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Financial Aid by conferences

The following conferences offer financial aid for participants to attend.

PyCon US

Large conference in North America centered around the Python language.

Link: PyCon US website
Financial Aid Policy: Link (This link changes every year)

ForwardJS

JavaScript conference in winter in San Francisco.

Link: ForwardJS
Financial aid application: Link (will be different for future years)

Strange Loop

Multi-track conference with particular attention to programming languages and distributed systems.

Link: Strange Loop
Financial Aid information: Information on diversity scholarships

Clojure/West

Clojure conference on the West Coast in the Spring

Link & Grant information [1]

AdaCamp

Series of conferences focused on increasing women's participation in open source.

Link: AdaCamp
Financial Aid: It can be applied for via the application page for each AdaCamp.

Grace Hopper Conference

The largest gathering of women technologists.

Link: Website
Financial aid page: Link
Note: Travel grants are available only for faculty and students.

LibrePlanet

Link: LibrePlanet
Travel scholarships: LibrePlanet 2015 scholarships

PyCon Australia

Link: PyCon-Au
Travel grants: PyCon Australia 2014 grants page

Grad Cohort Workshop

Link: Grad Cohort Workshop
Note: The participants for the workshop will be chosen on some pre-determined basis.
Eligibility criteria: Women students in their first, second or third year of graduate school in computer science and engineering or a closely related field, who are studying at a US or Canadian institution.

Data Mining Workshop

Link: BPDM

MesosCon

Link: MesosCon
Travel scholarships: MesosCon 2015 scholarships

Financial Aid for conference attendance by organizations

The following organizations offer aid to participants for attending conferences.

Wikimedia Foundation

Link: Wikimedia Foundation Grants
Note: The trip should be in alliance with the WIkimedia movement.

Google

Link: Google Travel and Conference Grants
Note: This is reserved for only some specific conferences. For conferences in North America, you are required to be an American citizen.

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 * Link: [https://thestrangeloop.com/ Strange Loop]
 * Financial Aid information: [https://thestrangeloop.com/attendees/diversity-scholarships Information on diversity scholarships]
+=== Clojure/West ===
+Clojure conference on the West Coast in the Spring
+* Link & Grant information [http://clojurewest.org/opportunity]
 === AdaCamp ===
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 * Note: Travel grants are available only for faculty and students.
+=== LibrePlanet ===
+* Link: [https://lbreplanet.org LibrePlanet]
+* Travel scholarships: [https://libreplanet.org/2015/scholarships/?pk_campaign=LP-scholarships LibrePlanet 2015 scholarships]
+=== PyCon Australia ===
+* Link: [http://pycon-au.org PyCon-Au]
+* Travel grants: [http://2014.pycon-au.org/grants PyCon Australia 2014 grants page]
+=== Grad Cohort Workshop ===
+* Link: [http://cra-w.org/ArticleDetails/tabid/77/ArticleID/55/Default.aspx Grad Cohort Workshop]
+* Note: The participants for the workshop will be chosen on some pre-determined basis.
+* Eligibility criteria: Women students in their first, second or third year of graduate school in computer science and engineering or a closely related field, who are studying at a US or Canadian institution.
+=== Data Mining Workshop ===
+* Link: [http://www.dataminingshop.com/2015/index.php BPDM]
+=== MesosCon ===
+* Link: [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/mesoscon MesosCon]
+* Travel scholarships: [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/mesoscon/attend/scholarship MesosCon 2015 scholarships]
 == Financial Aid for conference attendance by organizations ==