The next round of mentorships is open for Outreachy. I think we had some really good experiences last time, and I am definitely going to submit a project or two. Looking for co-mentors as I find it best to do co-mentoring.
Deadline is September 23, 2021 at 4pm UTC. Anyone interested in joining me ? J. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Outreachy Organizers <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 10:04 AM Subject: [Outreachy] [Due Sept 10] Call for mentors for Dec 2021 Outreachy internships To: Outreachy mentors list <[email protected]> Hi Outreachy mentors and coordinators, We've opened the community sign up for the December 2021 to March 2022 Outreachy internships: https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/ Please help spread the word by sharing our blog post calling for mentoring communities: https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2021-08-18/december-2021-call-for-mentoring-communities/ There are two new things this internship round: 1. Funding for humanitarian open source communities 2. Funding for open science and health communities Please see details below. Deadlines --- Coordinators - please apply for your community to participate by September 10, 2021 at 4pm UTC. Outreachy organizers need communities to sign up sooner, in order to on-board new communities and evaluate requests for funding. Mentors - please submit your projects by September 23, 2021 at 4pm UTC. Schedule -------- Aug. 9, 2021 at 4pm UTC - Initial applications open Aug. 23, 2021, 4pm UTC - #OutreachyChat on Twitter Sept. 3, 2021 at 4pm UTC - Initial application deadline Sept. 10, 2021 at 4pm UTC - Deadline for community sign up Sept. 23, 2021 at 4pm UTC - Mentor project submission deadline Oct. 1, 2021 - Contribution period begins Oct. 31, 2021 - Contribution period ends Oct. 31, 2021 at 4pm UTC - Final application deadline Nov. 9, 2021 - Intern selection deadline Nov. 19, 2021 - Outreachy organizers finalize intern selections Nov. 22, 2021 at 4pm UTC - Interns announced Dec. 6, 2021 to March 4, 2022 -Internships period Intern sponsorship --- All open source communities will need to secure funding for at least one intern ($6,500 USD). Once you have a tentative commitment for funding from a sponsor, please sign your community up to participate: https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/ Outreachy provides a general fund for communities to request additional funding. Please see the community guide for a description of how Outreachy general funding works: https://www.outreachy.org/docs/community/#outreachy-general-fund Funding for Humanitarian Communities --- Outreachy is seeking humanitarian open source communities to participate as mentoring organizations. Outreachy will fully fund at least 1 intern for accepted humanitarian open source communities. Humanitarian open source communities will not need to find additional sponsorship to participate. Details are in the "Humanitarian community funding" section of the blog post below. Please spread the word: https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2021-08-18/december-2021-call-for-mentoring-communities/#humanitarian-funding Funding for Open Science & Health Communities --- Outreachy is pleased to announce we are partnering with Wellcome Trust to fund open science and health communities. Wellcome Trust will fully fund 1 intern for accepted open science communities. Open science communities will not need to find additional sponsorship to participate. Details are in the "Open science funding" section of our blog post. Please help spread the word: https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2021-08-18/december-2021-call-for-mentoring-communities/#open-science-funding You can read more about Wellcome Trust's partnership with Outreachy here: https://medium.com/wellcome-data/outreachy-tackling-underrepresentation-in-open-source-technology-c2204407afba If you have any questions, please email <[email protected]> Sage Sharp, Outreachy Organizer _______________________________________________ Mentors mailing list [email protected] https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mentors -- +48 660 796 129
