Sheila Castañeda
CREW Program Director

 CRA-W is pleased to sponser an initiative to support women involved in undergraduate research. The program, Collaborative Research Experience for Women in Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering (CREW), is designed to provide collaborative research experiences for groups of two to three undergraduate women during the academic year. It is hoped that by increasing the opportunity to do research and by decreasing the isolation that may be experienced in doing independent research, women scientists and engineers will be encouraged to pursue similar work in graduate school.

Research is conducted at the students' home institutions. Students work with a sponsoring faculty member on a project for which monetary support is typically not otherwise available. Ordinarily each student receives a stipend of $1000 for her work. There is no support provided by this program for faculty stipends. However, up to $500 per project may be requested for special equipment, travel or supporting materials.

At the end of their projects, students are required to submit a one-page summary of their work. These summaries are posted here. Of course, students are also encouraged to submit papers and present their work to other appropriate journals and conferences.

More information on CREW

Previous CREW Projects
CREW Guidelines for the 2000-2001 Academic Year

ELIGIBILITY
  • Students must be entering their junior or senior year in 2000-2001
  • All projects must be directly related to computer science or computer engineering and be suitable for undergraduate research
  • The scope and goals of the project should be reasonable and realistic, based upon students' prior education and experience
  • The entire student research team must consist of two to three undergraduate women who are majoring in computing
  • All applications should be jointly submitted by the proposing students and a sponsoring faculty member
  • Because of funding sources, only proposals submitted from institutions located in the United States may be considered

PROPOSAL FORMAT

Proposals are limited to four pages plus an information page on each of the students and the sponsoring faculty member. Each student should also submit a transcript.

The format of the proposal must be as follows:

1) Project Description
2) Methods and Means to be Utilized
3) Student Activity and Responsibility
4) Faculty Activity and Responsibility
5) Desired Outcomes
6) Budget (and justification if requests are made beyond student stipends.)

The information page should include name, address (home and school, postal and electronic), Social Security number (for tax purposes), major, and any other information pertinent to the proposal.

TIMELINE

Application Deadline: May 15, 2000
Notification of Awards: June 30, 2000
Project Research: September 1, 2000 - June 1, 2001
Final Summary Report: June 1, 2001

SUBMISSION

Questions, comments and proposals should be submitted electronically in plain ASCII text to Sheila Castaneda at:

CREW@keller.clarke.edu


Send transcripts and other non-electronic information to:

Sheila Castaneda
Computer Science Department
1550 Clarke Drive
Dubuque, IA 52001
Tel: (319) 588-6401 Fax: (319) 588-6789

SPONSORSHIP

This initiative is sponsored by the Computing Research Association Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) in cooperation with the National Science Foundation's Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure's Education, Outreach and Training program.