Application for Support to Attend Workshop

To apply for financial support, applicants should furnish the information stated below and send it electronically to Sheila Castaneda (cast@clarke.edu)

1. Name.
2. Position (instructor, assistant professor, graduate student, etc.).
3. School.
4. Email address.



5. Dates of any previous CRA-sponsored workshops on Academic Careers for Women.
6. Estimated cost of attending the Workshop.
7. Estimated cost of also attending the SIGCSE 2003 conference.
8. Maximum funding support you will be able to receive from your home institution or other grants to attend the workshop and/or the SIGCSE conference.
9. Number of days that you could stay and attend the SIGCSE 2003 conference.



10. Two to three paragraphs explaining what you see as the benefits of attending this workshop for both yourself and your institution. In particular, please address the workshop's goal of advancing career development for women in academics, specifically related to undergraduate education.

Selection Criteria for Support to Attend Workshop

The three main criteria that will be used to determine who will be given financial support to attend the workshop are as follows:

1. Applicant's contribution to the workshop's goal of advancing career development for women in academics, specifically related to undergraduate education.
2. Financial need of applicant.
3. Maximizing the number of participants at the workshop.
   
   
Two secondary criteria include


4. Applicant has not attended one of these kinds of workshops in the past five years.
5. Applicant would be able to stay and attend some part of SIGCSE 2003.
   

Financial support will cover expenses, up to a maximum of $1,000, related to

• travel (airfare and ground transportation)
• workshop registration
• hotel accommodations (double occupancy)
• attending SIGCSE 2003 conference