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The CRA-W DMP and the CDC DMP have a joint application but
are otherwise administrated separately.
The application allows students and faculty members to apply
to one or both programs.
Students and faculty mentors apply separately to the program(s).
A committee will evaluate the applications and will select students
for funding. (The actual number of students selected will depend
on available funding.)
Students do not need to identify potential mentors in their
application, but may do so if they have a particular wish to work with a
specific professor.
Also, students will usually not be paired with professors
at their home instutition since one of the features of the program
is that it gives students exposure to a new environment.
However, with the CDC DMP, an option exists for the research to take
place remotely, using collaborative technologies such that the student
can remain at his or her home institution with local and remote mentors.
With this option, the student makes at least two visits to the remote
mentor's institution over the summer.
Students will have an opportunity to indicate if they have a preference
regarding the gender and/or the ethnicity of their mentor.
Notification of matches will be made in March 2008.
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Funding for the student consists of $600 per week for research, plus
relocation travel assistance of up to $500 when appropriate.
A student's funding is intended to cover 10 weeks of research in
the summer of 2008, but alternative
arrangements are possible.
Additional funds may be available to support student travel related
to their DMP experience, e.g., to a technical conference, either
during the research internship or afterwards.
During the research internship, students will author a webpage documenting
their DMP experience;
it will be housed permanently on the CRA-W or CDC website, depending on
the program, so future DMP participants can learn about the program.
Applicants should be undergraduates
at a U.S. or Canadian college or university
who are seriously considering graduate studies in CS&CE.
First consideration will be given to juniors who have
completed three years by the summer of 2008.
However, freshman and sophomores with the skills needed for research, as
well as seniors considering graduate school, are encouraged to apply.
Most of our funding comes from the National Science Foundation and it
is restricted for US citizens and permanent residents. However, we do
usually have some funds from other sources that do not have this
restriction and so we encourage all interested students to apply.
The primary criteria for selection are:
- The student's potential for success in graduate school, as indicated by
her record and recommendations.
- The match between the student's experience and skills and the needs of a
participating professor's research project.
- The student's potential gain from the experience (e.g., students at
institutions unable to offer research opportunities with professors).
- The potential that the student's participation will advance the goals of
the program.
As a reminder, the goal of the CRA-W DMP is to increase the number of women
entering graduate school in CS & CE and
the goal of the CDC DMP is to increase the number of men and women from
underrepresented groups entering graduate school in CS & CE.
Mentors are encouraged to request two students if a single student would be
isolated. However, we expect to limit awards to two students per mentor.
Two or more mentors may submit a single application to jointly supervise one
or more students.
Note regarding cost sharing by faculty mentors.
The number of students interested in the DMP program has increased
substantially over the last several years and many qualified
students have not been selected due to lack of funding. To enable
more students to participate, faculty are now encouraged to provide
funds to support (partially or fully) students;
the DMP will to provide travel support for all students.
Note regarding the CRA-W DMP Program.
Male faculty are encouraged to apply as mentors - men have
been serving as CRA-W DMP mentors since summer 2004.
Based on the number of mentor applications typically received from
female faculty, and the documented benefits of female role models
for female undergraduates, most DMP funds will be allocated to female mentors.
Hence, it is anticipated that male mentors will provide full funding
for their students' stipends (the program will provide travel support).
Note regarding the CDC DMP Program.
All interested faculty are encouraged to apply as mentors.
However, based on the documented benefits of role models from
similar demographic groups, it is anticipated that most CDC DMP
funds will be used to support students matched with mentors
from underrepresented groups.
Hence, it is anticipated that other mentors will provide full funding
for their students' stipends (the program will provide travel support).
Potential mentors should be CS&CE professors at U.S. or Canadian
PhD granting universities with active research programs into which the
DMP students may be integrated.
As interaction with current graduate students is a feature of the DMP
experience, it is important that the mentor's research group include
graduate students who will be on campus during the summer.
The primary criteria for selection are:
- The suitability of the professor's research project for undergraduates
and the match of skills required for the project with student applicants.
- The conduciveness of the professor's university environment to the goals
of the mentoring project (e.g., an active summer research population that would
provide the student with a window on future graduate life).
- The professor's demonstrated skill in the task of mentoring
undergraduates.
- The potential that the professor's participation will advance the goals
of the program.
As a reminder, the goal of the CRA-W DMP is to increase the number of women
entering graduate school in CS & CE and
the goal of the CDC DMP is to increase the number of men and women from
underrepresented groups entering graduate school in CS & CE.
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