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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.

2016 Google Summer of Code Timeline

Please see Melange for the full program timeline. Here are a few key dates and their current status:

Date	Event	Status
19 February: 1900 UTC	Mentoring organization application deadline	COMPLETE
29 February: 1900 UTC	List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2016 site.	ACCEPTED AS A MENTORING ORG!
Interim Period:	Would-be students discuss project ideas with potential mentoring organizations.	COMPLETE
14 March - 25 March	Student application period	COMPLETE - 115 PROPOSALS RECEIVED
Interim Period:	Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
15 April:	Slot allocations published to mentoring organizations
18 April:	All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor Student acceptance choice deadline.	COMPLETE - 17 SLOTS REQUESTED, 7 SLOTS RECEIVED.
22 April: 1600 UTC	Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2016 site.	COMPLETE - 7 INTERNS SELECTED
Community Bonding Period:	Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.	ONGOING
23 May:	Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects
27 June: 1900 UTC	Mid-term evaluations deadline
17 August:	Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
15 August - 23 August: 1900 UTC	Students tidy code, write tests, improve documentation and submit their code sample. Students also submit their final mentor evaluation.
29 August: 1900 UTC	Mentors submit final student evaluations.
30 August:	Final results of Google Summer of Code 2015 announced
Late October	Mentor Summit at Google:

2016 Interns & Their Projects & Mentors

These are the current interns and their respective projects and mentors for the 2016 program. Please reach out to them if you have any questions. Project Plans are now being finalized and will be linked to from here.

Student	Mentor	Category	Project	Location	Time Zone
Vishwajeet Srivastava	Ishan Khanna Swapnil Agarwal	Android	Android Self Service App	India	IST (GMT +5:30)
Rajan Maurya	Ishan Khanna User 'Former user' not found	Android	Android Field Operations App v3	India	IST (GMT +5:30)
tonypro	Pranjal Goswami Gaurav Saini	Web Apps	Community App Enhancements & Refactoring	Cameroon	WAT (GMT +1:00)
Mohit Bajoria	Gaurav Saini Nayan Ambali	Web Apps	Browser-Based Offline Access	India	IST (GMT +5:30)
Adhyan Srivastava	Pranjal Goswami Gaurav Saini	Web Apps	Actionable Notifications & Status Alerts	India	IST (GMT +5:30)
Daniel Carlson	Antony Omeri Ayuk Etta	Mobile	Mobile Money Integration	Cameroon	WAT (GMT +1:00)
Nikhil Pawar	Nayan Ambali	Modules & Apps	Credit Bureau Integration	USA/India	IST (GMT +5:30)

Recap from our Last GSOC - 2014

We documented their incredible summer in several posts to our blog: