

[Bettina Bair]

This is a great opportunity to get valuable research experience for your
resume and earn a few bucks in the process.  However, the deadline for
applications is February 15th, so hurry!

:-)
Bettina

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Applications Open for CRA-W DMP & CDC DMP SUMMER 2007 RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS

The CRA-W Distributed Mentor Program (CRA DMP) and the CDC Distributed
Mentor Program (CDC DMP) are highly selective programs that match
promising undergraduates with a faculty mentor for a summer research
experience at the faculty member's home institution.  This experience
is invaluable for students who are considering graduate school, providing
them with a close-up view of what graduate school is really like and
also increasing their competitiveness as an applicant for graduate
admissions and fellowships. With the CDC DMP, an option exists for
the research to take place remotely, using collaborative technologies
such that the student can remain at his or her home institution
with local and remote mentors.

The CRA-W DMP (operating since 1994) seeks to increase the number of
women entering graduate studies in the fields of CS & CE while the
CDC DMP (launched in 2007) seeks to increase the number of men and
women from underrepresented groups entering graduate studies in
the fields of CS & CE.

Funding for the student consists of $6000 for the summer (10 weeks),
plus relocation travel assistance when appropriate.  Additional funds
may be available to support student conference travel, either during
the summer or afterward, and for outreach activities promoting the DMP.

A common On-line Application for the CRA-W DMP and CDC DMP (students
and faculty mentors can apply to one or both programs), more information
about the programs, and webpages authored by previous participants are
available at:
    http://parasol.tamu.edu/dmp/
Deadline for Summer 2007 Program: February 15, 2007
Awards Announced: March 2007

Nancy Amato, Professor, Texas A&M University
Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project

Jessica Hodgins, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project

Valerie Taylor, Department Head & Wisenbaker Professor, Texas A&M
University
Co-Coordinator, CDC Distributed Mentor Project

Bryant York, Professor, Portland State University
Co-Coordinator, CDC Distributed Mentor Project

The Computing Research Association (CRA, http://cra.org) is an
association of more than 180 North American academic departments of
computer science and computer engineering; laboratories and centers
in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing
research; and affiliated professional societies.

The Coalition to Diversity Computing (CDC, http://www.cdc-computing.org/)
is a joint organization of the ACM, CRA, and IEEE-CS.  Please note that
CDC is in the process of overhauling the website.  The overhaul, with
updates to projects, should be available sometime this Spring.

The CRA-W DMP is supported by a grant from the National Science
Foundation with additional support from AAAI, the Luce Foundation,
and USENIX.  The CDC DMP is supported in part by a grant from
the National Science Foundation.
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