Google Open Source Programs
Google Summer of Code has kicked off for 2010! We are now accepting applications from mentoring organizations. Please also take a moment to peruse our User's Guide for information on using the Google Summer of Code 2010 site.
Mentoring organization applications must be submitted by Friday, March 12, 2010 at 23:00 UTC. Organizations interested in applying for Google Summer of Code 2010 should review our Frequently Asked Questions for more information. You may also want to peruse the GSoC Knowledge Base Wiki for Mentors and the Mentor Summit Wiki for more details on how to best prepare your project for participation in the program.
Please make sure to review the program timeline for granular details on deadlines. Once the list of accepted organizations is announced on March 18, 2010, students will have 1.5 weeks to discuss their project ideas with their would-be mentoring organizations.
The most common question we get from students is "How do I prepare for Google Summer of Code?" The simple answer is not to wait for the program to get involved in open source. Start checking out projects now: take a look at documentation, check out their source code and idle in some IRC channels to see what interests you. The projects who have been past participants in Google Summer of Code are a great place to start; use the categorized list of mentoring organizations (e.g. projects listed by programming languages) from 2009 to help you get started. You can also find the list of student projects for 2009 linked from each accepted organization's page on the 2009 site.
Google will announce the list of accepted mentoring organizations for 2010 on March 18th.
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. We have worked with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together nearly 3,400 students and more than more than 3,000 mentors & co-mentors from nearly 100 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.
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