[AG-TECH] Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)

Tom Coffin tcoffin at ncsa.uiuc.edu
Mon Apr 11 09:31:13 CDT 2005



The National Science Foundation’s new RFP, Broadening Participation in 
Computing (BPC) #NSF 05-562, is designed to increase diversity in 
computing. There is a need to make sure the IT community is aware of this 
opportunity and as a result, there will be two opportunities to learn more 
about the BPC program either during a face to face meeting or via the 
access grid .

There will be a meeting held on April 13, 2005 in Baltimore, MD to discuss 
the BPC program and provide potential PIs with the chance to meet and hear 
about existing efforts. The meeting will be held at the Radisson Plaza Lord 
Baltimore Hotel. Some travel support will be available.

On April 20th there will be an Access Grid presentation/discussion on the 
program for those unable to attend the meeting in Baltimore. The meeting 
will be held from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. in the NSF Special Event Virtual 
Venue (it is located in "The World" venue off the NCSA Lobby). For those 
who would like to participate but do not have an access grid, please review 
the list of access grid sites at this URL 
http://www.accessgrid.org/community/nodes/nodes-us.html and contact the 
node operator at that site.

Those that can not participate at an Access Grid site can call in to a 
conference call, at 1-877-416-3610. That number requires a pass code that 
can be obtained from Jan Cuny at jcuny at nsf.gov.

Details and logistics for the meeting and Grid presentation will be 
announced in a Dear Colleague letter on the CISE home page. For more 
information please contact Jan Cuny, NSF, at jcuny at nsf.gov.


http://agschedule.ncsa.uiuc.edu/meetingdetails.asp?MID=8640




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