Google Summer of Code, our program to introduce students to open source software development
Hemanth Reddy
Summer of Code is back!
Google Summer of Code, our program to introduce students to open source software development is coming back. In the past three years, we've seen more than 1500 students 'graduate' from this program, working with 2000+ mentors across 90 countries to produce millions of lines of code. We're pleased to have funded more than $10M in open source development through Summer of Code, and we've increased our funding for it this year by another $1M.
Last year alone, more than 800 students successfully completed their projects. Each received $4500 as a stipend and an awesome T-shirt. We're looking forward to welcoming even more student participants and open source projects into the Google Summer of Code community this year.
We're accepting applications from open source projects who'd like to act as mentoring organizations through March 13th, and will begin taking student applications on March 24th. If you're interested in learning more, just subscribe to the program discussion list. We hope to see you there!
Google Summer of Code™
Google Summer of Code 2008 concluded on September 2, 2008. We were delighted that 83% of our 1125 student participants successfully completed their projects, and you can check out the actual code produced by these students by visiting each mentoring organization's page below. You may also want to check out our traditional map, which displays the connections between all of our mentors and students worldwide (KML - 1.4 MB, viewable with Google Earth).
We'll continue posting news regularly about the results of the program to the Google Open Source Blog. If you are interested in participating in future instances of Google Summer of Code, now is an excellent time to begin further exploration: explore our mentoring organizations' ideas lists for inspiration, peruse our Frequently Asked Questions, and take a look at all of the resources on the program wiki. If you are a student, the best way to prepare for Google Summer of Code is to learn more about Open Source development now.
Questions?
First, take a look at the program FAQs and Terms of Service. You can also ask questions on our program discussion list, but please browse the archives first to see if your question has already been answered. Many knowledgable folks will also be hanging out in #gsoc on Freenode, so feel free to check there to get your questions answered real-time.
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Mentoring Organizations Participating in Google Summer of Code 2008
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