We are thrilled to announce that we have been chosen as one of 185 organizations to mentor for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026! The Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers students/contributors stipends to write code for Open Source projects.

At 52°North, we pair contributors with our mentors and embed their work in our ongoing research projects. Hence, GSoC participants gain valuable exposure to real world software development scenarios. Students also have the opportunity to work in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, we are able to  improve our software projects, move forward in our projects as well as identify and draw in new developers more easily. This helps us to expand our Open Source community.

We have a number of interesting project ideas. The overall goals are to improve usability of products and to extend the user base to new domains. Contributors interested in writing code can find more information on our GSoC page. application period starts on March 16th at 1800 UTC and proposal deadline is March 31 1800 UTC.

Can’t wait to hear from you!