[OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo @ GSoC 2021] Call for Projects to Prepare Project Ideas Page for Google Summer of Code 2021

[Vicky Vergara]

The complete timeline is in [1]
So the deadline for the applications is february 19th.

[1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline

Regards

On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 12:19 AM Massimiliano Cannata <
massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:

> Hi vicky,
> Thanks for the update.
>
> Do you have deadlines/timeline for osgeo to participate in the program?
>
> Best,
> Maxi
>
> Il gio 28 gen 2021, 16:37 Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de> ha scritto:
>
>> Hello Community
>>
>> I would like a small summary about the difference between last year and
>> this year:
>>
>> What are the changes for 2021 from 2020?
>>
>>    1. *Smaller project size** - *all students participating in the 2021
>>    program will be working on a 175 hour project (instead of a 350 hr
>>    project).
>>    Reasoning from GSoC administrators:
>>
>>
>>    - Currently we are missing out on many wonderful students who could
>>    never commit to such a huge project and time commitment but would be great
>>    contributors to your community. This is a significant change as we now are
>>    no longer strongly encouraging students to focus only on GSoC over their
>>    summer. Students have many other responsibilities especially during the
>>    pandemic that make it hard for them to spend 30 hours a week on a project.
>>    - We realize this is going to require all of you to think about
>>    smaller projects and update your project ideas.
>>
>>
>>    1.
>>
>>    *2 evaluations  (instead of 3)* - There will be an evaluation after 5
>>    weeks and the final evaluation will take place after the 10th week. We are
>>    also no longer requiring students complete their first evaluation (though
>>    we encourage them to do so), so if a student doesn’t complete the first
>>    evaluation they will not automatically be removed from the program. They
>>    are still required to complete the final evaluation.
>>    2.
>>
>>    *Eligibility requirements* - In 2020 there are many ways students are
>>    learning and we want to acknowledge that so we will be allowing students
>>    who are 18 years old AND currently enrolled (or accepted into) a
>>    post-secondary academic program as of May 17, 2021 or have graduated from a
>>    post-secondary academic program between December 1, 2020 and May 17, 2021
>>    to apply to the GSoC program.
>>
>>
>>    - What this means is that now the program will be open to folks
>>    participating in a variety of different academic programs, not just
>>    accredited university programs. This includes licensed coding camps,
>>    community colleges, and many other programs that may not be accredited yet
>>    but are post-secondary academic programs.
>>
>> Regards
>> Vicky Vergara
>> GSoC Mentor since 2015
>>
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Vicky Vergara
Operations Research

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