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Seventy-five public libraries located in the United States have been chosen to receive resources, training and support to bring STEM education opportunities to patrons. MoreThe University of Arizona developed a toolkit to help new instructional designers and online instructors get up to speed in creating courses for students that might never show their faces on campus. MoreThe Rice University non-profit that has released almost two-dozen free textbooks into academia is beta-testing a new personalized learning system that works with its materials. MoreIs higher education responding effectively to the changes going on all around us? Here, education futurist Daniel Christian reminds us to keep our "heads up" and urges the development of a next-generation learning platform. More
Formstack, an online form builder solution, recently introduced a set of automation tools that enable multiple individuals in an organization to manage forms and track progress across departments. MoreA professional development program operating in rural Maine was recently awarded a $1.85 million grant from the National Science Foundation to turn its hybrid video coaching program into an entirely online format. The Afterschool Coaching for Rural Educators in STEM teaches educators as well as librarians how to bring out-of-school STEM learning opportunities into their communities. More
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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George Mason University Science and Technology Campus, Manassas, VA
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San Francisco, CA
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Washington, DC
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Long Beach, CA
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Madison, WI
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San Francisco, CA
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New York
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Anaheim, CA
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Upcoming Webinars
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Date: July 25
Time: 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET
Sponsor: Okta
Webinars on Demand
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Sponsor: Splunk
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Sponsor: Cisco Systems
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Sponsor: Citrix
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Sponsor: Guidebook
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Sponsor: Duo Security
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