Google's opened up the Summer of Code student application process, so
if you (a) are a student (at any level) and (b) want to make $4500
this summer hacking on Django, go apply!
All the Django-specific info is over at http://code.djangoproject.com/
wiki/SummerOfCode2006 and the Google page is at http://
code.google.com/soc/.
If you have any questions I'd be glad to address them on or off list.
Jacob