[Outreachy] [Due Feb 15] Call for Outreachy mentors for May 2024 internships

Tue Jan 9 06:40:38 UTC 2024

Outreachy applicants - please disregard this email. We will be sending out an announcement for the May 2024 internship cohort shortly.

Potential mentors and open source or open science communities - please read on!

Call for mentoring organizations
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Outreachy is seeking open source and open science communities to mentor interns!

Open source and open science communities will need to secure funding for at least one Outreachy intern ($8,000 USD). See the "Intern funding" section below for funding opportunities for open science and humanitarian open source communities.

Important dates
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 - Jan. 15 at 3pm UTC - Live Q&A for FOSS communities interested in mentoring Outreachy interns
 - Jan. 22 at 3pm UTC - Live Q&A for people interested in becoming an Outreachy mentor

 - Feb. 15 at 4pm UTC - Deadline for open source and open science communities to sign up to be an Outreachy mentoring organization
 - Feb. 23 at 4pm UTC - Deadline for mentors to submit project descriptions for May 2024 interns to work on

Live Q&A chats
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Are you curious what it's like being an Outreachy mentor? Are you thinking about having your open source or open science community mentor Outreachy interns?

Come learn more about mentoring Outreachy interns during our two live-streamed chats! We'll host a panel of past Outreachy community coordinators and mentors, who will share their experiences and tips for participating in Outreachy.

Chat dates:

    January 15 at 3pm UTC - Live Q&A for FOSS communities interested in mentoring Outreachy interns
    January 22 at 3pm UTC - Live Q&A for people interested in becoming an Outreachy mentor

Where: Outreachy YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@outreachyinternships/streams

What is Outreachy?
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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.

Open source and open science communities can apply to be an Outreachy mentoring organization here:

https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/

Please see our blog post for additional details:

https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2024-01-08/may-2024-call-for-mentoring-organizations/

Schedule
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Jan. 15 at 3pm UTC - Live Q&A for FOSS communities interested in mentoring Outreachy interns
Jan. 22 at 3pm UTC - Live Q&A for people interested in becoming an Outreachy mentor

Feb. 15 at 4pm UTC - last day for mentoring organizations to sign up
Feb. 23 at 4pm UTC - last day for mentors to submit projects

Mar. 4 at 4pm UTC - contribution period opens
Apr. 2 at 4pm UTC - contribution period closes

May 1 at 4pm UTC - interns announced

May 27, 2024 to Aug. 23, 2024 - internship period

Internship funding
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Each open source and open science mentoring organization will need to secure funding for at least one intern ($8,000 USD).

All mentoring organizations must find finding for at least one intern ($8,000 USD):

 - Humanitarian open source communities can apply for funding from Outreachy
 - Open science communities can apply for funding from Outreachy
 - Other open source communities need to find their own funding. Communities might use their own community funds, or find a company to sponsor an intern.

Outreachy organizers cannot allow open source and open science communities to participate unless they have funding.

Once a mentoring organization has secured funding for at least one intern, Outreachy can provide additional intern funding.

Read more about internship funding in our Community Guide:

https://www.outreachy.org/docs/community/#intern-funding

Internship funding for humanitarian open source communities
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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.

Internship funding for open science communities
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Outreachy is pleased to receive a grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to support open science interns.

Outreachy welcomes open science communities who focus on any of the following areas:

 - reproducible research
 - open access
 - open data sets
 - open data science
 - open collaboration
 - citizen science
 - using or creating open source software

Outreachy will fully fund at least 1 intern for open science communities. Open science communities will not need to find additional sponsorship to participate.

Connect with us!
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Outreachy is active on several platforms:

 - Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/outreachy
 - Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@outreachy
 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/outreachy
 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@outreachyinternships
 - PeerTube: https://diode.zone/a/outreachy/video-channels
 - RSS: https://www.outreachy.org/blog/feed/

Sign up for important emails:

 - Announcement mailing list: https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce

Questions
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If you have any questions about mentoring, please email <organizers at outreachy.org>

If you know of potential Outreachy applicants with questions, please tell them to email <applicant-help at outreachy.org>

Sage Sharp, Outreachy Organizer