SC2002 Minority Serving Institution Participation Grant
Program Overview:
The purpose of this project is to increase the participation of minorities
in the SC conferences by providing support to help faculty and/or IT
professionals from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) - Hispanic Serving
Institutions (HSIs), Tribal Colleges, and Historically Black Colleges
and Universities (HBCUs) to attend the conference. It is our intention
in providing these grants to improve our ability to reach groups that
have traditionally not had access to high performance computing. This
project takes place in the context of EOT-PACI (www.eot.org)
outreach to MSIs under the NSF sponsored Advanced Networking with Minority
Serving Institutions (AN-MSI), www.anmsi.org.
The SC MSI Participation Grant is funded in part by IEEE and ACM. The
intended impact of this project goes beyond just increasing the numbers
of MSI participants in SC conferences to fostering collaborative relationships
between faculty at MSIs and research scientists at major research centers
and impacting the amount and quality of computational science education
at MSIs.
Grant Application
Process:
To apply candidates need to complete and submit the SC2002
MSI Grant Application Form
by the August 30, 2002 deadline. Please note that applicants
must be either a US citizen or permanent resident in order to qualify
for these grants. All grant applicants who submitted their applications
by August 30, 2002 will be notified of the status of their application
by email by September 20, 2002. We strongly encourage applications from
those who have not previously attended SC.
Selection Criteria:
- Faculty or IT
professionals from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)
- Must be either
a US citizen or permanent resident
- Willingness to
share their research in the SC Academic Village. (There will be space
available in the Exhibit Hall for MSIs to showcase their research.)
- Ability to attend
at least three days of the conference
Financing Participants:
Pending upon funding, up to 45 $1200 grants will be awarded to those
selected to attend SC2002 in Baltimore, Maryland, November 16-22, 2002.
These grants will cover travel, lodging for up to four nights, (11/16-11/20),
and conference registration. Participants will be reimbursed for lodging,
and travel upon receipt of SC2002
Travel Expense Report and original receipts. Registration
fee will be handled through the budget of the appropriate committee.
Grant recipients are required to participate in all SC MSI sponsored
activities that include a reception, Birds of a Feather discussion group,
and panel discussions. Detailed travel
expense guidelines are available here.
Conference Registration
Procedures:
Selected participants will be provided a URL to register via the web,
where they will select Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) as their
registration category. Selection of the MSI category will permit them
to register for the Technical Program without having to submit payment
information. The selected candidates may pick up their conference materials
at the SC2002 Registration Counter beginning Saturday, November 16th
at 1:00pm. To apply for the SC2002 MSI Participant Grant please see
http://www.sc-conference.org/sc2002/attendees
and click on the "MSI Program" menu item.
For additional
information, contact:
Stephenie McLean at mclean@ncsa.uiuc.edu.
