Google Summer of Code 2009: Internship program for students

Google, as a part of it’s initiative to encourage the talent in student coders has been organizing a program "Google Summer of Code" since 2005. The annual program calls for students around the World to send in their project proposals programmable on a Open Source platform. Selected candidates are then allotted a mentor(s) who would guide the student throughout the period of the project.



This year's version of the program, The Google Summer of Code 2009 has started and is receiving project proposals from students.

Just head over to “ code.google.com/soc “, register as a student with your Google account and you should be ready to submit abstract and other details about your project idea. An individual can propose up to 20 ideas, though, finally only one will be selected.

Google has appointed 47 companies or organizations to whom the responsibility of guidance is given. Mentors from these organizations will help and guide you with the project proposals.

The deadline for the submission of the ideas is 19:00 GMT on the 3rd of April. The proposals are then scrutinized for quality and a final list of selected projects would be made.

Google announced that approximately some 1000 students should be given projects this time as compared to 1125 last year.

One more exciting thing other than working with Google is the cash value associated with the program. Selected candidates receive a total stipend of $4500 upon the successful completion of the project. That should be a nice income for 3 months of hardwork.


If you are a student, above 18 years of age, this could be a golden chance to give extra weight to your curriculum vitae. Don’t miss out on this.