Collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (CREU)
Jamika Burge (CDC Co-Chair)
Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, Virginia Tech (CDC Deputy Chair)
CDC partners with the Computing Research Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W) to offer the CREU and DREU programs and the Discipline-Specific Workshops. CREU is designed to provide positive research experiences for teams of undergraduates who will work during the academic year and optionally the following summer at their home institutions. Formerly administered as two separate programs – CREU and MRO-W – the program has been expanded and includes not only computer science and computer engineering research, but may also include multidisciplinary research. Students work with sponsoring faculty members on a project for which monetary support is typically not available. The goal of this initiative is to increase the numbers of students from underrepresented groups who continue on to graduate school in computer science and engineering and allied disciplines. Team proposals are generally due May of each year.
