Application Deadline: July 7 at 11:59 p.m. PT
As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to increasing the number of women in engineering, we are excited to offer travel and attendance scholarships to the 2019 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference taking place in Orlando, FL from October 1-4, 2019.
While all university students and industry professionals in the US and Canada as well as current Google interns who are excelling in computing and passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion in the tech industry are encouraged to apply, this year’s scholarship has a dedicated focus on engaging women of color. This includes but is not limited to women of Black/African American/Caribbean/WestIndies and Hispanic/Latinx descent.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a scholarship to attend an international conference, applicants must:
- Be a student enrolled with a recognized university in Africa who is in need of conference travel funds.
- Studying computer science, computer engineering, or a technical field related to the conference subject.
- Have a paper accepted for presentation (oral or poster) in the main conference program at a top-tier Computer Science conference. We prefer to support conferences in research areas where Google has a strong interest. Please visit research.google.com for a list of areas. The paper must be accepted for full publication and preferably full oral presentation. Workshop papers will not be approved for travel scholarships.
- Be the sole or joint first author of the accepted paper.
To encourage attendance at technical conferences, Google will provide selected recipients:
- Free conference registration
- North America: Up to 1,000 USD (unless otherwise
noted) reimbursement to retroactively be used toward airfare and
accommodation costs (will be awarded after the conference) - Europe : Up to 1,000 EUR towards travel and accommodation costs (will be paid after the conference)
- India : An award in the range of 1,000 – 3,000 USD
that will cover conference registration, travel, accommodation and other
related expenses. - Africa : An award in the range of 1,000 – 3,000
USD that will cover conference registration, travel, accommodation and
related expenses. Scholarship amount depends on cost for the
international conference. - Japan & South Korea : Up to 3,000 USD towards
air tickets and lodging cost (will be paid after the conference).
Scholarship amount depends on cost for the international conference.