Google says it is now accepting student applications to participate in its Google Summer of Code application development program. Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open-source software projects.
Google announced March 23 that it is now accepting student applications to
participate in its
Google Summer of Code
program.
Google officials said the company will be
accepting
student applications to participate in the Summer of Code program from
March 23 through April 3.
In a March 23 blog post, Leslie Hawthorn, a program manager on the
open-source team at Google, said:
Google Summer of Code, our program to
introduce students to open source software development, is now in full swing
for 2009. Over the past four years, we've paired nearly 2,500
"graduates" with more than 2,500 mentors from industry to academia,
with some spectacular results: millions of lines of source code produced and
over $15M in funding provided to open source development. This year student
participants have more than 150 open source software and technology-related
projects to choose from when submitting their applications, from operating
systems to content management systems.
A description of the program on the Google Web site said:
Google Summer of Code is a global
program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open
source software projects. We have worked with several open source, free
software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects
over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought
together nearly 2500 successful student participants and 2500 mentors from 98
countries worldwide, all for the love of code. 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.
Google also has produced
a
video describing the Summer of Code program.
Hawthorn added: "During the 2008 program, we had more than 975 students
successfully complete their projects. Each participant received a $4,500
stipend and an ultra-awesome t-shirt to go along with their newly honed programming
skills. We're particularly excited by the social ties our students form through
the course of the program, as well. We've connected people in more than 98
countries, and hope to bring people from even more places into the Google
Summer of Code community this year."
Hawthorn said Google will be accepting student applications "through April 3, 2009 at 12:00 pm [PDT]."
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