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Upcoming Grants, Funding & Award Opportunities
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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."
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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.
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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."
Upcoming Events
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July 8–12
Washington, DC
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July 17–20
Chicago, IL
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July 18–20
George Mason University Science and Technology Campus, Manassas, VA
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San Francisco, CA
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July 22–29
Washington, DC
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July 24–28
Long Beach, CA
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Madison, WI
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San Francisco, CA
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July 30–Aug. 3
New York
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Anaheim, CA
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Las Vegas, NV
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Oct. 15–18
San Francisco, CA
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Oct. 15–18
San Antonio, TX
Upcoming Webinars
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Date: July 25
Time: 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET
Sponsor: Okta
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Sponsor: Citrix
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Sponsor: Duo Security
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