The Mifos Initiative has for the seventh time been selected as a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code program.
Please see Google Summer of Code website for the full program timeline. Here are a few key dates and their current status:
Date | Event | Status |
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23 January: 1700 UTC | Mentoring organization application deadline | |
12 February: | List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2018 site. | |
Interim Period: February 12 - March 12 | Would-be students discuss project ideas with potential mentoring organizations. | |
12 March - 27 March | Student application period | |
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 | |
April 23: 1600 UTC | Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2016 site. | |
Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects. | ||
14 May: | Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects | |
15 June: 1600 UTC | Phase 1 Evaluation deadline; Google begins issuing student payments | |
13 July: 1600 UTC | Phase 2 Evaluation deadline | |
6 August - 14 August: 1600 UTC | Final week: Students submit their final work product and their final mentor evaluation | |
14 August - 21 August: 1600 UTC | Mentors submit final student evaluations. | |
22 August | Final results of Google Summer of Code 2018 announced | |
October |
Recap from our Last GSOC - 2017
We documented their incredible summer in several posts to our blog:
Some posts from previous years as well and all our GSOC/GCI posts: