Hi All,

Please see below for more information on the NCWIT Collegiate Award for Aspirations in Computing. As the coordinator for the high school award in Georgia and Puerto Rico, I know the impact that this award has both on the individual recipients, as well as the greater community. I would highly encourage those of you who are interested to apply.

Sincerely,

Jennifer

Jennifer Whitlow, M.Ed.

Director of Computing Enrollment

Georgia Tech | College of Computing

Jwhitlow@cc.gatech.edu

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NCWIT Collegiate Award: for college women

The NCWIT Collegiate Award honors the outstanding computing accomplishments of undergraduate and graduate women. Conferred annually, the award recognizes technical contributions to projects that demonstrate a high level of creativity and potential impact.

Prizes

Each Award winner and honorable mention receives:

a trip to the NCWIT Summit on Women and IT, in Grapevine, Texas in May 2018, including a private networking reception and award ceremony
computing resources, gadgets, sponsor-branded swag, and more

In addition to the prizes listed above, each winner receives $10,000 in cash and an engraved award; and, each honorable mention receives $2,500 in cash and a covered certificate.

Application Details

The 2018 NCWIT Collegiate Award will be conducted in two rounds: Preliminary and Finalist. Applicants representing three categories — (1) freshmen, sophomores, and two-year college students; (2) juniors and seniors; and (3) graduate students — will be selected from the Preliminary Round to participate in the Finalist Round.

Students can apply online for the preliminary round at http://bit.ly/AiCCollegiate no later no later than 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) on October 30, 2017.

The NCWIT Collegiate Award is sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Qualcomm.