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<p>Outreachy applicants - please disregard this email.<br>
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Potential mentors and open source or open science communities -
please read on!</p>
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<h2>Call for mentoring organizations</h2>
<p>Outreachy is seeking open source communities to mentor interns
for our May 2026 cohort!<br>
<br>
The call for Outreachy mentoring organizations is finally open!
Please share our blog post with any open source communities who
might be interested in mentoring Outreachy interns:<br>
<a
href="https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2026-02-06/may-2026-call-for-mentoring-organizations/"><br>
https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2026-02-06/may-2026-call-for-mentoring-organizations/</a><br>
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Important dates<br>
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Feb. 26, 2026 at 4pm UTC - deadline for FOSS communities to sign
up to participate as a mentoring organization<br>
March 7, 2026 at 4pm UTC - deadline for mentors to submit
project descriptions<br>
<br>
What is Outreachy?<br>
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<br>
Outreachy is a paid, remote internship program. Outreachy
promotes diversity in open source and open science. Our
internships are for people who face under-representation, and
discrimination or systemic bias in the technology industry of
their country.<br>
<br>
Open source communities can apply to be an Outreachy mentoring
organization here:<br>
<a href="https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/"><br>
https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/</a><br>
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Schedule<br>
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Feb. 26 at 4pm UTC — Last day for mentoring organizations to
sign up<br>
Mar. 7 at 4pm UTC — Last day for mentors to submit projects<br>
<br>
Mar. 7 at 4pm UTC — Contribution period opens<br>
Apr. 15 at 4pm UTC — Contribution period closes<br>
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Apr. 30 at 4pm UTC — Interns announced<br>
May 18 to Aug. 17, 2026 — Internship period<br>
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Internship funding<br>
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<br>
Due to our financial situation, Outreachy cannot fund
internships out of our reserve this round.<br>
<br>
In order to run our program in the most basic way, Outreachy
needs to receive donations of at least $8,000 to $10,000 USD per
intern we accept. This breaks down to:<br>
<br>
$7,000 USD donation towards the Outreachy internship stipend<br>
$1,000 to $3,000 USD donation towards the Outreachy program
activities fund, which covers some of the basic costs of running
the Outreachy program, including all banking and other fees, and
without which we couldn't run the internship program at all.<br>
<br>
We ask that communities contribute beyond the minimum when
possible, to ensure Outreachy can continue running. Please also
connect us with potential sponsors or donors: <a
href="https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/</a><br>
<br>
Help us find Outreachy donors!<br>
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<p><br>
Outreachy is still seeing the impact of a dramatic reduction in
sponsorships to both diversity and open source programs. We
really need funding beyond internships to keep this program
going.<br>
<br>
Please let us know if there are any opportunities you are aware
of for funding our program.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your continued support!<br>
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<p>Questions<br>
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<br>
If you have any questions about mentoring, please email
<organizers at outreachy.org></p>
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<p>-- <br>
Outreachy Organizers</p>
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