(This template is for students applying to summer code programs with Public Lab. Use this link to start writing a post: https://publiclab.org/post?n=899 You can delete this line once you've started filling it out.)

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## About me

_Tell us about yourself!_

**Affiliation**  (organization/school, if any)

**Location:** (generally where you are)

## Project description

_Here, you don't have to have a complete proposal when you begin. Just tell us some of your ideas and we'll help you refine it into a full proposal gradually!_

### Abstract/summary (<20 words):


### Problem

_What problem does your project solve?_

### Timeline/milestones

_Break your project up into small projects -- one per week!_

### Needs

_What resources will you need: people, documentation, literature, sample data, hardware if applicable_

### Setup

_Have you forked the relevant codebases? Installed them in a dev environment such as Cloud9.io? Need help doing so? Please provide a link to each of the above._

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### Experience

_Tell us how you've learned about writing software; what languages you've  been learning, if you've worked on other projects, links to GitHub or other code repositories or samples._

_Have you looked over our welcome page and are you familiar with how to make your first contribution? Have you already?_

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### Teamwork

_Describe teams you've worked with before, whether open or closed source, and in what capacity you participated. Cite examples of how you were self-motivated and self-sufficient._

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### Passion

_What about our projects, and Public Lab, interests you? What are you passionate about? Open science, environmental justice?_

### Audience

_Whom do you want your work to help? We especially appreciate proposals which make technologies and techniques more welcoming and friendly to those who've often been excluded._

### Commitment

_Do you understand this is a serious commitment, equivalent to a full-time summer job? Tell us how you'll structure your schedule from day to day!_