Timeline and FAQ for Outreachy Communities
🛑 The Outreachy CFP is closed for new community participation applications.
👋🏽 Mentors are welcome to submit internship projects to participating communities. The Project submission deadline: March 14, 2025 at 4pm UTC.
Please sign up for the Outreachy announcement list to receive a notification for next round.
🚨 Outreachy applicants - This page is not the page you're looking for! This page is only for mentors and coordinators. 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.
| Feb. 6, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Community sign up opens |
| Feb. 7, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Initial applications open |
| Jan. 29, 2025 at 3pm UTC | Live Q&A for FOSS communities mentoring Outreachy interns |
| Feb. 5, 2025 at 3pm UTC | Live Q&A for Outreachy mentors |
| Feb. 15, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Initial application deadline |
| Feb. 26, 2025 at 4pm UTC | ⚠️ Deadline for communities to sign up to mentor |
| March 14, 2025 at 4pm UTC | ⚠️ Deadline for mentors to subject project descriptions |
| March 17, 2025 | Contribution period begins |
| April 15, 2025 | Contribution period ends |
| April 15, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Final application deadline |
| April 21, 2025 | Intern selection deadline |
| May 5, 2025 | Outreachy organizers finalize intern selections |
| May 8, 2025 at 4pm UTC | Interns are publicly announced on the alums page |
| June 2, 2025 to Aug. 29, 2025 | Internships period |
Outreachy is seeking experienced open source contributors to act as mentors for Outreachy interns. Mentors should review the mentor guide before they submit a project.
The following open source communities are participating in the June 2025 internship round. Follow the link to sign up to mentor for that community:
Unfortunately, either the community coordinator(s) or the Outreachy organizers have determined that the following communities will not participate in this round of Outreachy internships.
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.
