2013 TechWomen Eligibility Requirements

An applicant must:

• Be a woman with a minimum of two years of full-time professional experience in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and/or a career requiring significant expertise/knowledge/application of technology;
• Have a university degree;
• Be proficient in written and spoken English;
• Demonstrate a willingness to participate in exchange programs, welcome opportunities for mentoring and new partnership development, and exhibit confidence and maturity;
• Be citizens or permanent residents of Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, the Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, Yemen or Zimbabwe at the time of application, and while participating in the program;
• Not have applied for an immigrant visa to the United States, or participated in a visa lottery in the past five years;
• Be able to obtain a U.S. visa;
• Not hold U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. legal permanent resident.

Preference will be given to applicants who:

• Have demonstrated themselves as emerging leaders in STEM fields;
• Have limited or no prior experience in the United States;
• Have a record of voluntary or public service in their communities;
• Have demonstrated entrepreneurialism and commitment to innovation.

Application deadline: February 22^nd, 2013

The EngineerGirl website is a service of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).  It grew out of the work of the Committee on the Diversity of the Engineering Workforce, and was launched in February of 2001. The EngineerGirl website is part of an NAE project to bring national attention to the opportunity that engineering represents to all people at any age, but particularly to women and girls.

Every year, EngineerGirl sponsors a contest dealing with engineering and its impact on our world. Usually the announcement is posted in the fall with judging and winners announced in the spring. Visit the contest page to see past winners or view the new contest.

Guide to Engineering studies in France.  Government and company funded scholarships and internships.

Promoted by the Asturian Women's Institute, “Enredadas 2.0” is a training program which works with women to facilitate and increase the use of ICT among them, at the same this program aims to encourage their visibility on the network through the use of Web 2.0 tools.
The goals of the program are:
• Promote equality in the network.
• With the increased participation of women but also with more content produced by women.
• With the increased presence of reflections and views of women.
• Enhancing the contents related to equality between men and women.

Content of the workshop:
• Recognition the benefits of using Web 2.0 (social networking, microblogging applications) as tools to access information and communicate with people of the same interests.
• Create, modify and maintain own blogs as a tool for communication and network building on Web 2.0.
• Write notes on their own blog and comment on others, that is, participate in the Network and Network
• Tag their writings and provide visibility of women and their views.
• Include graphics (pictures) in their articles.
• Analyze the potential of a "virtual desktop".
• Create and share documents and calendars.
• Access to social networks.

Duration of the workshop: 12 hours.
Contact information:
Instituto Asturiano de la Mujer
C/ Eduardo Herrera “Herrerita”, s/n, 3ª planta.
33006 Oviedo
Tlf: 985 96 20 10. Fax:985 96 20 13

The International Scholarship Programme is aimed at foreign students who are currently studying or have studied and obtained their most recent qualification outside of France. Info on Fulbright study and research grants to France.

ESMT awards one prestigious scholarship to an outstanding male or female candidate applying from an Asian country.

The European Union (EU) Contest for Young Scientists, an initiative of the European Commission, was set up to promote the ideals of co-operation and interchange between young scientists. The Contest is the annual showcase of the best of European student scientific achievement and as such attracts widespread media interest. The young scientists also have the chance to meet others with similar abilities and interests and to be guided by some of the most prominent scientists in Europe. In this way, the Commission seeks to strengthen the efforts made in each participating country to attract young people to careers in science and technology.

 Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with concentration in Network Management: The program is comprised of three major components: arts and sciences, information technology, and free electives. The information technology component consists of core requirements in computer architecture/assembly language, object-oriented programming, database concepts, data communications and networking, operating systems, overview of computer security, and project management.

Bachelor of Professional Studies in Technology Management with area of focus in Information Technology