Timeline and FAQ for Outreachy Communities

Project and community CFP is currently closed

Outreachy is not currently accepting new participating communities or new intern projects. The last Outreachy application round was for the December 2024 Outreachy internship cohort. Outreachy interns are announced on the alums page Nov. 28, 2024 at 4pm UTC.

Mentors are welcome to sign up for the Outreachy announcement list to receive a notification for next round.

Call for Outreachy Community Participation

Community CFP status

🛑 The Outreachy CFP is closed to new community participation applications.

🛑 The Outreachy CFP is closed for mentors to submit new projects.

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! Please go to the list of communities for applicants.

What is Outreachy?

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.

Read Community Guide

Timeline for June 2025 cohort

Feb. 6, 2025 at 4pm UTCCommunity sign up opens
Feb. 7, 2025 at 4pm UTCInitial applications open
Jan. 29, 2025 at 3pm UTCLive Q&A for FOSS communities mentoring Outreachy interns
Feb. 5, 2025 at 3pm UTCLive Q&A for Outreachy mentors
Feb. 15, 2025 at 4pm UTCInitial application deadline
Feb. 26, 2025 at 4pm UTC⚠️ Deadline for communities to sign up to mentor
March 7, 2025 at 4pm UTC⚠️ Deadline for mentors to subject project descriptions
March 10, 2025Contribution period begins
April 8, 2025Contribution period ends
April 8, 2025 at 4pm UTCFinal application deadline
April 14, 2025Intern selection deadline
May 1, 2025Outreachy organizers finalize intern selections
May 8, 2025 at 4pm UTCInterns are publicly announced on the alums page
June 2, 2025
to Aug. 29, 2025
Internships period

Mentor for Outreachy

Project and community CFP is currently closed

Outreachy is not currently accepting new participating communities or new intern projects. The last Outreachy application round was for the December 2024 Outreachy internship cohort. Outreachy interns are announced on the alums page Nov. 28, 2024 at 4pm UTC.

Mentors are welcome to sign up for the Outreachy announcement list to receive a notification for next round.

Not participating These communities applied to participating in this Outreachy internship round, however, they have not been approved.

Past Communities

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.

Questions?

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.