<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-d6307700-e877-f634-2f7b-550ec2341d57" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Center for Space Science and Engineering Research at Virginia Tech (Space@VT) is now accepting applications for the Google Summer of Code program. Students are expected to work on open source software development projects that benefit the atmospheric and space science community. Further details regarding the Google Summer of Code program can be found at (</span><a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">).</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The application process involves the initial step of completing a coding task related to space science and engineering, followed by the submission of a proposal to work on one of the ideas listed at the following website : </span><a href="http://vt.superdarn.org/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=63" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">http://vt.superdarn.org/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=63</span></a></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Student applications open on March 12th and must be submitted before March 27. Questions and inquiries regarding the program can be sent to <a href="mailto:space.vt.gsoc@gmail.com" class="">space.vt.gsoc@gmail.com</a></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></span></body></html>