Women who are making contributions to the field of computing, and to improving opportunities for other women, often don’t get the recognition they deserve. Especially if they’re less than a decade into their career. That’s why it’s amazingly cool that the Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research sponsors the Anita Borg Early Career Award:
The annual award will be given to a woman in computer science and/or engineering who has made significant research contributions and who has contributed to her profession, especially in the outreach to women. This award recognizes work in areas of academia and industrial research labs that has had a positive and significant impact on advancing women in the computing research community and is targeted at women that are relatively early in their careers (no more than 10 years past the Ph.D.).
The application deadline for this year’s award is Feb. 15, and the award will be announced May 15. Get writing! (Thanks to Liz Henry for the link.)