The AccessComputing Alliance has funding for undergraduate research internships for students with disabilities. The internships are available for US citizens and permanent residents and cover a summer stipend, travel, housing, and sustenance.

If you have a student at your university you would like to work with or you are interested in bringing a student from another university to work with you, both are possible.

If you are interested please contact me as soon as possible. Funding is limited, so please contact me as soon as possible.

Richard Ladner
Boeing Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washingtion
AccessComputing Alliance
http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/

Labels: AccessComputing, Student Funding

The SIGACCESS Scholarship Award aims to provide support for practitioners, researchers, members of advocacy groups, and individuals with disabilities who are interested in the field of computers and accessibility, to actively participate in the ASSETS conference and gain experience and knowledge from interacting with experts in the field. The scholarship award is in the amount of $2,000. SIGACCESS will award up to two scholarships per year, pending availability of funds.

The deadline for application is May 31st, 2010; applicants will be notified of the decision by July 15th, 2010. Applications should be sent in electronic form to: chair_sigaccess@acm.org. For further details on Eligibility Criteria and Application Requirements please see:
The SIGACCESS Scholarship in Computers and Accessibility Award Pages.

Special Note: the 2010 SIGACCESS scholarship will be dedicated to the memory of Dr. Noëlle Carbonell, a leader in the field of accessibility and a strong advocate and supporter of SIGACCESS.

Labels: Awards, SIGACCESS Scholarship

The September 2009 edition of the SIGACCESS Newsletter is now available online from the SIGACCESS Newsletter pages.

Table of Contents

1. A Note from the Editors
   Adam J Sporka and Sri Kurniawan
2. MyLexics: An Assistive Courseware for Dyslexic Children to Learn Basic Malay Language
   Muhammad Haziq Lim Abdullah, Syariffanor Hisham, and Shahril Parumo
3. Designing Smart Home Interfaces for the Elderly
   Zoraida Callejas, Ramón López-Cózar
4. Development Framework for Pervasive Computing Applications
   Václav Slovácek, Miroslav Macík, Martin Klíma

Labels: Newsletter, September 2009