EAPF Grant Application Form

Please provide a short description of your course materials.*

A successful abstract will tell us what problem are you addressing, if this fills a curriculum gap, and if your submission applies any new approaches to addressing common problems.

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Microgrant Awards for Parallelism in the Classroom Contest The EAPF provides an Educational Exchange website to allow academics to share materials which promotes the integration of concepts of parallelism into the classroom. The Microgrant Awards for Parallelism in the Classroom Contest will encourage academics and their students to think about how applications scale, to teach advanced concepts around concurrency and create classroom course materials that demonstrate parallel programming concepts. At the conclusion of the contest, all materials submitted may be shared with the community on the EAPF website as well as on the websites of the member constituents of the EAPF. The Awards starts March 9, 2011 and will continue through June 1, 2011. How To Enter: Submit a general description of materials that can be used in the classroom to introduce concepts of parallelism into computer and computational science courses. Entry abstracts should include an explanation of how the material presented will help advance the teaching of parallelism to students. Information on tools, software products or libraries used, what course the material would be applied to, the class level, the end product and whether the material has been taught previously will be requested. Contributions have to be written by the submitter but they can be original work or may be adaptations or extensions of other known methods or techniques in the industry. By uploading your submission, you agree to be bound by the Contest Rules set forth in this document. If you do not agree to these Rules, do not submit your Contribution. To be selected as a winner, you must be a registered member of the Educational Alliance for a Parallel Future (EAPF). You will be asked to enter contact information so that EAPF can contact you for Program announcements and prize distribution. Prizes: Winners will be notified by email at most fifteen days (15) after each submission deadline. An individual can submit multiple submissions. Entries may only be selected for one (1) award, however every submission not previously selected will automatically be entered for the next months judging cycle.

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