Published: September 2023, Issue: Vol. 35/No.8, Download as PDF

CRA Update: NSF Selects CRA to Manage CSGrad4US Program That Will Award Over 220 3-Year Fellowships


By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications    CRA has received its largest-ever award, $42.1 million, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand its role in the NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program (CSGrad4US).  Launched by NSF in 2021, CSGrad4US aims to boost the number and diversity of domestic graduate students […]

CRA’s Inaugural Leadership Academy


By the CRA Leadership Academy Program Committee CRA held its inaugural CRA Leadership Academy to inform and cultivate future leaders in computing and computing research in Chicago May 22-23, 2023. There were 36 attendees from institutions across the United States and Canada. All attendees were recently promoted to full professors or likely to be promoted […]

Need Evaluation for Your Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Project?


By Ama Nyame-Mensah, Senior Research Associate, CERP Are you a new or existing REU Principal Investigator? Do you need to fulfill your REU Site evaluation requirement? Sign up to participate in the Computing Research Association’s (CRA) Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP) Comparative Evaluation of Undergraduate Research Opportunities on Student Interest in Research Careers in […]

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CRA-E Welcomes Three New Board Members


By the CRA-E Committee   The CRA Education Committee (CRA-E) is excited to announce that Renee Bryce, Dorian Arnold, and Stacy Branham joined as board members. The CRA-E board would also like to recognize and extend their gratitude to Emeritus member Amy Ko, who recently completed her service on the board. Amy was instrumental in […]

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2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers Award: Nominations Open September 12


By Julia Sepulveda Avalos, Program Associate, CRA-E   Each year, CRA celebrates and recognizes undergraduates who demonstrate outstanding potential in an area of computing research through the Undergraduate Research Awards (URA). We encourage faculty to nominate undergraduate researchers who demonstrate strong interest in and commitment to contributing to the field. Award recipients will receive financial […]

Biden Administration Releases R&D Priorities Memo for Next Year’s Budget Request


By Brian Mosley, Associate Director, Government Affairs In mid-August, the Biden Administration released a memo to the Federal research agencies outlining their research and development priorities for the Fiscal Year 2025 budget. The memo provides guidance to the agencies on how to prepare their budget request submissions for the Office of Management & Budget (OMB), […]

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By Helen V. Wright, Manager, CRA-Industry   Computing Research Association-Industry (CRA-I), whose mission is to convene industry partners on computing research topics of mutual interest, has an active Steering Committee (SC) that uses the following workflow to impact the computing research industry community.     The SC has had over 30 conversations with those in […]