<div>Good opportunity to build your resume and pick up a few bucks this summer.</div>
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<div>Bettina<br><br>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>CRA-W DMP & CDC DMP SUMMER 2008 RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS<br>Application Deadline February 15, 2008<br><br>The CRA-W Distributed Mentor Program (CRA DMP) and the CDC Distributed
<br>Mentor Program (CDC DMP) are highly selective programs that match<br>promising undergraduates with a faculty mentor for a summer research<br>experience at the faculty member's home institution. This experience<br>
is invaluable for students who are considering graduate school, providing<br>them with a close-up view of what graduate school is really like and<br>also increasing their competitiveness as an applicant for graduate<br>admissions and fellowships. With the CDC DMP, an option exists for
<br>the research to take place remotely, using collaborative technologies<br>such that the student can remain at his or her home institution<br>with local and remote mentors.<br><br>The CRA-W DMP (operating since 1994) seeks to increase the number of
<br>women entering graduate studies in the fields of CS & CE while the<br>CDC DMP (launched in 2007) seeks to increase the number of men and<br>women from underrepresented groups entering graduate studies in<br>the fields of CS & CE.
<br><br>Funding for the student consists of $6000 for the summer (10 weeks),<br>plus relocation travel assistance when appropriate. Additional funds<br>may be available to support student conference travel, either during
<br>the summer or afterward, and for outreach activities promoting the DMP.<br><br>A common On-line Application for the CRA-W DMP and CDC DMP (students<br>and faculty mentors can apply to one or both programs), more information
<br>about the programs, and webpages authored by previous participants are<br>available at:<br> <a href="http://parasol.tamu.edu/dmp/" target="_blank">http://parasol.tamu.edu/dmp/</a><br>Application Deadline February 15, 2008
<br>Awards Announced: mid-March 2008<br><br>For more information about the DMP consult the DMP webpages<br> <a href="http://parasol.tamu.edu/dmp/" target="_blank">http://parasol.tamu.edu/dmp/</a><br>or contact the DMP Co-Coordinators at
<a href="mailto:dmp@cs.tamu.edu">dmp@cs.tamu.edu</a><br><br>Nancy Amato, Professor, Texas A&M University<br>Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project<br><br>Tracy Camp, Professor, Colorado School of Mines<br>Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project
<br><br>Maria Gini, Professor, University of Minnesota<br>Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project<br><br>Jessica Hodgins, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University<br>Co-Coordinator, CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project<br>
<br>Valerie Taylor, Department Head & Wisenbaker Professor, Texas A&M<br>University, Co-Coordinator, CDC Distributed Mentor Project<br><br>Bryant York, Professor, Portland State University<br>Co-Coordinator, CDC Distributed Mentor Project
<br><br>The Computing Research Association (CRA, <a href="http://cra.org/" target="_blank">http://cra.org</a>) is an<br>association of more than 180 North American academic departments of<br>computer science and computer engineering; laboratories and centers
<br>in industry, government, and academia engaging in basic computing<br>research; and affiliated professional societies.<br><br>The Coalition to Diversity Computing (CDC, <a href="http://www.cdc-computing.org/" target="_blank">
http://www.cdc-computing.org/</a>)<br>is a joint organization of the ACM, CRA, and IEEE-CS. Please note that<br>CDC is in the process of overhauling the website. The overhaul, with<br>updates to projects, should be available sometime this Spring.
<br><br>The CRA-W DMP is supported by a grant from the National Science<br>Foundation with additional support from AAAI, the Luce Foundation,<br>and USENIX. The CDC DMP is supported in part by a grant from<br>the National Science Foundation.
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