Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of Aug. 7, 2017)

  • 08/07/17

Upcoming Grants, Funding & Award Opportunities

  • NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund

    Sponsor: NCWIT with support from Microsoft Research
    Award: Up to $10,000 per project funded plus travel expenses to annual summit
    Number of Awards: TBD
    Application Deadline: Oct. 30, 2017
    Note: Applicant's institution must be an NCWIT member. (Membership is free.) The award focus is on programs "to develop and implement initiatives for recruiting or retaining women in computing and IT."

  • VentureWell Faculty Grants (developing curriculum for promoting STEM entrepreneurship)

    Sponsor: VentureWell
    Award: Up to $30,000
    Number of Awards: TBD
    Application Deadline: Nov. 8, 2017
    Note: Applicant's institution must be a VentureWell member. See list of member institutions here.

  • ACM Athena Lecturer Award

    Sponsor: ACM and Google
    Award: Up to $25,000 plus travel expenses to ACM conference
    Number of Awards: 1
    Application Deadline: Nov. 30, 2017
    Note: "This award celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to Computer Science."

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    OpenAI to Launch AI-Powered Jobs Platform

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