CRA Bulletin
October 2, 2000
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Awards, October 23 Deadline
Congressional Report on Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology
NSF Information Technology Research Program Solicitation
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Awards, October 23 Deadline
CRA's seventh annual Outstanding Undergraduate Award program recognizes undergraduate students who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research. A cash prize of $1,000 will be awarded to each of two winners, one female and one male. A number of other outstanding candidates will be recognized with Honorable Mention.
For more information about the award and nomination procedures, visit CRA's website at <http://www.cra.org/Activities/awards/undergrad/home.html>
Congressional Report on Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology
"The Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development (CAWMSET) spent over a year examining the barriers that exist for women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities at different stages of the science, engineering, and technology pipeline." The result, Land of Plenty: Diversity as America's Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology, makes recommendations on issues that include precollege education, access to higher education, professional life, public image, and nationwide accountability.
The report is available at <http://www.nsf.gov/od/cawmset/>. For print copies, call (703) 292-8103 or e-mail cawmset-info@nsf.gov
NSF Information Technology Research Program Solicitation
The National Science Foundation's Information Technology Research (ITR) Program "provides support for up to five years to encourage longer-term research projects. The purpose of this program is to augment the knowledge base and increase the workforce needed to enhance the value of IT for everyone. This solicitation requests proposals in the following three categories: fundamental research in IT; applications of IT across the sciences and engineering; and extensions of IT education and infrastructure." Pre-proposals are due by the end of November (group projects) and early December (large projects), while Full Proposals are due in January (small projects) and April (group and large projects).
For more details, visit the NSF website at <http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf00126>