Outreachy Summer 2022

This is the 5th year of PublicLab participating in Outreachy.

Outreachy provides internships in open source and open science. Outreachy provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living..

We're hereby asking applicants to start posting their proposals for reviews, suggestions and comments from mentors and our community at large, here. Read on!

Deadline:

Outreachy applications will be close on April 22nd, 2022 4pm UTC

Projects

1. Design a new full-screen user interface for Infragram.org
2. MapKnitter.org Spam Management system

We have a github discussion of the projects here and we are saying hi and answering overall questions here Kindly read the issue description fully on the later, we have tried to consolidate all the crucial information we believe you need for a successful contribution period.

Read proposal ideas

Once you've gotten a bit familiar with our project see our welcome page here Please feel free to ask questions in the comments below, or to join our chat channel at https://publiclab/chat

Our welcoming page will help you understand how we collaborate, and we'll be there to help you take your first step. And try tackling a first-timers-only issue, to get an idea of how to become a contributor!

Also, read this page carefully to understand our workflow and how we structure summer of code projects: https://publiclab.org/wiki/gsoc#How+we+work

Please ask questions! We're very friendly and we love welcoming new people into our community.

Post a proposal for comment

Once you've read through some of these ideas and become a bit more familiar with our projects, it's time to post a proposal of your own.

You don't need to have a complete or even concrete idea -- share your thoughts early and we'll help you refine your proposal, and help you choose something that's the right difficulty level as well as being something our project really needs.

We've created a template for you to post a proposal here. Click here to begin:

Start drafting a proposal

Read other proposals

Before or after you post your own draft, read through others' listed below. Your best comments and input may come from other applicants!

Also see last year's proposals: 2021 Winter proposals and the 2021 Summer Proposals here

Proposals

Questions