Timeline and FAQ for Outreachy Communities
👋🏿 New communities are welcome to fill out a participation application. Community application deadline: Feb. 10, 2023 at 4pm UTC.
👋🏽 Mentors are welcome to submit internship projects to participating communities. Project submission deadline: Feb. 24, 2023 at 4pm UTC.
🚨 Outreachy applicants - This page is not the page you're looking for! 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.
| Jan. 2, 2023 at 4pm UTC | Community sign up opens |
| Jan. 16, 2023 at 4pm UTC | Initial applications open |
| Jan. 24, 2023 at 3pm UTC | Live-streamed mentor chat |
| Feb. 6, 2023 at 3pm UTC | Live-streamed mentor chat |
| Feb. 6, 2023 at 4pm UTC | Initial application deadline |
| Feb. 10, 2023 at 4pm UTC | Deadline for community sign up |
| Feb. 24, 2023 at 4pm UTC | Mentor project submission deadline |
| March 6, 2023 | Contribution period begins |
| April 3, 2023 | Contribution period ends |
| April 3, 2023 at 4pm UTC | Final application deadline |
| April 14, 2023 | Intern selection deadline |
| April 26, 2023 | Outreachy organizers finalize intern selections |
| May 4, 2023 at 4pm UTC | Interns are publicly announced on the alums page |
| May 29, 2023 to Aug. 25, 2023 | 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 2023 internship round. Follow the link to sign up to mentor for that community:
Pending communities: These communities applied to participate in the May 2023 cohort. Mentors are encouraged to submit projects while the community is under review.
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.
Please read the community participation guide before submitting a new community application.
New communities can submit an application to participate in Outreachy.
Check to see if your community is listed in the past communities list. If it is, don't submit a new community application. Instead, follow the community link and sign up to coordinate for the community. Otherwise, submit a new application for your community to participate in Outreachy.
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.
