Calling all geek girls

Posted by Alan Noble, Head of Engineering for Google Australia & New Zealand

Google is happy to announce that applications are now open for the 3rd annual Google Anita Borg Scholarship. The scholarship is open to female university students in Australia or New Zealand who are studying computer science, or closely related technical fields. Scholars are selected on the basis of academic strength, demonstrated leadership and community involvement.

In addition to the financial award, all scholarship finalists and recipients are invited for an all expenses-paid networking retreat held in Google Australia's Engineering centre in Sydney in September. The retreat will include tech talks, break out sessions, a good mix of social activities and time to engage with fellow finalists and industry professionals. See below for a slideshow from last year's retreat, and be sure to check out the profiles of last year's scholars.

Scholarship winners are also awarded an all expenses-paid trip to the U.S. in October to attend the 2009 Grace Hopper Conference, the largest conference of women in computing worldwide.

For complete details, please visit www.google.com.au/anitaborg. Applications close June 13th 2008.

We are looking forward to expanding the scholarship this year to reach even a greater audience, so please do let any interested parties know about this opportunity.