Hi Everyone:
We are now soliciting summer 2009 applications for students and
faculty mentors for the CRA-W/CDC Distributed Research Experiences for
Undergraduates (DREU) Program (formally known as DMP). The
announcement below describes the DREU program and provides links to
the on-line student and mentor applications.
Please help us spread the word by sending the announcement below to
the undergraduate students in your department. We would appreciate you
sending a broad announcement to all students in your department, AND a
personal email to those students that you think would be a good fit
for this program. (Personal encouragement definitely works best!)
Please consider applying as a mentor yourself, and also please
forward this announcement to potentially interested faculty - male and
female. (Men have served as mentors since summer 2004. In fact, both
both male and female mentors are needed for CDC students.)
Thanks in advance for your help.
Nancy Amato, Professor, Texas A&M University Co-Director, Distributed
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CDC)
Tracy Camp, Professor, Colorado School of Mines Co-Director,
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W)
Maria Gini, Professor, University of Minnesota Co-Director,
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W)
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SUMMER 2009 PAID RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS
via CRA-W/CDC DREU
(DREU was known as the DMP from 1994-2008)
Application Deadline February 15, 2009
The CRA-W/CDC Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(DREU) Program is a highly selective program that matches promising
undergraduates with a faculty mentor for a summer research experience
at the faculty member's home institution. The objective of the DREU
is to increase the number of women and students from underrepresented
groups entering graduate studies in the fields of computer science and
engineering. The DREU experience is invaluable for students who are
considering graduate school, providing them with a close-up view of
what graduate school is really like and also increasing their
competitiveness as an applicant for graduate admissions and
fellowships.
Funding for the student consists of $6000 for the summer (10 weeks),
plus relocation travel assistance when appropriate. Additional funds
may be available to support student conference travel, either during
the summer or afterward, and for outreach activities promoting the
DREU.
An on-line Application for students and faculty mentors, more
information about DREU, and webpages authored by previous participants
are available at:
Application Deadline February 15, 2009
Awards Announced: mid-March 2009
Notes for faculty mentors regarding the DREU Program:
* Cost sharing by faculty mentors is encouraged. The number of
students interested in the DREU program has increased substantially
over the last several years. To enable more students to participate,
faculty are now encouraged to provide funds to support (partially or
fully) students; the DREU will provide travel support for all
students.
* All interested faculty are eligible to be DREU mentors. All
interested faculty are encouraged to apply as mentors. Nonetheless,
based on the documented benefits of role models with similar gender or
from similar demographic groups, it is anticipated that DREU funds
will mostly be used to support students matched with mentors from
groups underrepresented in computing. Hence, other mentors applying
should attempt to provide full funding for their students' stipends
(the program will provide travel support).
For more information about the DREU, consult the DREU webpages
or contact the DREU Co-Directors at dreu@cse.tamu.edu
Nancy Amato, Professor, Texas A&M University Co-Director, Distributed
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CDC)
Tracy Camp, Professor, Colorado School of Mines Co-Director,
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W)
Maria Gini, Professor, University of Minnesota Co-Director,
Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CRA-W)
The Computing Research Association (CRA, http://cra.org) 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.
The Coalition to Diversity Computing (CDC,
http://www.cdc-computing.org) is a joint organization of the ACM, CRA,
and IEEE-CS.
DREU is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation with
additional support from AAAI, the Luce Foundation, and USENIX.
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