The School of Computing is pleased to offer grants to support short-term visiting
scholars. The grants, up to $10,000 per visitor, may support visiting faculty, post-docs,
or advanced graduate students (in the final 2 years of studies). The funds may be
used to cover travel, lodging, and meal costs as well as a stipend for the visiting
scholar. Visiting scholars may contribute, but are not limited to:
- Planning on incorporating and/or advancing computing in strategic areas such as diversity,
equity and inclusion in computing; student mentorship; external funding development;
advancing UW strategic initiatives such as Tier 1 Engineering, Science Initiative,
Wyoming Innovation Partnership, etc.
- Computing related courses through guest lectures, curriculum development, etc.
- Advancing the role of computing across the university through presentations, workshops,
or meetings that address new computing research, new industry/community engagement
based on computing.
Proposals
Concise proposals (no more than one page) in PDF format should include the following
elements:
- Faculty name and academic unit
- Name and CV / Resume of visiting scholar
- Description of proposed activities
- Summarize the planned contribution of the visiting scholar to advance computing research,
learning, and/or engagement at the University of Wyoming
- Describe the visit timeline and plan of work
- What are the envisioned deliverables/outcomes?
Proposals should be submitted to uwyo-soc@uwyo.edu on an ongoing basis until funds are expended.
Budget
Proposals should attach a budget and budget justification for up to $10,000 that must
be expended by the end of the fiscal year. Funds can be used for:
- Travel, lodging, and meals for the visiting scholar
- Stipend for visiting scholar
