Google Summer of Code

[Jk]

This may be the wrong forum to post this in but...

I just read that another open source game I play & support, http://wesnoth.org/, was accepted into the Google Summer of Code. I'm sure the deadline has passed for this summer, but this would be a great way to get additional development help in the future.

Google Summer of Code is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. Historically, the program has brought together over 4,500 students with over 300 open source projects, to create millions of lines of code. The program, which kicked off in 2005, is now in its seventh year. If you are feeling nostalgic or are interested in learning more about the projects we have worked with in the past, check out the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 program pages.

While the majority of past student participants were enrolled in university or college Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs, Google Summer of Coders come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds and degree programs (Bachelors/Masters/PhDs), from computational biology to mining engineering. Many of our past participants had never participated in an open source project before Google Summer of Code; others used the Google Summer of Code stipend as an opportunity to concentrate fully on their existing open source coding activities over the summer. Many of our 'graduates' have later become program mentors. This a global program run completely online.

details: http://socghop.appspot.com/document/sho ... c2011/faqs