Google exploreCSR grant will increase research mentoring relationships in computing at 抖阴旅行射 Boulder
Sarah Miller and Ben Shapiro
The University of Colorado Boulder is one of to receive Google鈥檚 exploreCSR grant, which supports universities that are trying to get more women involved in computing research careers by running research-focused workshops.
抖阴旅行射 Boulder鈥檚 project will be led by Ben Shapiro, assistant professor of computer science, and Sarah Miller, associate dean for access, inclusion and student programs in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
They plan to use the grant to increase the number of faculty-student research mentoring relationships within computing at 抖阴旅行射 Boulder, as well as to increase the rate of faculty applications for National Science Foundation funding.
Shapiro has been an active mentor of women undergraduate researchers at 抖阴旅行射. But when he looked at how many computer science faculty members hosted REUs, he realized they needed more 鈥渟upply鈥 to meet potential student demand.
鈥淲e will collaborate with university staff to offer a workshop to help faculty to scope out research proposals,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he goal will be to increase by ten-fold the number of REU proposals our computing researchers submit.鈥
The program will include faculty and students from the Department of Computer Science, Department of Information Science, Department of Applied Mathematics and the ATLAS Institute.
鈥淢aking computer science education accessible and available to everyone is one of our most important initiatives. We鈥檙e excited to provide this grant to 抖阴旅行射 Boulder to help encourage more women to be involved in computer science research careers,鈥 said Sepi Hejazi Moghadam, senior program manager at Google.
For more information about Google鈥檚 exploreCSR awards, .