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Call for Applications: 2023 SIGACCESS Travel Scholarships

ACM SIGACCESS Travel Scholarship Deadline: July 1st, 2023Details: http://www.sigaccess.org/awards/sigaccess-scholarship/ The ACM SIGACCESS Travel 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 attend in person and actively participate in the 2022 ASSETS conference.  Award amounts will be based on need and available funding but have historically been around $2000 US. Applicants are encouraged to apply for other sources, …

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Call for Applications: 2019 SIGACCESS Travel Scholarships

We invite applications for the 2019 ACM SIGACCESS Travel Scholarships. These awards 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 2019 ASSETS conference. The scholarship award is in the amount of $2,000. Deadline: July 1st, 2019 More Information: http://www.sigaccess.org/awards/sigaccess-scholarship/  

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Call for Applications: 2018 SIGACCESS Travel Scholarships

We invite applications for the 2018 ACM SIGACCESS Travel Scholarships. These awards 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 2018 ASSETS conference. The scholarship award is in the amount of $2,000. Application Deadline: July 1st, 2018. More information.

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Call for Applications: SIGACCESS 2017 Travel Scholarship Awards

We invite a second round of applications for the 2017 ACM SIGACCESS Travel Scholarships. These awards 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 2017 ASSETS conference. The scholarship award is in the amount of $2,000. Application Deadline: August 23rd, 2017. More information.

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Call for Applications: SIGACCESS 2017 Travel Scholarship Awards

We invite applications for the 2017 ACM SIGACCESS Travel Scholarships. These awards 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 2017 ASSETS conference. The scholarship award is in the amount of $2,000. Application Deadline: July 1st, 2017. More information.

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Call for STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS: 50 Years of the ACM Turing Award Celebration

In June this year, ACM will celebrate 50 Years of the A.M. Turing Award, which recognizes major contributions of lasting importance in computing. Through the years, it has become the most prestigious award in the field, often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of computing.” ACM will celebrate both the award and the visionaries who have received it with a conference on June 23 – 24, 2017 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. …

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SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award – call for nominations

Important Dates Deadline for nominations: July 1, 2015 Notification of Selection: August 1, 2015 ASSETS 2015 Conference: October 26-28, 2015, Lisbon, Portugal Please send to bruce.walker [at] psych.gatech.edu Award Description The SIGACCESS Impact Award is presented every other year (in odd-numbered years) to the authors of an ASSETS conference paper that has had a significant impact on computing and information technology that addresses the needs of persons with disabilities. Technical papers presented 10 or more …

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SIGACCESS 2015 Travel Scholarship – call for applications

We invite applications for the 2015 ACM SIGACCESS Travel Scholarships. These awards 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 2015 ASSETS conference. The scholarship award is in the amount of $2,000. Application Deadline: July 1st, 2015 For more information: http://www.sigaccess.org/awards/sigaccess-scholarship/

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