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 11, 2021 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.
| Dec. 7, 2020 at 4pm UTC | Community sign up opens |
| Feb. 1, 2021 at 4pm UTC | Initial applications open |
| Feb. 8, 2021, 4 p.m. UTC | #OutreachyChat on Twitter |
| Feb. 22, 2021 at 4pm UTC | Initial application deadline |
| March 1, 2021 at 4pm UTC | Deadline for community sign up |
| March 11, 2021 at 4pm UTC | Mentor project submission deadline |
| March 15, 2021 | Contribution period begins |
| April 16, 2021 | Contribution period ends |
| April 16, 2021 at 4pm UTC | Final application deadline |
| May 10, 2021 | Intern selection deadline |
| May 12, 2021 | Outreachy organizers finalize intern selections |
| May 17, 2021 at 4pm UTC | Interns are publicly announced on the alums page |
| May 24, 2021 to Aug. 24, 2021 | 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 May 2021 internship round. Follow the link to sign up to mentor for that community:
Pending communities: These communities applied to participate in the May 2021 cohort. Mentors are encouraged to submit projects while the community is under review.
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.
