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Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code is an online, international program designed to encourage university student participation in open source software development.

Google Summer of Code

It started with the idea that university students should spend their time outside of school working in a field that would help them with their studies and with their career after university.

Google Summer of Code

The program provides the framework for students to work for an open source software organization by paying them a stipend in exchange for their development on the project.

What are the goals of the program?

Students get exposure to real-world software development scenarios like mailing list etiquette, working with fellow developers across time zones, and using source control.

What are the goals of the program?

Students get references and contacts in the industry which helps them later when they apply for jobs and want to network in their field.

What are the goals of the program?

Many of the students who participate are new to open source, which means the organizations continue to identify and bring in new developers each year.

What are the goals of the program?

The program gets more open source code created and released for the benefit of all. All of the projects the students produce are publicly available at the end of the term for anyone to access.

How does it work?

Early in the year (February) open source software projects apply to be mentoring organizations for the program.

How does it work?

Google chooses the organizations it would like to participate in this year’s program and announces them on the program website (March).

How does it work?

Students submit project proposals (March) to the mentoring organizations they’d like to work with.

How does it work?

Mentoring organizations choose which students they’d like to accept and then pairs them with mentors to help them through their project. The students are notified of their acceptance in late April.

How does it work?

This student-mentor relationship is one of the key aspects of Google Summer of Code. It gives the student a great chance for success and often produces lasting connections in the community.

How does it work?

The students execute to milestones laid out in their accepted project proposal over the course of about 4 months (April - August). They work closely with their mentor and their mentoring organization.

How does it work?

The students and mentors both go through two evaluations: a midterm and a final. Students who pass their evaluations are paid a stipend for their work.

How does it work?

At the end of the term students submit their project to the program website for everyone to see and use.

Google Summer of Code’s 10th Year

2014 marked the 10th instance of the Google Summer of Code program.

Thank you to the community

For those of you who do know about this program and have participated before, we want to say THANK YOU to this community for your participation over the last 10 years. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Google Summer of Code’s 10th Year

We made some changes to the program that will be staying in place for 2015.

Google Summer of Code’s 10th Year

We raised the student stipend in 2014 from $5000 to $5500 for successful completion of the whole program.

Google Summer of Code’s 10th Year

We accepted more students in Google Summer of Code 2014’s program than ever before (1,307).

Some interesting student statistics

Over the past 10 years 8,616 students have been accepted into Google Summer of Code.

Google Summer of Code’s 10th Year

We accepted more mentoring organizations in Google Summer of Code’s 2014 program than ever before (190).

Some interesting student statistics

Countries with the most students over the last 10 years:

United States (1,957), India (1,473), andGermany (601).

Some interesting student statistics

We’ve seen a trend of more students participating from underrepresented and developing nations in the last few years and we hope to continue that in the future. We can always use your help spreading the word about the program in these places!

Some interesting student statistics

28 students from New Zealand and 83 students from Australia have participated since the program started.

Some interesting student statistics

An estimated 50 million lines of code have been produced by Google Summer of Code student developers.

Some interesting student stories

We get a wide range of students in different majors including history, dance, music, cartography, linguistics, medicine, philosophy, theology, languages, business, international relations, film, and many others.

Timeline

We’ll be accepting applications for mentoring organizations in this year’s program from 9 - 20 February.

Timeline

The list of accepted mentoring organizations will be announced on 2 March on the program website.

Timeline

The student application period is from

16 – 27 March.

Timeline

Accepted students are announced on

27 April.

Timeline

The “community bonding period” for the program is from 27 April - 25 May. This period is another way we give our participating students the best chance of success in the program.

Timeline

Students begin coding on 25 May.

Timeline

Mid-term evaluations begin on 26 June and end on 3 July.

Timeline

Final evaluations begin on 21 August and end on 28 August. Students are expected to submit their code by 25 September.

Google Summer of Code is rewarding

Mentors have told us over and over again that the experience of mentoring a Google Summer of Code student is incredibly rewarding.

Google Summer of Code is rewarding

Students and mentors form friendships that last for years. The organizations’ communities are thriving and vibrant in part due to their participation in Google Summer of Code.

Useful links

Melange: http://www.google-melange.com

Google Summer of Code discussion list: http://bit.ly/gsocdiscuss

Google Summer of Code student manual: http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCStudentGuide

Google Summer of Code mentor manual: http://en.flossmanuals.net/GSoCMentoring

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