(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&tags=gsoc,gsoc-2017-proposals 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!