AccessComputing has received funding from the Computing Research Association’s Undergraduate Research to PhD Mentoring (UR2PhD) program. UR2PhD builds “capacity in computer science to advance the representation of women and gender-marginalized students, especially those who identify as Black, Latinx, and Native/Indigenous.” Through a variety of programs with undergrads, graduate students, and faculty, UR2PhD aims to sustain student interest in research.
AccessComputing’s Ur2PhD-funded project, AccessUR2PhD, supports women and gender-marginalized individuals with disabilities (WGMD) on the pathway from being an undergraduate researcher to earning a PhD in a computing field. To realize this goal, the project will work toward two objectives:
- To provide direct support for WGMD students interested in computing research through mentoring, leadership, and training activities.
- To develop and disseminate resources to support (1) WGMD students in computing research and (2) faculty and graduate students who are mentoring WGMD students.
AccessUR2PhD’s activities will include mentoring, webinars, and a national capacity-building institute.
Four other organizations received UR2PhD awards as well; you can read about them in the CRA News article CRA Awards ~$1.5M via the UR2PhD Program to 5 Organizations To Support Initiatives That Will Broaden Participation in Computing.