blog: announce gsoc 2025

Author: reshamas

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+(gsoc_2025_announcement)=
+# PyMC is Participating in GSoC 2025
+
+:::{post} March 30, 2025
+:tags: gsoc, community, contributing
+:category: news
+:author: Reshama Shaikh
+:image: 0
+:exclude:
+
+PyMC is participating in 2025 Google Summer of Code (GSoC).
+:::
+
+## Intro
+
+We are excited to share that the PyMC project is once again participating in [Google Summer of Code (GSoC)](https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/02/meet-mentoring-organizations-of-gsoc.html) under the [NumFOCUS umbrella](https://github.com/numfocus/gsoc/blob/master/2025/ideas-list.md).
+
+# Getting started
+
+:::{attention}
+New contributors should first read the [contributing guide](https://www.pymc.io/projects/docs/en/latest/contributing/index.html) and learn the basics of [PyTensor](https://github.com/pymc-devs/pytensor). Also they should read through some of the [examples](https://docs.pymc.io/projects/examples/en/latest/) in the [PyMC docs](https://docs.pymc.io). 
+:::
+
+To be considered as a GSoC student, you should make a PR to PyMC / PyTensor. It can be something small, like a doc fix or simple bug fix. Some [beginner friendly issues](https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc/labels/beginner%20friendly) have been tagged.
+
+If you are a student interested in participating, please contact us [on our PyMC Discourse site](https://discourse.pymc.io/).
+
+
+# Project Ideas
+
+Below is a list of possible topics for your GSoC project, **we are also open to other topics**, contact us on [Discourse](https://discourse.pymc.io/).
+Keep in mind that these are only ideas and that some of them can't be completely solved in a single GSoC project.
+When writing your proposal, choose some specific tasks and make sure your proposal is adequate for the GSoC time commitment. 
+
+:::{note}
+   **We expect all projects to be 350h projects**, if you'd like to be considered for a 175h project you _must_ reach out on [Discourse](https://discourse.pymc.io/). We will *not* accept 175h applications from people with whom we have not discussed their time commitments before submitting the application.
+:::
+
+We have [these PyMC GSoC 2025 projects](https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc/wiki/GSoC-2025-projects):
+
+1. [Spatial Modeling](https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc/wiki/GSoC-2025-projects#spatial-modeling)
+1. [Implement New Statespace Models](https://github.com/pymc-devs/pymc/wiki/GSoC-2025-projects#implement-new-statespace-models)
+1. You may propose another idea.
+
+.. TIP:: Here are examples of [GSoC Discourse posts](https://discourse.pymc.io/search?q=gsoc) with project proposals:
+- GSoC 2023 project proposal [by Shreyas Singh](https://discourse.pymc.io/t/gsoc-project-2023/11735/7)
+- GSoC 2023 project proposal [by Daniel Saunders](https://discourse.pymc.io/t/gsoc-project-2023-spatial-modeling/11760)
+
+.. TIP:: Read about our past interns:
+- [Meet our 2023 PyMC Interns](https://www.pymc.io/blog/blog_gsoc_2023.html)
+- [Meet our 2022 PyMC Google Summer of Code Students](https://www.pymc.io/blog/blog_gsoc_2022.html)
+
+## [GSoC 2025 Timeline](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline)
+
+These are key 2025 dates:  
+- **February 27**: List of [organizations announced](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2025/organizations)
+- **February 27 - March 24**: Potential GSoC contributors discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations [on PyMC Discourse site](https://discourse.pymc.io/)
+- **March 24**: GSoC contributor application period begins
+- **April 8**: GSoC contributor application deadline
+- **April 29**: GSoC contributor proposal rankings due from Org Admins
+- **May 8**: Accepted GSoC contributor projects announced
+- **May 8 - June 1**: Community Bonding Period | GSoC contributors get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects
+- **June 2**: Coding officially begins!
+
+## Related Projects
+
+## Resources
+
+### Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Experience: Panel Discussion
+<p>
+<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YE-TYJmvbfg" title="PyMC GSOC panel discussion video" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen>
+</iframe>
+</p>
+
+### Contribute to PyMC
+
+   :::{figure-md} Video resources for contributing to PyMC
+
+   ![contribute_to_pymc](../_static/gsoc_2025/contribute-to-pymc.png)
+
+    [PyMC Contributing resources](https://gitpod.io/workspaces)
+ 
+    :::