Participate: Student Scholarships
The scholarship application form for Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is now open. The deadline to submit a scholarship application is June 15, 2008. Scholarship notification will take place on or before August 1, 2008. If you do not receive a scholarship, you will be able to register at the early bird rate.
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, Google, and the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
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 2008, and then explore ways to approach them
- If you are unable to secure total funding for GHC 2008, 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 2008.We recommend that you subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date on any new information and upcoming deadlines.
Also, the Call for Participation is still open for PhD Forum (April 30th is the deadline). If you participate in GHC, you have a better change of receiving a scholarship. Here is the information of the call: http://gracehopper.org/2008/participate/call-for-participation/