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IBM CALL FOR CODE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

Application Deadline: 17 October, 2024

LOCATION: USA

It’s time! Join this year’s Call for Code Global Challenge now. Build solutions to address equitable access while building your generative AI skills with free watsonx training.

ELIGIBILITY:

For the 2024 Call for Code Global Challenge, they’re calling on students, developers, and problem-solvers from universities and companies around the world to build innovative AI tech solutions with IBM watsonx that address specific challenges of equitable access to essential needs. Help show the world that AI can be trusted and used responsibly.

BENEFIT:

Teams of 1-5 people can compete for the following prizes:

Grand prize: $50,000 USD – Option for solution implementation support from the Call for Code ecosystem and Opportunity for open source support from The Linux Foundation

First runner-up: $25,000 USD – Opportunity for open source support from The Linux Foundation

University grant: $30,000 USD -total to the top scoring university team’s school(s)

Second runner-up: $10,000 USD – Opportunity for open source support from The Linux Foundation

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GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE PROGRAM

Application Deadline: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 18:00 UTC

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

Google Summer of Code is a global, online program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. GSoC Contributors work with an open source organization on a 12+ week programming project under the guidance of mentors.

ELIGIBILITY:

Be eighteen (18) years of age or older upon registration for the Program;

Be enrolled in or accepted into an accredited institution, including a college, university, masters program, PhD program and/or undergraduate program, as of the Acceptance Date;

For the duration of the Program, be eligible to work in the country in which he or she resides; and

Not be an Organization Administrator or Mentor in the Program.

He or she is an employee (including intern), contractor, officer, or director of:

Google or its affiliates, or

an Organization or any of its affiliates.

He or she is an immediate family member (including a parent, sibling, child, spouse, or life partner regardless of where the Student lives) of one of the individuals listed in subsection (ii) above or a member of their household (whether related or not).

He or she has participated as a Student in Google Summer of Code two (2) or more times previously.

BENEFIT:

Accepted students spend the summer coding with guidance from a mentor (3 months).

Successful student contributors are given a $6000 USD stipend,  enabling the student concentrate on coding for 3 months

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