Category Archives: Getting involved in open tech and culture

Etsy offers ten grants for women to attend Hacker School

By Guest Contributor | Published: April 11, 2012
From the Etsy blog: Today, in conjunction with Hacker School, Etsy is announcing a new scholarship and sponsorship program for women in technology: we’ll be hosting the summer 2012 session of Hacker School in the Etsy headquarters, and we’re providing ten Etsy Hacker Grants of $5,000 each — a total of $50,000 — to women [...]
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Grace Hopper Celebration of Computing scholarships open

By Guest Contributor | Published: April 4, 2012
From the Anita Borg Institute website: The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology announced today that scholarship applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, which brings together women from all aspects of computer science and engineering. This year’s conference will be held October 3-6, 2012 [...]
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Women’s summer internship with the Twisted Python open source project

By Guest Contributor | Published: April 2, 2012
Itamar Turner-Trauring writes: What: USD $5000 full-time summer internship with the Twisted Python open source project Who: This internship is open to all women, including students and non-students When: May – August 2012, applications close April 6th Apply at: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/WomenOutreach2012 Questions? Say hello at women-outreach@sfconservancy.org The Twisted project and its non-profit home the Software Freedom [...]
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GNOME Outreach Program for Women: applications close in one week

By Mary Gardiner | Published: March 31, 2012
A reminder that the applications for this round of the GNOME Outreach Program for Women internships close in one week’s time, on April 6. As making a small contribution in preparation is required as part of the application, check it out and start your application as soon as possible if you haven’t already! Got open [...]
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Flossie 2012 (London, May 25–26) CfP

By Guest Contributor | Published: March 14, 2012
Paula Graham writes: Ada Initiative supporters may be interested in the Flossie 2012 event we’re organising – it’s a free, two-day event in London for women who use or are otherwise interested in Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS) in Digital Arts or Open Data, Knowledge and Education, research, creative industries and non-profits. Full details [...]
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