Travel: WINS Travel Funds in Support of SCinet at SC21

University Corporation For Atmospheric Res, Boulder CO

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Abstract

This travel grant supports five volunteers to attend the 2021 Supercomputing Conference (SC21) scheduled November 15 - 21, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri, as part of the Womening in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program who will participate in building and operating SCinet, the advanced computer networks which supports the annual conference. The WINS program, started in 2015, enables talented early to mid-career women from diverse backgrounds and regions of the U.S. research and education IT community to volunteer to participate in SCinet and experience the hands-on development and construction of the conference network. The intellectual merit associated with the project is to continue the expansion and broadening of knowledge and training for women network engineers and information technology professionals who desire to build expertise and continue their education and careers in network and computer systems. The broader impact associated with the program is through the diverse representation of organizations and applicant backgrounds representing Minority Serving Institutions, Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) states, and historically underrepresented minority groups. Through the participation in SC and SCinet, the travel funds provide training, professional development, and career opportunities for women in a workforce that has been historically male and non-minority-dominated. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.