GHC Scholarships

Hotel Information

Scholarship recipients who asked us to book them a shared hotel room will be staying at:

Holiday Inn Inner Harbor – Downtown Baltimore
301 W Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Check in time is 4:00pm, check out time is 12:00pm.

See the hotel confirmation numbers.

 

Meals

Meals during the conference are covered for scholarship recipients.  You will receive a debit card with a fixed amount of funds to be used at the various food court and coffee stations at the convention center.

If you are staying in a room that we reserved for you, you will get your meal card when you check in at the Holiday Inn.  If we did not book a hotel room for you, you will get your meal card when you check in to get your badge at the registration counters at the convention center.

Wednesday, October 3rd

  • Breakfast (convention center, use meal card)
  • Lunch (Scholarship Recipients Lunch, sponsored by Lockheed Martin at the Hilton Baltimore Hotel in Key Ballroom 7-8 at 11:45am)
  • Dinner (convention center, use ticket that you get at registration to exchange for a boxed dinner)

Thursday, October 4th

  • Breakfast (convention center, use meal card)
  • Lunch (convention center, use meal card)
  • Dinner (convention center, Heavy hors d’oeuvres provided at the General Reception)

Friday, October 5th

  • Breakfast (convention center, use meal card)
  • Lunch (convention center, use meal card)
  • Dinner (along with your meal card you will receive $20 cash to spend at a local restaurant of your choice)

 

Reimbursement Instructions

If your scholarship includes travel funds, please submit your expense report AFTER the conference.

THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED: Expense reports must be received by November 30, 2012.

Please read the Reimbursement Instructions, then print and submit the Reimbursement Form and Wire Transfer Form (outside of the US and Canada only).  In an effort to stay green, packets will not be available at the conference.  You must print your own forms.

Reimbursement checks will be mailed to the US and Canada roughly 3-5 weeks upon receipt.  Wire transfers will be processed for all other countries (unless a check is requested).

Scholars are responsible for any costs incurred that exceed their travel award amount.

 

About GHC Scholarships

GHC scholarships cover a combination of conference registration, meals, lodging, and fixed amount of travel reimbursement funds. The majority of scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students.  However, junior faculty, members of non-governmental organizations, and non-profits are eligible to apply.

GHC student scholarships are made possible by industry sponsors, grants, and individual contributions. If your organization is interested in sponsoring scholarships please contact us.

All GHC Scholarship applicants have been notified of their acceptance. If you have not received notification, please log into your application or contact us.

Recommendations for Alternative Funding

  1. 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.
  2. Have your group brainstorm names of people to approach regarding funding for GHC 2012 and then explore ways to approach them.
  3. Approach your department and suggest that they consider becoming an Academic Sponsor for the conference. Discounted registration for student is a major benefit of Academic sponsorship.
  4. If you are unable to secure total funding for GHC 2012, then fill out our online scholarship application. Remember that partial funding strengthens your application, because it allows us to sponsor more women to attend GHC. We recommend that you subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date on any new information and upcoming deadlines.

If you have questions please read the Scholarships FAQs or contact us.

Please note that as a U.S. based organization, we must comply with all applicable U.S. laws and regulations, including those regarding financial transactions with certain countries and individuals. We will contact you if these laws and regulations affect your scholarship or if we require more information to make such a determination.

 You may obtain additional details regarding the laws and regulations referenced above by visiting the following web site: http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/.