Applications are now being accepted for the Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program at the SC18 conference to be held Nov. 11-16 in Houston. WINS seeks qualified female U.S. candidates in their early to mid-career to join the volunteer team to help build and run SCinet, the high-speed network created at each year’s conference. Here’s how to apply.

WINS was launched to expand the diversity of the SCinet volunteer staff and provide professional development opportunities to highly qualified women in the field of networking. Selected participants will receive full travel support and mentoring by well-known engineering experts in the research and education community.

For the second year in a row, Kate Mace of ESnet’s Science Engagement Team is the WINS chair for SCinet.

Applications are to be submitted using the WINS Application Form. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. Friday, March 23 (Pacific time). More information can be found on the SC18 WINS call for participation.

Each year, volunteers from academia, government and industry work together to design and deliver SCinet. Planning begins more than a year in advance and culminates in a high-intensity, around-the-clock installation in the days leading up to the conference.

Launched in 2015, the success of the WINS program led to an official three-year award by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and DOE-ESnet. WINS is a joint effort between ESnet, the Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), and SCinet.