Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2017 is now Open for students applications (Read Full Article Please ) 3rd Post of GSoC
Deadline: April 3, 2017.
The companies who are participating in GSoC 2017 are big ones, which includes Mozilla, OpenCV, Ruby on Rails,Fedora, Eclipse and many others etc
Dear all Computer Science current students and graduates and nerdy programmers and gurus. Every year Google announces the summer of code program and Big Tech companies announce their open source projects on GSoC and programmers submit their proposals for those projects and if get accepted work on those projects for three months at home and get paid 2500 $
a) See the 2017 GSoC companies
b) Open their links and try to understand how the companies work
c) You can start to discuss ideas/proposals with mentors in your desired/relevant companies pages there.
d) Organizations have already started discussions for students who can propose new projects
e) If your project proposal is good enough, may be organization will announce it as its project after you apply for it in discussion with mentor there
f) Some companies have already put up some project ideas to work on them. You can submit application for them after discussing mentors there.
g) Students can submit proposals officially to companies upto April 3.
h) Discuss about submitting proposals with your professors in your universities. Submit them with the help of your professors
i) Search for already selected Pakistanis for GSoC and connect them to us, we shall try to ask them to help you all using this platform
j) Students of Bachelors, Masters and PhD can apply for it.
k) Even software houses can go these projects, guiding students who will submit proposals on their behalf
The organizations are big ones such as Github, Mozilla, OpenCV etc. So even getting into GSoC will put highest achievement in your degree
** For more understanding see Quora link below about GSoC
GSoC Resources
Please note that the applications for Google Summer of Code for summer 2017 has been opened on March 20, 2017 with deadlines April 3, 2017
Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers students stipends to write code for open source projects. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.
Who can apply: Pretty much anyone with a brain and heart of a programmer, must be a full or part time student, and 18 years or older.
You can submit up to five proposals/apply for maximum 5 projects. However, only one per student may be accepted. No more than one proposal per student will be accepted, no matter how many proposals you submit.
Location: This is a remote (work from home) internship. All development occurs online; there is no requirement to travel as part of the program.
Duration: Around 3 months (May 30-August 29, 2017).
Stipend: $2500 for around 3 months of work.
Here is a link to the Google Summer of Code’s website.
Also go through these FAQs.
Check the timelines of Google Summer of Code 2017.
Also follow Google Summer of Code on Quora.
Last Year Projects of GSoC ( you can take help from last year projects, while discussing your projects with companies during student application period)
2017 Organizations
Some stats from previous Google summer code : Here is a post on some interesting Google Summer of Code statistics
