Undergraduate and Graduate Student Scholarship and Travel Grants for 2009-2011 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

CISE扩大参与奖每年为大约80名本科生和研究生提供资金，参加2009 - 2011年格蕾丝·霍珀计算机女性庆典。格蕾丝·霍珀庆典旨在将女性在计算机领域的研究和职业兴趣带到最前沿。主要研究人员介绍他们目前的工作，特别会议关注妇女在当今技术领域的作用。NSF奖学金支持允许那些不能参加的学生参加，并成为通过该活动培养的年轻女性计算机专业人员组成的广泛的Hopper社区的一部分。这个项目的智力价值在于可以接触到会议上的许多技术介绍和研究人员。此外，学生有机会参加海报会议，并收到来自学科专家的反馈。格蕾丝·霍珀庆典为知识话语提供了一个独特的、支持性的环境，对女性和其他代表性不足的群体尤其有吸引力。这个项目更广泛的影响是为学生提供资源和支持，帮助他们坚持自己的课程，并获得继续通过IT劳动力管道的途径。参加格蕾丝·霍珀庆典的学生将接触到正在创造、改进和研究计算机和信息技术的女性，她们是榜样和导师。这项旅行奖学金的支持提供了一个独特的机会，可以直接影响未来计算机科学家的职业生涯，并增加女性在计算机领域的代表性。

This CISE Broadening Participation award provides funding for approximately eighty undergraduate and graduate students each year to attend the 2009 - 2011 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. The Grace Hopper Celebration is designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Leading researchers present their current work and special sessions focus on the role of women in today's technology fields. NSF scholarship support allows students who could not otherwise attend to participate and become part of the broad Hopper community of young female computing professionals that is nurtured through the event.The intellectual merit of this project lies in the access to the many technical presentations and researchers at the conference. In addition, students have the opportunity to participate in poster sessions and receive feedback from discipline specialists. The Grace Hopper Celebration provides a unique, supportive environment for intellectual discourse that is particularly appealing for women and other under-represented groups. The broader impacts of this project deal with providing resources and support to students that will help them persist in their programs as well as access to avenues to continue through the IT workforce pipeline. Students who attend the Grace Hopper Celebration will be exposed to women who are creating, improving, and studying computer and information technologies who serve as role models and mentors. This travel scholarship support provides a unique opportunity to directly affect the careers of future computer scientists and increase the representation of women in computing.