[TOS] Outreachy for HFOSS!

[Wes Turner]

Very interesting.

Thanks Heidi

Wes


On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 2:45 PM Heidi Ellis <heidi.ellis at wne.edu> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> It turns out that there are Outreachy internships in HFOSS!
>
> Heidi
>
> ===============
> Deadline for grant applications: March 1, 2021
>
> *About Outreachy*
>
> Outreachy <https://www.outreachy.org> is a paid, remote internship
> program. Internships last three months. Interns and mentors work completely
> remotely.
>
> Outreachy's goal is to improve diversity in open source. Past interns are
> 92% women, 64% people of color, and 12% from a historically disadvantaged
> caste or tribe. Interns come from around the world, with many interns
> located in India, Brazil, Nigeria, and Uganda.
>
> *Humanitarian Open Source Grant*
>
> Outreachy is providing a grant to fund interns working with humanitarian
> open source communities. We are especially invite humanitarian communities
> to apply that are tackling climate change, mental health issues, or
> infectious diseases.
>
> The Outreachy grant will pay for the internship stipend. This is an ideal
> chance to get a diverse set of people working with your humanitarian open
> source community.
>
> Humanitarian communities will provide an internship project and mentors to
> work with the intern. Mentors will need to commit to working 5 hours per
> week with the intern during the internship period (May 24 to August 24).
>
> Outreachy is committing to fund at least one intern ($6,500 USD) per
> accepted community. We expect to fund 5 to 10 communities for the May 2021
> internship round.
>
> The deadline to apply is March 1, 2021 at 4pm UTC. Communities are
> encouraged to apply before February 8. This allows them to participate in
> the Outreachy Twitter chat and attract potential applicants.
>
> More details are available in this blog post:
>
> https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2021-01-15/may-2021-community-cfp-open/
>
> Please contact <organizers at outreachy.org> with your questions.
>
> Sage Sharp, Outreachy Organizer
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