20 February: 1800 UTC

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

Interim Period: February 20- March 16

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

16 March - 31 Mar 1800 UTC

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

May 4: 1800 UTC

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

Community Bonding Period:

May 4 - June 1

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

June 1:

Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects

29 June - 03 July: 1800 UTC

Phase 1 Evaluation deadline

24 August - 31 August: 1800 UTC

Final week: Students submit their final work product and their final mentor evaluation

31 August - 7 Sept: 1800 UTC

Mentors submit final student evaluations.

8 September

Final results of Google Summer of Code 2019 announced