CCEP (CSSN Community Engagement Program) gives travel rewards for community engagement, feedback forums, documentation and much more!

Submissions are reviewed once a month. If you have not heard back within 6 weeks please email alana.romanella@colorado.edu for an update on status. Please submit at least two-three months before the conference that you desire to attend. If you submit without adequate time your submission may not be reviewed in time.

You must ensure that you have enough time to submit your CCEP conceptual idea, complete the work, and then complete the second stage travel form for the CU team to approve before you book your hotel/flight/registration for a US-based conference or workshop (these are the ONLY travel items covered by the CCEP). You will be reimbursed after you have completed your travels and provided us the appropriate receipts.

You must be a US Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident to apply.

You may only be awarded one CCEP for the life of the program.

CCEPs are highly competitive and limited. A submission is not a guarantee of acceptance - the committee will review and select only those that meet the needs of ACCESS and are valuable to the community.

$3,000 Reward

Intro to ACCESS event
Prepare an Intro to ACCESS lecture, tutorial, or slide deck for Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced User. This ideally should be a review of multiple ACCESS resources (e.g. how to get an allocation, how to get started, tips and tricks, software and hardware overview) or a general review of offerings that Support/Allocations provides to the community.
Intro to ACCESS lecture for domain specific conference or community
Prepare an Intro to ACCESS lecture, tutorial, or slide deck for a domain specific conference (e.g. AGU, ODSC, IPSA, etc) or community (biology department, chemistry honor society, political science affinity group, media studies lecture series, etc.) that can be shared and reused for training in the future.
Documentation, tutorial, lecture, or event on requested topic
Expand the knowledge base by submitting your ideas for documentation, a recording of a lecture, event, or tutorial for one of the below subject areas. Once your CCEP has been approved, you will complete your work and then contribute your completed work as a Knowledge Base Resource.
  • AI/ML/LLM/GenAI (and associated items)
  • Intro to Linux
  • Python
  • Job Scheduling
  • Data Transfer, Software Installations
  • Parallel Programming
  • GPU Acceleration
  • PyTorch/TensorFlow
  • Rust
Share your expertise on Ask.CI, the Q&A platform for the research computing community
Expand the community knowledge base by contributing 10 posts (new topics or answers to existing topics, with a maximum of 5 new topics) on Ask.CI. Submissions will be reviewed once a month by the CCEP committee. Please post first, then apply for your reward.
Contribute to ACCESS Open OnDemand
Contribute to the ACCESS Open OnDemand platform or community via:
  • Propose a presentation / poster / session on ACCESS Open OnDemand for a domain specific conference or community, such as the GOOD Conference, PEARC, SC, etc.
  • Expand the community knowledge base by contributing to the Open OnDemand documentation that benefits ACCESS
  • Contribute code via 10 pull/commit requests to an Open OnDemand GitHub repository that supports ACCESS
  • Share your expertise by contributing 10 posts (new topics or answers to existing topics) to discourse.openondemand.org or Ask.CI that support and improve ACCESS
Apply to CCEP

Important Fine Print

CCEP (CSSN Community Engagement Program) gives travel rewards for community engagement, feedback forums, documentation and much more! Submissions are reviewed once a month. Please submit two months prior to the conference that you desire to attend.

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