Outreachy provides internships in open source and open science. Outreachy provides internships to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by underrepresentation in the technical industry where they are living.
Outreachy internships are:
💵 Paid - $7,000 USD total internship stipend
🌍 Remote - both interns and mentors work remotely
🕰 3 months - internships run May to August, or December to March
Outreachy has internship projects in both open source and open science. Outreachy internship projects may include programming, research, user experience, documentation, graphical design, data science, marketing, user advocacy, or event planning.
📘 Read the Outreachy applicant guide for details.
May 2022 internships:
🛑 Intern applications are closed
📑 Internship project list will be finalized on March 25, 2022
🙋🏽 Mentors can sign up through March 23, 2022 at 4pm UTC
🙌🏿 Internships run May 30 to August 26, 2022
December 2022 internships:
✍🏿 Intern applications are accepted from early August to late August 2022
📑 Internship project list will be finalized in early October 2022
🙋🏽 Mentors can sign up starting in late July 2022
🙌🏿 Internships run early December 2022 to early March 2023
📬 Sign up for our mailing list to be notified of future internships.
Outreachy is a diversity initiative of Software Freedom Conservancy.
Outreachy's goal is to increase diversity in open source. Past Outreachy interns are:
♀️ 92% women
🏳️🌈 4% transgender, genderqueer, or non-binary people
🧕🏾 64% people of color
🧑🏿 12% people from a historically disadvantaged caste or tribe
Statistics are based on responses to the 2019 longitudinal study of Outreachy alums.
Outreachy expressly invites women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people to apply. We also expressly invite applications from residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native American/American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
Anyone who faces under-representation, and systemic bias or discrimination in the technology industry of their country is invited to apply.
Read more about applying to Outreachy
Read the Outreachy Applicant Guide
We are seeking open source communities to be mentors! A call for mentors for the May 2022 internship cohort will open January 1, 2022.
🙋🏽 Sign up to mentor or have your community participate.
Read the community participation guide.
Read the mentor duties and mentor FAQ.
📬 Sign up for the Outreachy announcement mailing list
Contact Outreachy organizers to express interest in mentoring future cohorts
💪 Sponsor or donate to Outreachy
We are currently seeking sponsorship for the May 2022 internship cohort. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming a sponsor.
For details on Outreachy sponsorship, please read our sponsor guide.
If you are interested in finding jobs with our sponsors, please follow the links from our opportunities page.
