[ACM-W] Fwd: CREU and MRO-W programs - Application Deadline: May 9, 2008

[Bettina Bair]

The money is decent, and this looks terrific on your grad school
application.

:-)

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The Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in
Computing Research (CRA-W), in conjunction with the Coalition to Diversify
Computing (CDC), is pleased to announce two programs that involve
undergraduate student research. The goal of these initiatives is to increase
the numbers of women and minorities who continue on to graduate school in
computer science and engineering.

The Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU) program is
designed to provide positive research experiences for teams of
undergraduates who will work during the academic year at their home
institutions.  CREU is designed to encourage young computer scientists and
engineers from all under represented groups to consider graduate school.



The Multidisciplinary Research Opportunities for Women (MRO-W) program is
designed to provide positive multidisciplinary research experiences for
teams of undergraduates from at least two academic disciplines at their home
institutions.  MRO-W students work collaboratively on a multidisciplinary
project during the academic year and during the following summer.

Students will work with one or two sponsoring faculty members on a project
for which monetary support is typically not available. Students will each
receive a stipend of $3,000 for their work during the academic year and
$4000 for their MRO-W summer work. CREU may also receive $500 and MRO-W may
receive $1500 to be used for associated special equipment, travel, or
supporting materials.

Teams consisting of all women or all under represented minorities are
especially encouraged to apply. In order to support the exchange of shared
common experiences, individual teams should be homogeneous with respect to
minority status or gender.

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See the websites for specific information about Basic Eligibility and
Evaluation Criteria.  You may also see the reports from previous years for
examples of funded CREU and MRO-W projects.



CREU website: http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/creu/

MRO-W website: http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/mrow/


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Timeline

*Application Deadline: May 9, 2008
*Notification of Awards: June 10, 2008
Project Research: Academic Year 2008/2009 [and Summer 2009 for MRO-W]
Final Summary Report: CREU: May 31, 2009;  MRO-W: August 15, 2009

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Questions

Send any questions about eligibility or submission to creu at cra.org or
mrow at cra.org.


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Sponsorship

This initiative is sponsored by the Computing Research Association Committee
on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) and the Coalition to
Diversify Computing (CDC) in cooperation with the National Science
Foundation.
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