Google Summer Of Code 2010

Organised By: Google

Important Dates :

• Opening of application for Mentoring Organization: March 8, 2010
• Last date for closing of pplication for Mentoring Organization: March 12, 2010
• Opening of application for Students: March 29, 2010
• Last date for closing of pplication for Students: April 9, 2010 a
• Eligibility Criteria: Open to persons above 18 years

This is a great chance for those looking to contribute to open source and also looking to do something during the summer. Google Summer of Code is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. Here one can participate as a mentor or as a student developer. Age limit : Above 18 Only students can participate in this as developer.
They will begin accepting application from would-be mentoring organizations beginning March 8th at approximately 19:00 UTC, with applications closing on March 12th at 23:00 UTC. Students can apply between 19:00 UTC on March 29th to 19:00 UTC on April 9th.

They will be updating the program website, including the FAQs, over the next few days. Not much is going to change except the timeline, though there are a few FAQs that will be added. If  you have any questions in the interim please do send them to the list. Please note that questions about which project you should select, etc., will likely be responded to with "depends on your skill set," so please take the time to do some research about which project is right for you.

While mentoring organizations for 2010 will be announced until March 18th, a great number of the projects that have participated in the past  will return once again in 2010. Of course, that's not a guarantee and we cannot accept every great project that applies. But if you want to get a jump start on your participation in GSoC 2010, considering lurking in the IRC channel of a past participating project and seeing what useful things you can learn about their code base and community. Check out project forums to see if it's a place you'd like to spend your time. I'll be sending a follow up message in a few minutes about what to expect in the next few days/weeks and how you can help Google Summer of Code 2010.

Website: Google Summer Of Code 2010