Google Summer of Code 2009 now open for student applications

[Kay]

Hurry, hurry, hurry if you want to be in with a chance of attending this program and learning from the masters. For those of you unfamiliar with the program, here's a summation from their FAQ page.

What is Google Summer of Code?

Google Summer of Code is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. Historically, the program has brought together over 2,400 students with over 230 open source projects, to create millions of lines of code. The program, which kicked off in 2005, is now in its fifth year. If are feeling nostalgic or are interested in learning more about the projects we have worked with in the past, check out the 2006, 2007 and 2008 program pages.

While the majority of past student participants were enrolled in university or college Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs, GSoCers come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds, from computational biology to mining engineering. Many of our past participants had never participated in an open-source project before GSoC; others used the GSoC stipend as an opportunity to concentrate fully on their existing open source coding activities over the summer. Many of our 'graduates' have later become program mentors.

Applications are open through April 3, 2009 at 12:00 pm PST. See the video here for more information.

[Kateloe]

Yup i know,
anyhow thanks for the information and details
it will help many newbies to get there