The GNOME Foundation and several companies that support GNOME will be sponsoring about eight internships for women from December 12, 2011 through March 12, 2012.
The GNOME Foundation and several companies that support GNOME will be sponsoring about eight internships for women from December 12, 2011 through March 12, 2012.
These internships are primarily aimed at female college students from the Southern Hemisphere who will have a school break during this time. However, any woman interested in working on GNOME is welcome to apply, provided she is available for a full-time internship during this time period.
GNOME is an innovative desktop using free software, is easy to use, and is the most popular desktop distributed with free operating systems. GNOME has an exciting and motivated community of people working on projects they feel passionate about and a wide community of users.
By having a program targeted specifically towards women, we are hoping to allow more of you to learn how exciting, varied and valuable work on GNOME can be and how inclusive the community really is. This program is a welcoming link that will connect you with people working on individual projects and guide you through your first contribution.
The GNOME Foundation will provide each participant with a $5,000 (USD) stipend. $500 will be sent on December 15 to participants who have begun their internships, $2250 on February 1 to participants in good standing with their mentors, and $2250 on March 19 to participants who have successfully completed their internships.
Application Process
Applications should be sent via email to women-outreach@gnome.org with a subject line of "[APPLICATION] Your Name". All applications must be received by 11:59pm GMT on October 31, 2011. We recommend sending your application as early as possible, so that we have more time to follow up with you in case we need additional information. If you need to update your application, just send in an updated version to women-outreach@gnome.org with the same subject line.
Please see Downloads for the program poster and click link below for more information
https://live.gnome.org/GnomeWomen/OutreachProgram2011
Downloads
Gnome Outreach Program for Women Internships 2011: pdf(163KB)