The goal of the CRA-W CAPP workshop is to increase the percentage of Computer Science and Engineering women faculty members and researchers who reach the top of their respective career tracks: faculty members by being promoted to full professor and researchers in industrial or governmental labs by being promoted the top of their institution's technical ladder or by entering research management. In addition, the workshop aims to build a cohort of senior women in academia and industry who can provide each other with an information network and mutual support. This workshop is supported in part by an NSF ADVANCE grant.

The CAPP workshop has tracks for women faculty in research universities (Cohort of Associate Professors Project-Research), in teaching colleges (Cohort of Associate Professors Project-Education), and in research labs (Cohort of Advanced Professionals-Labs)

The cornerstone of the CAPP workshop is the involvement of senior women, appointed as CRA-W Distinguished Professors or Researchers, who actively participate in the program as role models, mentors, and advisers to the cohort. The project strives to build a community of associate professors and senior labs researchers, providing them with mentoring, leadership training, encouragement, and ongoing peer-support activities. The highly interactive workshop includes a Professional Development Workshop, a series of smaller meetings in conjunction with technical conferences/ seminars, and ongoing electronically-based support activities.

The most recent CAPP Professional Development Workshop was held November 14-15, 2008 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The next workshop is planned for 2010.