Conference Grants (HEDW 2014 Conference):
The HEDW Forum offers two grants to cover the costs of conference attendance in memory of Cathy Lester, one of its founding members. 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 speaker’s grant are made annually.
In order to qualify for either of these grants, you must submit an application by January 17, 2014 as outlined below.
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 middle stages of implementing a warehousing/business intelligence 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. Within four months of the conference, the recipient is encouraged for writing a short white paper for distribution to the HEDW membership on the institution’s successes and lessons learned and the impact conference attendance had on their data warehousing/business intelligence program.
Cathy Lester Speakers Grant:
The goal of this grant is to provide an opportunity for institutions that have implemented a data warehouse/business intelligence program in a creative fashion to share with their peers. The HEDW Forum would like these institutions to present their story so other institutions can benefit from their successes and lessons learned. This grant is open to members who have already submitted a proposal and to those who have not.
Covered Expenses:
Each grant pays the conference registration fee, travel costs up to $800, and up to four nights of hotel accommodation. Grant recipients are responsible for paying their travel expenses and hotel accommodations, then submitting a properly documented request for reimbursement to the treasurer of HEDW. Pre-conference training sessions and meals outside the conference are not covered.
Application Process:
Applicants should submit the following information to the Grants Coordinator (Vicky Shaffer) at shafferv@vt.edu by January 17, 2014.
1. Grant being applied for
2. Name and contact information
3. Institution
4. Position in institution
5. Number of current and/or planned users of data warehousing/business intelligence solution services
6. Number of students in attendance at your institution
7. Brief description of the goals of your data warehousing/business intelligence project and where in the development lifecycle it currently sits
8. Why you feel the grant should be awarded to your institution
9a. For the attendance grant: What you hope to gain from attending the conference?
9b. For the speaker’s grant: Brief description of your presentation and why you feel conference participants will benefit from hearing your story?
A review committee of HEDW Forum board members will select the grant recipients by January 24, 2014.
Please do not attempt to register for the conference before you are notified of the outcome of your application. The registration procedure requires payment.
Important Dates to note:
Application submission for grants: January 17, 2014
Grants selection: January 24, 2014
Early bird registration ends: February 28, 2014