Meet women in computing careers at Microsoft

Kristin Tolle
Director
Microsoft Research Connections
Focus: Development infrastructure

• Meet more women in computing careers

Try out free tools

• Kodu
• .NET Gadgeteer
• Pex for Fun
• Touch Develop

More tools...

Engage with our partners

• National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
• Anita Borg Institute (ABI)
• Computer Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W)
• Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN)
• ACM’s Women in Computing (ACM-W)
  
  

Participate in events

• Grace Hopper Conference
• Regional Grace Hopper Conferences
• NCWIT Affiliates Aspiration Awards
• CRA-W Grad Cohort
• NetHope Women’s TechConnect
• Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek)

Explore opportunities 

• Careers at Microsoft Research
• Internships at Microsoft Research
• Graduate Women's Scholarship
• Post-Doctoral Research
• NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund

Student programs

• DigiGirlz
• International Women's Hackathon
• Microsoft Imagine Cup
• TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools)

Sponsored projects

• Human Trafficking Research
• Girls-Only MOOC (coming soon)

Sponsored campaigns

• Mediaplanet "STEM Education" campaign: read the STEM Education report, as seen in The Washington Post
• National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) "Sit With Me" campaign

Contact us

To learn more about Microsoft’s programs, tools, and how you can get involved, contact Microsoft Research diversity.

Growing the next generation of women in computing

Through partnerships with academic, research, and non-profit organizations and businesses, Microsoft Research believes that we can help grow the next generation of women in computing—which in turn will help foster technological innovation and improve lives around the world through greater gender diversity and creativity in computer science, electrical engineering, and informatics.