The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors young women at the high-school level for their computing-related achievements and interests. Awardees are selected for their computing and IT aptitude, leadership ability, academic history, and plans for post-secondary education. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing offers both a national and local "affiliate" competitions to generate support and visibility for women's participation in communities nationwide.

This group is working to invite more community colleges into the NCWIT Academic Alliance and understand how we could best support them.

The NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund awards members of NCWIT's Academic Alliance with start-up funds (up to $10,000 per project) to develop and implement initiatives for recruiting or retaining women in computing and IT. To-date, 29 member organizations have received a total of $365,450 over the first eight rounds. We thank Microsoft Research for their support of the Seed Fund.

Round 9 of the NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund, funded by Microsoft Research, is now open! View the Round 9 Call for Proposals here (this will open in a separate browser). 

Please submit applications via e-mail to the Academic Alliance Program Manager (kimberly.kalahar@colorado.edu). Applications should be one PDF file and contain both a three-page proposal and a signed letter of support from the dean or department chair. Both the application and the letter of support are due by midnight MST on November 25, 2012.

The annual NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award recognizes American and international Academic Alliance representatives for their outstanding mentorship, high-quality research opportunities, recruitment of women and minority students, and efforts to encourage and advance undergraduates in computing-related fields.