STARS Alliance


Opportunities and Events


Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Audience: Undergraduate and graduate students.
Opportunity Description: "Collaborating Across Boundaries" conference in Atlanta, GA from September 28 to October 2, 2010.
To apply: Online scholarship application opens March 8, 2010; see details here: http://gracehopper.org/2010/participate/student-scholarships/
Deadline: May 14, 2010
Website: http://gracehopper.org/2010/



Auburn Graduate Student Recruitment Event - March 4-6, 2010

Audience: Undergraduate students interested in graduate school.
Opportunity Description: Auburn University is hosting an event for students interested in Auburn Graduate programs. Opening dinner is March 4. Departure is Morning, March 6, 2010.
To Attend: Sign up on the website.
Website: https://ecm.eng.auburn.edu/grad_signup/



National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Audience: Undergraduate students. Typically, students must be U.S. Citizens or permanent residents.
Opportunity Description: The NSF supports about 65 colleges and universities to offer summer research experiences for undergraduate computing majors. Most sites offer 8-10 week full-time jobs in a research lab.
Deadline: Application deadlines are typically in February or early March.
Website: A complete list of sites is at this link: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/list_result.cfm?unitid=5049



Integrated Graduate Education & Research Training (IGERT) in Health-Assistive Smart Environments

Audience: Doctoral Students
Opportunity Description: Doctoral students will be provided with integrated training in computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, psychology, sociology, and health care to support the design of smart environments.
To Apply: Send a CV and names of three references to Diane Cook, cook@eecs.wsu.edu
Website: http://www.gradsch.wsu.edu/future-students/igert.html



Computer Science in Interest of Society – UC Berkeley REU

Audience: CS and Math Undergraduate students
Opportunity Description: SUPERB-CSIS offers summer undergraduate research in the department of Electrical Engineering Computer Sciences.
Date: June 14 – August 6, 2010
Deadlines: February 1, 2010
Website: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/ugrad/superb/superb.html



Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (DREU)

Audience: Undergraduate students and CS & CE professors at PhD-granting universities
Opportunity Description: DREU Program matches promising undergraduates with a faculty mentor for a summer research experience at the faculty member's home institution. 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.
Date: Summer 2010
Deadlines: February 15, 2010
Website: http://parasol.tamu.edu/dreu



US Dept of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program

Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate students
Opportunity Description:The DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) program will provide support for outstanding students to pursue graduate training in basic research in areas of physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, computational sciences, and environmental sciences relevant to the Office of Science and to encourage the development of the next generation scientific and technical talent in the U.S. Fellows will receive a $35,000 yearly stipend for living expenses, $10, 500 per year for tuition and fees and a $5,000 research stipend supplement for research materials and travel expenses. Fellows will be required to participate in the annual DOE SCGF Research Conference to be held each summer at a DOE national laboratory. Travel expenses and accommodations to the Conference will be provided by the DOE SCGF program.
Application Deadline:November 30, 2009
Website: http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/SCGF.html



Vanguard Scholarship Program

Audience: Rising minority seniors
Opportunity Description:Vanguard is offering a scholarship for a max of $10,000 for the year.
Deadline:November 30, 2009
Website: http://www.sms.scholarshipamerica.org/vanguard/index.html



Vanguard Women in IT Scholarship Program

Audience: Rising female seniors
Opportunity Description:Vanguard is offering a scholarship for a max of $10,000 for the year.
Deadline:November 30, 2009
Website: http://www.sms.scholarshipamerica.org/vanguard/guidelines.html



GRAD 2009 – Graduate Research and Academic Discovery 2009

Audience: Undergraduate and Masters students
Opportunity Description: NASA seeks undergraduates to defy gravity for Science and Engineering. The Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program provides a unique academic experience for undergraduate students to successfully propose, design, fabricate, fly and evaluate a reduced gravity experiment of their choice.

Date: November 12 to November 14, 2009
Deadlines: October 30, 2009
Website: http://ccigrad.uncc.edu



2009 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and International Research Conference

Audience: Undergraduate and Graduate students
Opportunity Description:Undergraduate and graduate students will join research scientists from North America and abroad for a celebration of research accomplishments hosted by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, the global honor society for science and engineering research.
Date:November 13 and 14, 2009
Deadlines:
  Abstract submission due: October 14, 2009   http://www.sigmaxi.org/meetings/annual/src.shtml
  Hotel reservation: October 19, 2009   http://www.sigmaxi.org/meetings/annual/travel.shtml
Website: http://www.sigmaxi.org/meetings/annual/program.shtml
Additional information: meeting@sigmaxi.org - 800-243-6534



Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program

Audience: Undergraduates
Opportunity Description: NASA seeks undergraduates to defy gravity for Science and Engineering. The Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program provides a unique academic experience for undergraduate students to successfully propose, design, fabricate, fly and evaluate a reduced gravity experiment of their choice.
Date: Summer 2010
Deadlines:
   Letters of Interest (Optional) Due: September 16, 2009
   Proposals Due: October 28, 2009
   Announcement of Selected Teams: December 9, 2009
Website: http://microgravityuniversity.jsc.nasa.gov/
Contact: Sara W. Malloy
Lead Reduced Gravity Flight Program Coordinator
NASA Johnson Space Center
jsc-reducedgravity@nasa.gov



20th Annual Argonne Symposium

Audience: Undergraduates in Science, Engineering, and Math
Opportunity Description:The Twentieth Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics invites undergraduate authors to submit abstracts on their research. The Symposium will be conducted Friday, November 13, 2009, at Argonne National Laboratory. All Symposium presenters and attendees are required to pre register and to pay an $85 registration fee.
Date:November 13, 2009
Application Deadline:September 14, 2009
Website: http://www.dep.anl.gov/p_undergrad/ugsymp



Biennial Mathematics Conference

Audience: Undergraduates
Opportunity Description: The University of Dayton hosts a biennial mathematics conference that is particularly geared to undergraduate students. There will be two plenary talks given by established researchers (statisticians, this year) and there are contributed paper sessions for fifteen minute talks. In addition to contributing fifteen minute talks, students are invited to submit articles for a refereed electronic proceedings associated with the conference.
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009
Registration Deadline: October 28, 2009
Website: http://academic.udayton.edu/mathevents/Fall09/index.htm
Contact: Paul Eloe
Department of Mathematics
University of Dayton
paul.eloe@notes.udayton.edu



Getting You into IU

Audience: Undergraduate students considering doctoral studies
Opportunity Description: The Indiana University-Bloomington Graduate School will host “Getting You into IU,” an all-expenses-paid campus preview weekend for minority students who are underrepresented in PhD programs, on.
Date: October 8-10, 2009
Application Deadline: September 2, 2009
Website: http://graduate.indiana.edu/campus-visit.php
Contact: Christy Campoll
Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
Indiana University Graduate School
Phone (812) 855-4039
http://graduate.indiana.edu/agep/
agep@indiana.edu



Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

Audience: Women in computing
Opportunity Description:“Creating Technology for Social Good” conference brings the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront.
Date: September 30 – October 3, 2009
Registration Deadline: September 9, 2009
Website: http://gracehopper.org/2009/