Time Line
Reference : http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2012/faqs#timeline
- March 9: Mentoring organization application deadline.
- March 12-15: Google program administrators review organization applications.
- March 16: List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2012 site.
- March 17-25: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.
- March 26: Student application period opens.
- April 6: Student application deadline.
Interim Period: Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.
- April 20: All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor. Student ranking/scoring deadline.
- April 23: Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2012 site.
Community Bonding Period: Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.
- May 21: Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects;
Interim Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
- July 9: Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.
- July 13: Mid-term evaluations deadline;
Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file. Interim Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.
- August 13: Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.
- August 20: Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
- August 24: Final evaluation deadline
- August 27: Final results of Google Summer of Code 2012 announced
- August 31: Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
- October 20 - 21: Mentor Summit at Google.
Organization Application
Status : Ready to review Link : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GSoC_2012_org_application
Ideas Page
Status : Open for Ideas Link : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding_ideas_for_2012