Undergraduates can apply for research program

released April 19, 2005

The Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W), in conjunction with the Coalition to Diversify Computing (CDC), has announced a program that involves undergraduate students in research.

The program, called Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU), is designed to provide positive research experiences for teams of undergraduates who will complete a research project during the academic year at their home institutions. Formerly administered as the CREW program, the program has been expanded to encourage young computer scientists and engineers from all underrepresented groups to consider graduate school in computer science and engineering.

Students will work with one or two sponsoring faculty members on a project for which monetary support is typically not available. Students will each receive a stipend of $1,000 for their work. Each project will also receive $500, to be used for equipment, travel, supporting materials, or as an honorarium for the faculty member(s).

The application deadline is May 20. For full information, go to http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/creu/index.php.

 

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