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Outreachy applicants - please disregard this email.<br>
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<p>Potential mentors and open source or open science communities -
please read on!</p>
<p><font size="6"><b>Call for mentoring organizations</b></font><br>
<br>
Outreachy is seeking open source communities to mentor interns for
our December 2026 cohort!<br>
<br>
The call for Outreachy mentoring organizations is finally open!
Please share our community sign up with any open source
communities who might be interested in mentoring Outreachy
interns:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/"><br>
https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/</a><br>
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Important dates<br>
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September 11, 2026, at 4 pm UTC — Deadline for FOSS communities to
sign up to participate as a mentoring organization<br>
September 11, 2026, at 4 pm 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>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/</a><br>
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Schedule<br>
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September 11, 2026 at 4pm UTC — Last day for mentoring
organizations to sign up<br>
September 11, 2026 at 4pm UTC — Last day for mentors to submit
projects<br>
<br>
October 5, 2026 — Contribution period begins<br>
November 2, 2026 — Contribution period ends<br>
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December 7, 2026 to March 8, 2027 — Internship period<br>
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Internship funding<br>
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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
moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/</a><br>
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Help us find Outreachy donors!<br>
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<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>
<br>
-- <br>
Outreachy Organizers<br>
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