National Center For Women And Information Technology

Programs: Messaging and outreach - expenses to develop national strategy for increasing women's participation in the it field. Messaging and outreach includes comprehensive web site development to support alliance members, as well as resource distribution, alliance building, public relations, press development, social media, the audio podcast series on "entrepreneurial heroes interviews", and the national advocacy campaign, sit with me, the counselors for computing program, as well as the newly developed technolochicas campaign. Outreach includes increased presence at national conferences, including, but not limited to, sigcse, iste, aera, swe, grace hopper celebration of women in computing, among others.

award programs - award programs include the ncwit award for aspirations in computing for high school girls, the ncwit aspireit seed fund program which awards up to $5,000 to alliance members to partner with aspirations winners and run technology camps for middle school aged girls, the symons innovator award honoring entrepreneurial women in the it field, the educator award honoring high school teachers who encourage their female students to pursue computer science, robotics and engineering opportunities, the student seed fund (which awards up to $15,000 to student groups who recruit, retain and support women in it), the academic alliance seed grants program that awards academic alliance members startup funds (up to $10,000 per project) to develop and implement initiatives for recruiting and retaining women in computing and information technology, the pioneer award to recognize individuals whose lifetime contributions have changed the way we think about women's participation in the history of computing and technology, the undergraduate research mentoring award which recognizes faculty for their accomplishments and work in mentoring undergraduate students, the ncwit harrold and notkin research and graduate mentoring award which recognizes faculty for their accomplishments in graduate student mentoring, ncwit extension services next award that celebrates past and present extension services clients for their excellence in recruiting and retaining women into undergraduate programs, and the engagecsedu award which recognizes faculty for excellent and engaging introductory computer science curriculum.

meetings, workshops, and receptions - expenses to support an annual alliance meeting, workshops, and receptions for over 650 attendees. These meetings, workshops and receptions bring together leaders, change agents, and stakeholders to focus on researchdriven practices that strengthen the computing workforce and promote technology innovation by increasing the participation of girls and women. Attendees are members in ncwit's five alliances (workforce, academic, entrepreneurial, k12 and affinity group), the social science advisory board. The academic alliance members work towards institutional change in higher education. The affinity group alliance brings together national and local affinity groups that provide support, networking, and professional development. The entrepreneurial alliance helps young companies establish diversity at the start. The k12 alliance works on the image and teaching of computing. The workforce alliance leads efforts in corporate organizational reform. The social science advisory board advises ncwit and its members on projects and evaluation. Meetings also include an annual meeting for ncwit pacesetter organizations to gather, strategize and share goals.

alliances - expenses to support ncwit's five alliances (workforce, academic, entrepreneurial, k-12 and affinity group), the social science advisory board and their respective projects that include, but are not limited to, alliance specific research, the pacesetters program, and the undergraduate research mentoring program. The academic alliance members work towards institutional change in higher education. The affinity group alliance brings together national and local affinity groups that provide support, networking, and professional development. The entrepreneurial alliance helps young companies establish diversity at the start. The k-12 alliance works on the image and teaching of computing. The workforce alliance leads efforts in corporate organizational reform. The social science advisory board advises ncwit and its members on projects and evaluation. The remaining program expenses cover operational and technical support in support of the above listed major programs and accomplishments and donations to the university of colorado foundation for additional personnel and other university resources key to ncwit's operations.