2008 - Conference Grants
The HEDW Forum offers two grants to cover the costs of conference
attendance in memory of Cathy Lester. The grants are aimed at institutions
with limited data warehousing budgets that could add to the conference
and/or benefit from attending. One attendance grant and one speakers grant
are made annually.
Cathy Lester Attendance Grant. The goal of this grant is to provide access
to information and peers for the benefit of institutions in the early to
moderate stages of implementing a DW/BI solution on a limited budget. The
HEDW would like the recipient institution to attend the conference and take
that knowledge gained back to their campus and apply it. Three-four months
after the conference, the recipient is responsible for writing a white
paper for distribution to the HEDW membership on the institution’s
successes and lessons learned and the impact the conference had on their
data warehousing/business intelligence program.
Cathy Lester Speakers Grant. The goal of this grant is to provide a forum
for institutions that have had to implement Data Warehouse programs in a
creative fashion due to budgetary constraints. The HEDW would like these
institutions to present their DW or BI story so that other institutions can
benefit from their successes and lessons learned.
Covered Expenses. Each grant pays the conference registration fee, travel
costs up to $800, and up to 3 nights of hotel accommodation. The hotel cost
is paid directly by HEDW. Grant recipients are responsible for paying their
travel expenses and submitting a properly documented reimbursement request
to the treasurer of HEDW. Pre-conference training sessions and meals
outside the conference are not covered.
Application Process. Applicants submit the following information to the
Grants Coordinator at jglatstein@umassp.edu by February 15, 2008:
- Name and contact information
- Institution
- Position in institution
- Number of users of data warehousing/business intelligence solution services
- Number of students in attendance at your institution
- Brief description of the goals of your warehousing/business intelligence project and where in the development lifecycle it currently sits.
- Grant being applied for.
- Brief summary why you feel the grant should be awarded to your institution and what you hope to gain from it.
- Brief summary of presentation if grant being applied for is the speakers grant.
Grant Application
Use the form below or email application and/or any questions to jglatstein@umassp.edu.
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