Participate: Student Scholarships
The online scholarship application for Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is now closed. Reference letters for existing applications can be uploaded for a short period of time before the review process begins. Scholarship notification will take place on or before August 1, 2007. If you do not receive a scholarship, you will be able to register at the early bird rate.
Hotel and reimbursement information for Student Scholars
About the Scholarships
Scholarships will cover conference registration (which includes most meals), lodging, and an upper limit for airfare based on the geographic region of the applicant. Although the majority of scholarship grants are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students, junior faculty, members of non-governmental organizations and non-profits are eligible to apply for scholarships. GHC Student Scholarships are made possible by generous grants from the National Science Foundation, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, and the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
Bridge Day — October 17
This year marks the first time that the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing are being held in the same location. On Bridge Day Wednesday, October 17th the Tapia 2007 Conference ends after the morning session and the Grace Hopper Conference begins with an evening reception. Bridge Day will informally bring students together from both conferences so that they can get to know one another, build their individual networks, and come to better understand their common issues. Space in these activities is very limited. Only 100 students were selected to participate. The selected students were given support to attend one day of the other conference; that is, students attending Tapia will also attend the Thursday sessions of the Grace Hopper Conference and students attending Grace Hopper will also attend the Tuesday sessions of Tapia. Hotel accommodations for these extra days are provided.
On Bridge Day itself, the selected students will:
- Attend a keynote talk given in conjunction with the Tapia Conference
- Take a technical, back-stage tour of Disney attractions at the Magic Kingdom and Epcot
- Take part in a Disney Institute Team Building Exercise at Epcot
Recommendations
In the past, successful applicants have received substantial matching funds from their departments or sponsoring companies. Accordingly, we suggest that:
- You assume a leadership role by contacting several of the women in your computer science classes or women-in-computing organization, telling them that you intend to consult with a member (or members) of your department who support(s) gender equity
- All of the women in your group meet to brainstorm names of people to approach, regarding funding for GHC 2007, and then explore ways to approach them
- If you are unable to secure total funding for GHC 2007, then fill out our on-line scholarship application. Remember that partial funding strengthens your application, because it allows us to sponsor more women to attend GHC 2007.