<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Hey all,</span></font><div class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">GSoC 2020 org applications are open </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">right now (</span><a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">) and I, along with co-admins, will be working on the OBF application.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">We will be hosting the ideas list on the OBF website this time (</span></font><a href="https://www.open-bio.org/events/gsoc/" class="">https://www.open-bio.org/events/gsoc/</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">). Please add your idea(s) to the </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntrQikQPQkHDfr-IKKBzJzGyRq41T11qT1RXJtUnG5k/edit?usp=sharing" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Google Doc: </span><font color="#000000" class="">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntrQikQPQkHDfr-IKKBzJzGyRq41T11qT1RXJtUnG5k/edit?usp=sharing</font></a><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""> which I’ll be keeping in sync with the website.</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class="">The google doc already contains a “Sample Project” template which might help you get a quick start. Please do not delete it. You can view your project ideas for 2019 here: </font><a href="https://obf.github.io/GSoC/ideas/" class="">https://obf.github.io/GSoC/ideas/</a><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">.</span></font></div><div class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Your ideal project idea already has 2+ people who would be interested </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">in mentoring a student working on the proposal assigned. :)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Let me know if you have any questions regarding project ideas or GSoC </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">in general.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">PS: Cross-posting to multiple lists. Please keep your replies to the <a href="mailto:gsoc@mailman.open-bio.org" class="">gsoc@mailman.open-bio.org</a> mailing list.</div><div class=""><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Best,</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Sarthak</span></font></div></body></html>