Announcing Google Summer of Code 2026 selected projects
The Rust Project has announced 13 selected proposals for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026, reflecting strong global interest with 96 submissions received. Despite challenges with AI-generated proposals and mentor availability, the Rust team evaluated applicants based on contributions, proposal quality, and project impact. The accepted projects span a range of technical improvements to the Rust ecosystem, mentored by experienced community members.
- ▪The Rust Project received 96 proposals for GSoC 2026, a 50% increase from the previous year.
- ▪Thirteen proposals were accepted by Google for GSoC 2026, limited by mentor availability and bandwidth.
- ▪Some mentors had to cancel projects due to lost funding for Rust-related work.
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As previously announced, the Rust Project is participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026. GSoC is a global program organized by Google that is designed to bring new contributors to the world of open source. A few months ago, we published a list of GSoC project ideas, and started discussing these projects with potential GSoC applicants on our Zulip. We had many interesting discussions with the potential contributors, and even saw some of them making non-trivial contributions to various Rust Project repositories before GSoC officially started! The applicants prepared and submitted their project proposals by the end of March. This year, we received 96 proposals, which is a 50% increase from last year.
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