Timeline and FAQ for Outreachy Communities
👋🏿 New communities are welcome to fill out a participation application. Community application deadline: at 4pm UTC.
👋🏽 Mentors are welcome to submit internship projects to participating communities. Project submission deadline: at 4pm UTC.
🚨 Outreachy applicants - This page is not the page you're looking for! Please go to the list of communities for applicants.
Outreachy's goal is to support diversity in open source. Outreachy provides paid, remote internships.
Outreachy invites free and open source software communities to participate.
Outreachy internships run twice a year. You can view communities and projects from all past Outreachy rounds.
| Important Round Dates | Mid-year Internships | End of year Internships |
|---|---|---|
| Call for communities and mentored projects opens | January | August |
| Deadline for new participating communities | February | September |
| Deadline for submitting new mentored projects | March | October |
| Initial applications open | late January | late August |
| Initial applications due | March | October |
| Contribution period opens | February | September |
| Final application and contributions due | April | November |
| Interns announced | April | November |
| Internships start | May | December |
| Internships end | August | March |
These communities have participated in past rounds, or submitted an application to participate. Coordinators can sign the community up to participate again.
Mentors can receive an email when a community signs up to participate. To get an email notification, visit the community pages linked below.
First, see if your question is answered in the community participation guide.
Then let us know what questions you have! You can contact Outreachy organizers with your questions.
