Regional award in your area? Go Local – Find the Talented Girls in Your Community

Award Programs around the United States

Founded in 2007, the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing has grown to a combined National and Affiliate program with local awards serving 22 states in 2011. To date, NCWIT has recognized 855 young women and plans to grow the award program to reach 10,000 young women and recognize 1,000 award recipients annually. In 2012, the program is on target to recognize more than 700 girls.

Affiliate hosts can be universities, corporations, K-12 organizations, or a team of organizations working together.

Affiliates can be of any size, serving an entire state, a region or a metro area. NCWIT Aspirations in Computing applicants represent a rich and ready source of young women highly qualified to enter the computing and IT workforce. Recognizing and encouraging their interest at this early stage could be the catalyst that propels them into studying computer science in college and ultimately pursuing a career in computing and information technology.

The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing Affiliate Program leverages a network of over 300 organizations to recognize increasingly more girls each year by implementing the award locally. Providing a local experience builds direct relationships for girls with the universities they might attend, local educational enrichment opportunities, and the companies where they might intern or work – creating a clear career pathway in computing. The Indiana award, for example, was sponsored by nine Indiana universities and had support from more than 20 corporations and universities.

Hosting an Affiliate Award Program is fun, easy and rewarding!

Affiliate host organizations receive a complete toolkit for implementing the award program including:

  • templates for publicity and promotion
  • guidelines for holding an award event
  • release forms
  • access to the NCWIT online award application and review system
  • technical support

ACM-W members are invited to engage with their local award Affiliate as volunteers, committee members, and application reviewers.

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