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After JAOO I subscribed to the Google events mailing list for Europe. Today I got an email with an interesting proposal. And I thought that some of you might be interested in it as well, so here it is.

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Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:46:25 +0100 [01/07/2009 05:46:25 PM CET]
From: Alison Cutler
Subject: Conference and Travel Grants for Women – ECIR and Eurosys

You are receiving this email because you signed up on our technical talk mailing list and indicated that you were interested in Women in Technology. If you would like to be removed please email europe-events@google.com.

Hello!

As part of Google’s ongoing commitment to encouraging women to excel in computing and technology, we are pleased to announce two travel and conference grants for forthcoming events to encourage more female computer scientists to attend and participate in conferences

ECIR 2009 conference and travel grant, 6-9 April, Toulouse, France
We are offering 2 grants as follows:

* Free registration for the main conference. Accommodation not included.
* 300 euros for travel costs (given to the recipients at the event)

Full details here

Eurosys09 conference and travel grant, 30 March to 3 April, Nuremberg, Germany
We are offering 2 grants as follows:

* Free registration for the conference (including the workshops on 31 March). Accommodation not included.
* 300 euros for travel costs (given to the recipients at the event)

Full details here

Best wishes
Google Events Team

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