TO: The Computing Research Association
RE: Letter of Agreement - Distributed Mentor Program

I, _______________________________ (student's name) accept the offer from the Computing Research Association (CRA) to participate in the CRA Distributed Mentor Program for the summer of 2008. I will be working with my mentor, Prof. _______________________________ (mentor's name) at _______________________________ (mentor's institution). I will complete the number of weeks that have been agreed upon by mentor and myself. I will receive a stipend of up to $6000 for a nominal ten weeks of research ($600 per week) with my mentor at her/his institution, plus support for relocation travel to my mentor's institution (air travel is arranged by the student with a CRA specified travel agency and paid directly by the CRA and other costs are by reimbursement), as described in the DMP Procedures and Requirements Summary webpage (http://parasol.tamu.edu/dmp/docs/Procedures.php). I will use the stipend for expenses associated with my stay at the selected university. If I do not fulfill the obligation that was agreed upon between my mentor and me, then I will reimburse any funding I received for weeks that I did not spend working on my research project. In particular, I note that time spent on vacation or on travel to attend a technical conference (unless required for the research project) will not be counted as time spent working on the research project. All refunds will be reimbursed to CRA.

Because these awards are not for qualified tuition and related expenses but instead represent compensation for research services rendered as a condition of receiving the grant, they are reportable as gross income, but not as wages. CRA is required to issue 1099's or W-2's to award recipients. It is therefore the responsibility of each recipient to properly report the award as taxable income on his or her tax return in the year received.

I understand and accept the terms of the above agreement.