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The 2017 Google Summer of Code application period has opened. The Mifos Initiative will be applying as a mentoring organization and hopes to be selected once again in 2017. Applications are due by February 9 and accepted orgs will be announced by February 27. 

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Date

Event

Status

09 February: 1600 UTCMentoring organization application deadline

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titleIn ProgressCompleted

27 February: 1600 UTC

List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2017 site.

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titleAccepted

Interim Period:

Would-be students discuss project ideas with potential mentoring organizations.

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titleCompleted

20 March - 03 April

Student application period

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titleCompleted - 89 applications

Interim Period:

Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.

Slot allocations published to mentoring organizations


May 4: 1600 UTC

Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2016 site.

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titleCompleted - 12 students accepted

Community Bonding Period:

Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.

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titlein Progress

30 May:

Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects


30 June: 1600 UTC

Phase 1 Evaluation deadline; Google begins issuing student payments


24 July: 1600 UTCPhase 2 Evaluation deadline

17 August:

Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.


21 August - 29 August: 1600 UTC

Students tidy code, write tests, improve documentation and submit their code sample. Students also submit their final mentor evaluation.


29 August - September 5: 1600 UTC

Mentors submit final student evaluations.


6 September

Final results of Google Summer of Code 2015 announced


Late October

Mentor Summit at Google:


2017 Mentors & Ideas

Info

STILL BEING UPDATED FOR 2017: Mentors and the respective projects they'll be guiding will be described here. Please reach out to them if you have any questions.

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