Participants

What is the difference between an Emerging Leader and a participant?

What are the requirements to participate in TechWomen?

How do I apply?

What fields does STEM encompass?

What is a TechWomen track?

Each participant is asked to choose one of the following tracks based on her area of expertise and interest: biotechnology, green/clean technology, information technology, internet, science and telecommunications. This track becomes the basis for the professional programming that the Emerging Leader will participate in throughout the program. For details, please see Professional Development.

What do you mean by 'emerging woman leader'?

How much expertise or experience in STEM fields do I need to be eligible for the program?

How many applicants will be selected to participate in the 2020 program?

What is the selection process?

When will I be notified of my application result?

How can I check the status of my application?

When will the program take place?

Where will the program take place?

What is the mentorship project, and how much time am I expected to devote to it?

Prior to arriving in the United States, each Emerging Leader and her Professional Mentor(s) design a collaborative project based on the Emerging Leader’s learning goals and the expertise of the mentor. In 15 days over a period of four weeks, the Emerging Leader and her Professional Mentor(s) work together on the project at the mentor’s company. For details, please see Professional Development.

Is there a cost associated with participating in the TechWomen program?

Where will Emerging Leaders stay during the program?

If selected to participate, may I be accompanied by a family member?

Am I eligible to participate if I have a disability?

I am studying in Europe, but I’m a citizen of a program country. Am I eligible to apply for TechWomen?

Can I use my internships and part-time work to calculate my years of full-time work experience?

What is plagiarism?

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own
to use (another’s production) without crediting the source
to commit literary theft
to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

The Institute of International Education will be checking all applications for plagiarism. Applicants must use their own original ideas and words to complete the application. Any applicant found to be plagiarizing, including using the written application content or ideas of a previous applicant as their own, will be disqualified immediately.

For more information about plagiarism, please visit www.plagiarism.org.