Award winners are invited to attend the conference and participate in activities such as special networking sessions.

Awardees are matched with Disney mentors who support them throughout the conference.

Awardees also get to showcase their work in data & analytics by presenting their poster project for all attendees to see in a science fair style expo hall session!.

Application

We are excited to have you apply for the Disney Data & Analytics Women Award. Please complete the following form.
Please note that this application must be completed in one session, as you will not be able to return to it later.

    • Your resume/CV including details of your education, work experience and any extracurricular activities and achievements.
    • Current transcript(s) from your undergraduate or graduate programs.
    • An essay of 500 words or less on why you are passionate about data & analytics and women in STEM roles.
    • A PDF version of a poster (36"x24” horizontal) summarizing an original "Do-It-Yourself" quantitative analytics project you have previously developed with the following components: problem to solve, methodology, citations of all data sources used and results. Your project could have been in the form of a mobile app, a website, an analytics dashboard, a prediction model or other analysis that provides insights or guidance into your research question. Your project can be for a class, math/programming competition or just for fun; and it must be testable, reproducible and use analytical methods such as statistical tests, machine learning, optimization or simulation. Applicants must submit a poster following the above guidelines. Award winners will share their posters during the conference.

    Current resident of the 48 continental US or DC?
    Are you 18 years of age or older?
    Are you able to travel on Sept. 7, 2025; attend pre-conference activities on Sept. 8, 2025; attend the conference on September 9 - 10, 2025; and travel home on Sept. 11, 2025?
    How did you hear about the DDAW Award?










    - A PDF version of your poster (36"x24" horizontal)

    Files must not be larger than 15 MB


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