Outreachy participation for the December 2022 to March 2023 cohort (budget)
Funding for internships has increased from $6,500 to $8,000. How many internships would we be able to fund from the GNOME Foundation's budget?
Ideally we should confirm our participation and indicate the number of internships sponsored by September 9 (hopefully a few days before that).
For more information about the upcoming Outreachy cohort, I am copying the email from the organizers bellow.
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 10:50 PM Sage Sharp - Outreachy Organizer organizers@outreachy.org wrote:
Hi Outreachy mentors and coordinators,
We've opened the community sign up for the December 2022 to March 2023 Outreachy internships:
https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/
Please help spread the word by sharing this email. We'll have a blog post announcing the call for mentors up next week.
Deadlines
Coordinators - please apply for your community to participate by September 9, 2022 at 4pm UTC. Outreachy organizers need communities to sign up sooner, in order to on-board new communities and evaluate requests for funding.
Mentors - please submit your projects by September 23, 2022 at 4pm UTC.
What's new
Funding for internships has increased from $6,500 to $8,000. As I explained in my previous email, Outreachy is committed to working with open source communities to be sure they can continue to participate.
Please reach out to us at sponsors@outreachy.org to discuss any issues.
Funding for interns available
Outreachy is offering funding to open science communities, thanks to our grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Outreachy continues to offer funding to humanitarian open source communities.
Other types of open source communities are welcome to apply for additional funding from Outreachy during the intern selection process.
Please see details below.
Social media
Mentors are invited to participate in our #OutreachyChat on Twitter.
- Aug. 15, 2022, 2 p.m. UTC - #OutreachyChat
NOTE: This is two hours earlier than we normally run the chat. We're trying to accommodate people in South America and Europe better. Sorry for the early start, west coast U.S. folks!
If you want to increase your chances of finding an intern, please join us then! The format is explained here:
https://www.outreachy.org/promote/#outreachychat
Outreachy may also be hosting a Twitter space for people who are interested in becoming Outreachy mentors for the first time. Stay tuned for more info! We'll send out details via the mailing list and Twitter.
Schedule
Aug. 8, 2022 at 4pm UTC - Community sign up opens
Aug. 9, 2022 at 4pm UTC - Initial applications open Aug. 15, 2022, 2 p.m. UTC - #OutreachyChat on Twitter Aug. 29, 2022 at 4pm UTC - Initial application deadline
Sept. 9, 2022 at 4pm UTC - Deadline for community sign up Sept. 23, 2022 at 4pm UTC - Mentor project submission deadline
Oct 1, 2022 - Contribution period begins Oct 31, 2022 - Contribution period ends Oct 31, 2022 at 4pm UTC - Final application deadline
Nov 9, 2022 - Intern selection deadline Nov 16, 2022 - Outreachy organizers finalize intern selections Nov 21, 2022 at 4pm UTC - Interns are publicly announced on the alums page
Dec. 5, 2022 to Mar. 3, 2023 - Internships period
Intern sponsorship
All open source communities will need to secure funding for at least one intern ($8,000 USD). Once you have a tentative commitment for funding from a sponsor, please sign your community up to participate:
https://www.outreachy.org/communities/cfp/
Outreachy provides a general fund for communities to request additional funding. Please see the community guide for a description of how Outreachy general funding works:
https://www.outreachy.org/docs/community/#outreachy-general-fund
Funding for Humanitarian Communities
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.
Funding for Open Science & Health Communities
Outreachy is pleased to receive a grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to provide funding for 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 is also excited to work with Wellcome Trust to provide additional funding for open science communities. Wellcome Trust is focused on funding Outreachy interns working on open science projects that address urgent health challenges or discovery research.
In order to qualify for funding from Wellcome Trust, projects must:
- further discovery of scientific research, or create tools for scientists
- tackle one of the following challenges: infectious diseases, the health impacts of climate change, or mental health
Outreachy will fully fund at least 1 intern for accepted open science communities. Open science communities will not need to find additional sponsorship to participate.
You can read more about Wellcome Trust's partnership with Outreachy here:
You can read more about Outreachy's partnerships with grant makers like Chan Zuckerberg Initiative here:
https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/dec/30/outreachy-grant-funding/
If you have any questions, please email organizers@outreachy.org
Sage Sharp, Outreachy Organizer