Fwd: CRA External Awards

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Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 10:45:28 -0500
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From: Jay Vegso <jve...@cra.org>
Subject: CRA External Awards
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This past year the Computing Research Association formed the External
Awards Committee, headed by Professors Spafford (Purdue) and McKeown
(Columbia). Its mission is to help gain greater recognition for computing
researchers among the science and engineering communities, as well as the
public at large. One way to achieve this is to encourage computing
researchers to apply or be nominated for prestigious awards that are open
to a variety of fields. The External Awards Committee hopes to provide
the community with basic information about these awards. Two such
announcements are listed below.

The Committee is also interested to hear of awards that you feel may be of
interest to computing researchers, particularly general science and
engineering awards that researchers may not know about. If you have any
suggestions, please send them to Jay Vegso at j...@cra.org.

ALAN T. WATERMAN AWARD DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 1999.
The National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award "recognizes an
outstanding young researcher in an field of science or engineering
supported by the NSF. In addition to a medal, the awardee receives a
grant of $500,000 over a three year period for scientific
research." Deadlines for nominations are December 31, 1999. For more
information about the award, visit the NSF website at
<http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/waterman/start.htm>.

CHARLES STARK DRAPER PRIZE DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2000.
The National Academy of Engineering's "$500,000 Prize is intended to
increase public understanding of the contributions of engineers and how
technology contributes to the welfare and freedom of humanity." For more
information about the prize, visit the NAE website at
<http://www.nae.edu/nae/nae.nsf/Homepage/NAE+Awards?OpenDocument>.

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