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SIGCSE Outreach Project

Version: August 7, 2007 (3)

The SIGCSE Outreach Project supports the dissemination of outstanding SIGCSE/ITiCSE presentations to other venues. The program is open to any non-ACM conference holding "In-Cooperation" status with SIGCSE. Conference organizers may apply for funds to bring one or more speakers from recent SIGCSE or ITiCSE conferences to the meeting to repeat their presentations. Although we expect most proposals will be for paper presentations, we will also consider support for other types of presentations, such as panels or workshops. Expansion of previous presentations, for example from a 30 minute presentation to a 60 minute presentation, is also appropriate.

Funding is limited to $1000 per conference, per year. Funds are for travel support only (transportation, accommodation, meals), not for registrations or honorariums. The level of funding is subject to the quality of proposals received and the availability of funds.

To learn more about In-Cooperation status, see SIGCSE's In-Cooperation Guidelines.

Application Guidelines

The application process is relatively informal. Applications must indicate:

  • the name and dates of the In-Cooperation conference
  • the name of the presenter
  • what will be presented and when it was originally presented at SIGCSE/ITiCSE
  • a requested amount with a description of how the funds will be used
  • a brief statement of reasons why the presentation was selected

Submit the application at least four months prior to the conference via e-mail to the Outreach Project Review Committee at outreach@sigcse.org. Be sure to include all the information requested above.

If an Outreach Proposal is funded, the In-Cooperation conference accepts the following obligations:

  • Make a short announcement at a plenary session of the meeting; for example "We would like to thank the ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education for providing support for Jane Doe to present her paper, Educational Challenges for the New Millenium, tomorrow afternoon. This paper was originally presented at ITiCSE 2003."
  • Include a similar statement in the conference program.
  • Distribute informational and membership information materials regarding SIGCSE, should SIGCSE send such materials to the conference chair at least one week before the event.
  • After the event, prepare a short report describing how the presentation went. This report will be sent to the Outreach Project Review Committee at outreach@sigcse.org.
  • Contact the SIGCSE treasurer for instructions on how to submit the receipts for covered expenses for reimbursement.

Process for Making Awards

The SIGCSE Board will appoint an Outreach Project Review Committee to judge the Outreach proposals and make the funding decisions. In considering amounts awarded to individual conferences, the Review Committee may take into account the overall budget for the event. All unsuccessful applicants will received feedback on their application from the Outreach Project Review Committee. The Review Committee will consider all applications as confidential.

Award History (through July 2007)

  • 2005
    • Alice Workshop by Wanda Dann, at the CCSC South Central Regional Conference, USA
    • Kinesthetic Learning in the Classroom by Rebecca Bates, Stephen A. Wolfman, Afsaneh Amiri and Laura Aslan, at the CCSC Northwest Regional Conference, USA
    • Alice Workshop by Steve Cooper, at the CCSC Southeastern Regional Conference, USA
    • On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computer Science Redux (keynote) by Owen Astrachan, at the CCSC Eastern Regional Conference, USA
  • 2006
    • Teaching Computing Ethics by Keith Miller and Don Gotterbarn, at the CCSC Southeastern Regional Conference, USA
    • Defensive Climate in the Computer Science Classroom by Lecia Barker, at the 6th Baltic Sea Conference of Computing Education Research, Sweden
    • Everything I Needed to Know about Teaching I Learned in Kindergarten: Bringing Elementary Education Techniques to Undergraduate Computer Science Classes by Robert Duvall and Shannon Pollard, at the CCSC Eastern Regional Conference, USA
    • Alice Workshop by Steve Cooper and Wanda Dann, at the CCSC Midwest Regional Conference, USA
  • 2007
    • A Radical Approach to Teaching Object-Oriented Programming (keynote) by Andries van Dam, at CCSC Northeast Regional Conference, USA
    • Introducing Visual Studio Team System into the Curriculum by Dr. Joe Hummel, at CCSC Central Plains Conference, USA
    • Students Learn CS in Different Ways: Insights for an Empirical Study by Anders Berlund, at ACE2008, the Tenth Australasian Computing Education Conference, Australia