<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div> If anyone is thinking of Google summer of code projects this may be a way to apply.<div><br></div><div> Barry</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arliss Collins <arliss@numfocus.org><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Google Summer of Code 2026 & NumFOCUS</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 22, 2026 at 9:50:23 AM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bsmith@petsc.dev<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">arliss@numfocus.org<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Message-Id: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><1769093422652.5f4eaa5d-f7e5-4791-94bc-035216e66f9b@bf08x.hubspotemail.net><br></span></div><br><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="hse-body-background" lang="en" bgcolor="#eaf0f6" style="caret-color: rgb(35, 73, 109); color: rgb(35, 73, 109); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div id="hs_cos_wrapper_module-1-0-0_" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text" style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div style="line-height: 26.25px;">Hello, Projects!</div><div style="line-height: 26.25px;"><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;">We hope you are well. Google has<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://d4jbd104.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/OT*113/d4JBd104/VW4P4b3rp_9JW5kf6Mm2_-kZtW5GRJ1L5JCvm4N2bpc0v3m2nnW6N1vHY6lZ3pQW1k91rS3gjKs-W4rRNDB15xQ3pW52v5R323dN3rW8Gltw_2hQwBmW1S52HP1lR3DMW1YGtYQ6tPV-WW1QNz167P0Xp_W11ZgxW1zkpdQW4FMQrW2-wJLLW1P1PLm42-ZSGW6Vc-4l9l7WC-W8KLBtt2qVb4NW1XP9zt6-5LGcW4nSsPW3sT3F3W9cJ7my3k8cQkW3wC8pD17yCD6W5f5yZp5BF_DCVbG56d6zHJVVW3TSxhj3DfC3HN6NlxplH0vdkW801NwX3l7P7zW1Dn_L632wRD9dwq9d-04__;Kw!!G_uCfscf7eWS!Yza4IqE9Qj-aW7WaT3BdqQA_DBYVFFh1er2Q2eo7owE_ZDR9eoxmcBOOqSyAea191K0T9bg3M9qTB_QKwN223g$" rel="noopener" data-hs-link-id="0" data-hs-link-id-v2="bh1L0i+B" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 164, 189);">officially announced</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the 22nd iteration of Google Summer of Code (GSoC), and we are pleased to share that NumFOCUS will be applying again as a mentoring organization for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>GSoC 2026</strong>.</div><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"><strong>Key updates:</strong></div><ul data-spread="false" style="line-height: 26.25px;"><li><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"><strong>Organization applications:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>January 19 – February 3, 2026</div></li><li><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"><strong>Project focus:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>GSoC continues to welcome a wide range of open source projects. For 2026, there is increased emphasis on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>AI/ML and Security</strong>, alongside areas such as science, data, cloud, development tools, medicine, and media.</div></li><li><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"><strong>Encouragement for individual applications:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Google’s selection process is not well suited to umbrella organizations. We strongly encourage projects that can apply independently to do so. We are happy to provide guidance to first-time applicant projects. Please reach out early if interested.</div></li><li><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"><strong>Project sizes:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Contributors may propose projects in three sizes - small (90 hours), medium (175 hours), or large (350 hours). However, because our available slots and administrative capacity are limited, we strongly encourage projects to prioritize medium and large proposals and to submit few, if any, ideas at the small level. If this guidance creates challenges for your project or potential contributors, please contact us so we can discuss options.</div></li></ul><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;">We are also delighted to share that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Henry Kironde</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Rohit Goswami</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will return as GSoC Administrators for 2026.</div><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This year we want to go bigger and better!</span>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;">If you would like to participate in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>GSoC 2026 under the NumFOCUS umbrella</strong>, please review the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://d4jbd104.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/OT*113/d4JBd104/VW4P4b3rp_9JW5kf6Mm2_-kZtW5GRJ1L5JCvm4N2bpc0P3m2nnW7lCdLW6lZ3k_W6hgHYb5t8MsZW9558fr57nxNkW6hQNqd5FlK2cW97TcLC4r74qpW4ynZtY1Lh9_pW5PBJvG2MM95YN7tR4mYBbc1RW1-SX4S5g2V5HW5lxLnK8CSMqLW2wDdkx4w7v-8N7mY05-N-fynN6x2m3jxShHRW7rGjd87NG6MmV7q5GX6RrfdgVT3m6_7rZXTHW11_-7x88HccdW7GztDr5JvrQ1W442DxV5VqcGYW846mPP7kK8JJW79mCsM2MV_0HVTkwdr3LLmrNN6040jl972SPW47ltVV9d0hKtW6nDs3V3pvsmPf3zGMQ604__;Kw!!G_uCfscf7eWS!Yza4IqE9Qj-aW7WaT3BdqQA_DBYVFFh1er2Q2eo7owE_ZDR9eoxmcBOOqSyAea191K0T9bg3M9qTB_RdOjrSuw$" rel="noopener" data-hs-link-id="0" data-hs-link-id-v2="c5FTByGs" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 164, 189);">NumFOCUS GSoC GitHub</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>repository and contact the administrators as soon as possible to get your ideas added:</div><ul data-spread="false" style="line-height: 26.25px;"><li><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;">Henry Kironde <<a href="mailto:henrykironde@gmail.com" style="text-decoration: underline;">henrykironde@gmail.com</a>></div></li><li><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;">Rohit Goswami <<a href="mailto:r95g10@gmail.com" style="text-decoration: underline;">r95g10@gmail.com</a>></div></li></ul><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;">Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to another impactful year of collaboration and innovation.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: 26.25px;">Best regards,<br><strong>The NumFOCUS GSoC Team</strong></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div id="section-2" class="hse-section hse-section-last" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;"><div class="hse-column-container" style="max-width: 600px; width: 600px !important; min-width: 280px; margin: 0px auto; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><div id="column-2-0" class="hse-column hse-size-12" style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: top; max-width: 600px !important; width: 600px !important;"><div id="hs_cos_wrapper_module-2-0-0" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="module" style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><table role="presentation" class="hse-footer hse-secondary" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.200001px; color: rgb(35, 73, 109); margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(35, 73, 109); word-break: break-word; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 20.25px; padding: 10px 20px;"><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; color: rgb(35, 73, 109);">NumFOCUS, P.O. 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