Google exists as a "container" organization for students applying to the program to work on an alternate program proposal. Please only choose to apply to Google as a mentoring organization if you are planning to work with a mentor from academia or industry on a self-proposed project.

Google is a proud user and supporter of Open Source software and development methodologies. As a company, Google contributes back to the Open Source community in a variety of ways, including source code, Project Hosting on Google Code, and our student programs Google Summer of Code and the Google Highly Open Participation Contest. For more information on Google's open source activities, visit code.google.com/opensource