I am looking for a couple of students for this summer, through this program. It is for American (citizen or resident alien) women undergraduates at American universities.
} FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE } January 7, 2001 } } APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 15 FOR MENTOR AND STUDENT PARTICIPANTS IN } CRA-W's DISTRIBUTED MENTOR PROJECT 2002 } } Contact: Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 979-862-2275 } } The Computing Research Association (CRA) Committee on the Status of } Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) is accepting applications through } February 15 from both students and mentors for CRA-W's Distributed } Mentor Project 2002. The objective of this project is to increase the } number of women entering studies in the fields of computer science } and engineering. Complete application details are available on the } CRA-W Website at http://cra.org/Activities/craw/dmp/. } } The Distributed Mentor Project brings together computer science and } engineering undergraduates and professors for a summer of research at } the mentor's research institution. Students will be involved in } projects with successful researchers, learn how a research university } operates, and interact with graduate students and professors. This } experience is invaluable for students who are considering applying to } graduate school. } } Through a multi-year evaluation, past participants have indicated } that the Distributed Mentor Project has been valuable to them in } their careers. One participant stated, "That was my first exposure } to research; I not only learned a lot, but ended up with something } well worth working for and useful for the project I participated in. } I learned how to work for resources, revived my self-confidence, and } ENJOYED what I did. I had never before realized how much I would } enjoy doing research and working with people who were doing research, } and believe this experience came at the right moment in my life to } give me specific direction for my future goals." } } Primary criteria for selection are: } } 1) The match between the student's experience and skills and the } needs of the participating researcher/mentor's research project. } } 2) The student's potential for success in graduate school, as } indicated by her record and recommendations. } } 3) The student's potential gain from the experience (e.g., students } at institutions unable to offer research opportunities with } professors). } } 4) The potential that the student's participation will advance the } goals of the mentor program. } } The CRA-W Distributed Mentor Project is supported by a grant from the } National Science Foundation, and by the NSF's Partnerships for } Advanced Computational Infrastructure Education, Outreach, and } Training program, http://www.eot.org. } } The goals of the Computing Research Association Committee on the } Status of Women in Computer Science and Engineering Research (CRA-W) } are to take positive action to increase the success of women } participating in computer science and engineering research and } education at all levels and to improve the working environment for } computer scientists and engineers of both genders. CRA-W is funded } by the National Science Foundation and corporate sponsors. For more } information, see http://www.cra.org/craw. } } The Computing Research Association is an association of more than 180 } North American academic departments of computer science and computer } engineering; laboratories and centers in industry, government, and } academia engaging in basic computing research; and affiliated } professional societies.
