Description
Summer of Code is meant to introduce students to the world of open source software and to help interesting projects find smart volunteers who can help them push their ideas forward. The company’s goal-as-Google’s Carol Smith writes in a blog post “ is to help these students pursue academic challenges over the summer break while they create and release open source code for the benefit of all.” Google provides participating students with a stipend of $5,500.
SOURCE LINK:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/11/google-announces-9th-edition-of-its-summer-of-code-program-will-start-taking-applications-in-april/