Who is eligible to apply? Non-profit organizations that support gender-marginalized (e.g. women, transgender, non-binary) computing students within the higher education pipeline to increase the number of students entering and successfully completing Ph.D. programs.
Award Amount: Proposals will be considered for amounts between $100,000 and $500,000. The amount requested should be appropriate for the anticipated effort and impact.
Project Period: All project activities must be completed no later than December 31, 2025.
Project Goals: We invite proposals for projects that complement the UR2PhD goals of increasing the number of gender-marginalized individuals who earn a PhD in a computing field. We particularly invite proposals that focus on gender-marginalized individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Areas of focus may include, but are not limited to:
- Increasing the number of Black, Latina, and Native undergraduate women and other gender-marginalized students who participate in any or all of the three pillars of UR2PhD;
- Helping convince gender-marginalized students to pursue computing graduate programs, particularly PhD programs;
- Supporting gender-marginalized students within PhD programs to ensure degree completion;
- Developing stronger mentoring structures for undergraduates and/or graduate students;
- Organizing in-person or virtual networking and/or community-building events;
- Changing institutional culture to promote graduate school pathways for women and other gender-marginalized students;
- Indirect interventions for computing students, such as podcast or video production expenses.
Application: Interested applicants must submit their applications, including a proposal (up to five-pages), using this form no later than 11:59 p.m. PT on June 8, 2024.
Application and Decision Timeline:
- Applications Open: April 23, 2024
- Applications Close: June 8, 2024 (11:59 p.m. PT)
- Decisions Announced: July 1, 2024
Proposals: Each proposal should include:
- Brief Project Description (and implementation plan)
- Project Rationale
- Project Audience
- Synergy and Partnership with UR2PhD
- Project Outcomes and Impact
- Metrics for Evaluation
- Project Budget
Budget: The budget may include items such as:
- Personnel
- Participant support costs
- Participant travel
- Participant stipend
- Other Direct Costs
- Travel (non-participant)
- Materials and supplies
- Consulting
- Computer and Software
Reporting Requirements: Awardees will be required to submit a project completion report highlighting the activities supported by the award as well as any evaluation results no later than January 5, 2026.
Eligible Expenses: Expenses directly linked to the successful delivery of the project. Proposals may not include any overhead or indirect expenses. In accepting the UR2PhD gift from a philanthropic partner, CRA committed to charging 20% on expenses and 0% on pass-through funding.
Contact: Please submit all questions to ur2phd@cra.org.