organizations
ABI: Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology.
CRA-W: Committee on the status of women in computing research.
GWIS: Graduate Women in STEM.
NCWIT: National Center for Women in Information Technology
- The ABI organizes the Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing and offers a yearly scholarship to attend GHC. Students may apply for the scholarship any number of times.
- The Student of Vision Award is presented at GHC. Application deadlines are typically over the Winter break.
- The ABI also manages the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship.
- The ABI recently added two student position to its board of trustees. Nominations occur yearly in the summer.
CRA-W: Committee on the status of women in computing research.
- CRA-W sponsors the Grad Cohort Workshop for early-career graduate students and discipline-specific mentoring workshops for later-career graduate students.
GWIS: Graduate Women in STEM.
- UMass Amherst now has a chapter of the national GWIS organization. GWIS offers peer mentoring, professional development, outreach, and social activities for persons across stem. GWIS is open to all graduate students.
NCWIT: National Center for Women in Information Technology
- NCWIT facilitates numerous webinars on outreach, mentoring, and more!
- NCWIT administers the Aspirations Scholarship for high school students.
- NCWIT administers the Student Seed Funding Competition.
fellowships & Scholarships
OutREAch
- MAGIC is a program for remotely mentoring teenaged girls in STEM fields. In order to become a mentor, you must currently be a women working in a STEM field and must undergo mentor training. The commitment is approximately 2 hours per week.
General UMass & Grad Student Resources
- UMass CS Graduate Student wiki
- Matt Might's Blog (includes productivity and power-user tips)