Internship applications are open as of February 12 for the Outreachy May 2018 to August 2018 internships. The application deadline is March 22, 2018 at 4pm UTC. Applicants must complete a contribution before that deadline, so start early!
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Outreachy provides three-month internships for people from groups traditionally
underrepresented in tech. Interns are paid a stipend of $5,500 and have a $500 travel stipend available to them. Interns
work remotely with mentors from Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) communities
on projects ranging from programming, user experience, documentation,
illustration and graphical design, to data science. Interns
often find employment after their internship with Outreachy sponsors or
in jobs that use the FOSS skills they learned during their internship.
Outreachy
internships are open internationally to women (cis and trans), trans
men, and genderqueer people. Internships are also open to residents and
nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African
American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native
Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander. We are planning to expand the program to
more participants from underrepresented backgrounds in the future.
Photo CC-BY-NC-SA Sage Sharp. From left to right: Lidza Louina (former Outreachy intern and Systems Software Engineer at DigitalOcean), Tony Sebro (Outreachy organizer and legal counsel for the Software Freedom Conservancy), Jessica Marlene Canepa (former Outreachy intern and Product Help Content Writer at GitHub), and Sage Sharp (Outreachy organizer and diversity and inclusion consultant at Otter Tech).
Apply for Outreachy Internships
Outreachy internships run twice a year:
| Mid-year internships | End of year internships | |
| Applications open | February | September |
| Application and contributions due | March | October |
| Interns announced | April | November |
| Internships start | May | December |
| Internships end | August | March |
During the six-week application period, potential interns make small
contributions to participating FOSS communities. It's important that
applicants start participating in the application process early. More details will be available in late August.
Mentor Outreachy Interns
Outreachy is currently looking for FOSS
communities and mentors to participate in our next internship round. Please read our community application guide for more information about participating in the program. The deadline
for community sign up is the end of August.Sponsor Outreach interns
Thank you to the sponsors of our December 2017 - March 2018 internships round! See our sponsorship page for more details on how to become a sponsor.
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