Google is offering 5 travel grants for female computer scientists to attend EuroBSDCon 2014. The deadline to apply is Sunday, August 31st.
As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to encourage women to excel in
computing and technology, Google is pleased to offer Women in Tech
Travel and Conference Grants to attend the EuroBSDcon 2014
conference[1].5 grants are offered, which include:
* Free registration for the conference
* Up to 1000 EUR towards travel costs (to be paid after the conference)To be eligible for a grant, the candidate must:
* Be a woman working in or studying Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, or a technical field related to the conference subject
* Have a strong academic background
* Demonstrate leadership in the workplace or in school
* Attend the core day(s) of the main conference
Head on over the following link to find out how to apply: https://www.google.ch/edu/students/google-travel-and-conference-grants/#!europe
“Have a strong academic background” – sigh… I’m really tired of the prefiltering of talent, especially for CS and FLOSS people. And *especially* from an american corporation, as american academia is mostly a “pay to be in”-club.
There are so many people that have great skills and a burning passion in that field, that don’t have an academic background.
Sorry, could not resist go rant.