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.That should save me some time and efforts in describing the program. I actually stumbled upon Google Summer of Code last year. Though I was only a first year undergraduate student back then so I did not have sufficient knowledge and skills to participate in the program. Nevertheless, I have been waiting and anticipating for this year's Google Summer of Code.
To learn more about the program, peruse our 2010 Frequently Asked Questions page. You can also subscribe to the Google Open Source Blog or the Google Summer of Code Discussion Group to keep abreast of the latest announcements.
Source: http://code.google.com/soc/
The accepted list of organizations have been made available online. There are many well-established organizations and companies in the list and this is what makes me feel very excited. Apart from gaining hands-on experience in working on open-source project with great mentor, the monetary reward of USD5000 is also very appealing to me. Now I am selecting an organization and I will have to write them a proposal. Hopefully my application will be approved.
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