Broadening Participation

TCSE support to conferences and community initiatives

The IEEE Computer Society (CS) Technical Community on Software Engineering (TCSE) regularly supports the community with funding to run broadening participation initiatives at IEEE CS sponsored conferences as well as in the wider community.

 

Conference Broadening Participation Initiatives

  • In 2026,  TCSE has offered support to 7 conferences (ASE, SANER, SMC-IT, ISSRE, ICSME, RE, MODELS) with student travel awards and funds for conference broadening participation activities.
  • In 2025, TCSE supported 4 conferences (ICSME, ISSRE, ACSOS and SMC-IT) with student travel awards and funds for conference broadening participation activities.

Community Broadening Participation Initiatives

2026 Open Call

The 2026 call for proposal is now open!  Apply at 2026 Call for Proposals — DEADLINE: May 15th,

2025 Awardees

CodeBhoomi ($5,000) lead by Rakshit Jain. CodeBhoomi is a grassroots software engineering outreach initiative aimed at bridging the rural digital divide in India. The program has established three innovation labs in government and Zilla Parishad schools across under-resourced communities. These labs provide hands-on training in software engineering to rural and tribal youth, with a strong focus on first-generation learners and girls. Alongside this, CodeBhoomi hosts a hackathon to inspire participants to design technology solutions for social good. To extend impact beyond the labs, participants are also encouraged to engage with nearby schools by teaching programming, digital literacy, and computer fundamentals to students and staff. Through experiential learning, community-driven projects, and inclusive outreach, CodeBhoomi nurtures both innovation and social responsibility while closely aligning with IEEE’s mission of advancing equitable access to technology education worldwide.

2024 Awardees

  • Computing, Engineering and Technology Service Learning in Belize ($5,000),  lead by Laura Dillon (Michigan State University, US). See blog.
  • Inspire Nepal ($5,000) lead by Daniela Damian (University of Victoria, Canada)
  • Code2Stem in Ghana ($1,500)  lead by Samuel Osei (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi)  – See the report and a video of the event