Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Honors Technical Women Who Have Significantly Impacted Women and Technology
PALO ALTO, Calif. — February 22, 2010 — The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced today it has opened the Call for Nominations for three awards: the Anita Borg Social Impact, Anita Borg Technical Leadership and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader Awards. Nominees may be submitted by high-tech companies, universities, private industry, and the general public. One winner will be selected in each category.
The Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award recognizes a tenure-track (non-tenured) faculty member (under the age of 40) at an academic or research institution who is pursuing high quality research in engineering or physical sciences, while contributing significantly to promote diversity in his/her environment. The award winner will receive a $5,000 prize.
The Anita Borg Social Impact Award honors an individual or team who has caused technology to have a positive impact on the lives of women and society, or who have caused women to have a significant impact on the design and use of technology. The award recipient will receive a $10,000 prize.
The Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award recognizes and celebrates an outstanding woman technical leader. Nominees are women who have inspired the women’s technology community through outstanding technological and social contributions and, through their leadership, have increased the impact of women on technology. The award recipient will receive a $10,000 prize.
“These three awards recognize three extraordinary people whose contributions to leadership and technology are exemplary. The Anita Borg Technical Leadership award recognizes great women whose technology contributions are changing our world. The Anita Borg Social Impact Award recognizes someone who demonstrates to the rest of us how technology can make a positive difference. The Denice Denton Award celebrates a young leader whose impact is already substantial, and will only increase.” Said Telle Whitney, President and CEO of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, “They are role models whose work continues to reach across boundaries and inspire”.
The awards will be presented on September 30, 2010, at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Atlanta, Georgia. Nominations will be accepted at http://anitaborg.org/initiatives/awards/ until April 29, 2010.
About the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI)
The Anita Borg Institute provides resources and programs to help industry, academia, and government recruit, retain, and develop women leaders in high-tech fields, resulting in higher levels of technological innovation. ABI programs serve high-tech women by creating a community and providing tools to help them develop their careers. ABI is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 charitable organization. ABI Partners include: Google, Microsoft, HP, Cisco, First Republic Bank, Intel, National Science Foundation, NetApp, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Thomson Reuters, CA, Intuit, Wilson Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Amazon, Facebook, and Raytheon. For more information, visit www.anitaborg.org.
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