Undergraduate and Graduate Student Scholarship and Travel Grants for 2012-2014 Grace Hopper Women in Computing Conference

该奖项每年为大约100名本科生和研究生提供资金，参加2012 - 2014年Grace Hopper计算机女性庆典会议。 Grace Hopper庆祝活动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，特别会议侧重于妇女在当今技术领域的作用。 NSF奖学金支持让那些无法参加会议的学生能够参与并成为通过该活动培养的年轻计算专业人员的广泛Hopper社区的一部分。该项目的智力价值在于可以在会议上获得许多技术演示和研究人员。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。Grace Hopper庆祝活动为知识话语提供了一个独特的支持性环境，对女性和其他代表性不足的群体特别有吸引力。 该项目的更广泛的影响涉及为学生提供资源和支持，帮助他们坚持自己的计划，以及通过IT劳动力管道继续获得途径。参加Grace Hopper庆祝活动的学生将接触到正在创建，改进和学习计算机和信息技术的领导者，他们将成为榜样和导师。 这种旅行奖学金支持提供了一个独特的机会，直接影响未来的计算机科学家的职业生涯，并影响扩大参与计算的严重问题。

This award provides funding for approximately one hundred undergraduate and graduate students each year to attend the 2012 - 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conferences. 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 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 leaders 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 impact the serious problem of broadening participation in computing.