Call for Submissions: Educators & Researchers, Showcase Your Academic Open Source Project 📣

[samus-aran]

Are you a teacher, professor, teaching assistant or researcher working and maintaining an open-source project within an academic institution (Universities/High Schools/Colleges)? We’re excited to announce an opportunity to spotlight your work and share it with our community as well as highlight it during Maintainer Month 2025!

We’re seeking open-source projects led by educators and researchers that showcase the creativity and meaningful impact emerging from academic institutions. Selected projects and their maintainers will be featured through interviews, blog posts, and live-streamed panels—offering a platform to showcase your work, discuss your journey, and connect with the wider open-source community.

Why Your Participation Matters

• Amplify the Impact of Academic Open Source: Present your open-source project and its real-world applications, emphasizing the valuable contributions academic initiatives make to the broader technology ecosystem.

• Share Valuable Insights and Experiences: Share insights into the process of maintaining your project, including workflows, challenges, and key achievements.

• Bridge Academia and Industry: Discuss how open-source involvement has enhanced skill development, fostered collaboration, and strengthened connections between academia and industry.

• Advance Sustainable Practices: Contribute to the conversation on effective strategies for maintaining the long-term success and impact of academic open-source projects.

Who Should Apply?

We welcome submissions from teachers, professors, teaching assistants and researchers affiliated with academic institutions who are actively involved in maintaining an open-source project—whether it's a solo effort or part of a larger team.

How to Apply

Submit your project using submission form by 31st March 2025. Include a description of your project, its involvement with your classroom, students or academia, challenges you face to maintain it, and why you’d like to be featured.

Let’s come together to celebrate the incredible work happening in academic open source and support our open source maintainers!

Got questions? Reach out to us here in the comments!

Did you know?

We have a private repository exclusively for GitHub verified educators and academic professionals where you can connect with peers, dive deeper into academic and industry specific discussions, share challenges, and collaborate on ideas.

As a verified educator you should have received an invitation in your emails upon successful verification - if not post a comment and we'll be happy to re-send the invitation! 📨

[williamhatcher]

I’d like that invitation sent again, please.

[samus-aran]

Hey @williamhatcher 👋 That's your invite re-sent 🎉

[aaryno]

I'd also like an invitation - expired when I clicked on the link.

[samus-aran]

That's it re-sent @aaryno 👍

[profedavidluna]

Hi guys.
I’d like that invitation sent again, please.
Thanks!!!

[samus-aran]

Of course @profedavidluna! That's it re-sent, enjoy!

[comATyahoofr]

Hi guys.
I’d like that invitation sent again, please.
Thanks!!!

[samus-aran]

👀 👀 Check your inbox, it's re-sent! 👍

[nathanstill]

Please resend the invitation please.

[samus-aran]

Hello @nathanstill 👋 Thats your invitation re-sent 📩

[taktsun]

Hello! Would you please resend the invitation? Thanks!

[samus-aran]

Hello @taktsun 👋 It looks like your verification for GitHub Education may no longer be active, so you'll need to complete the re-verification process before we can send you a new invite to the private community. If you have any questions or run into any difficulties along the way, I’d be happy to assist you personally—just reach out, and I’ll help however I can.
Once your verification is complete, you should receive the invite automatically. In the meantime, you’re still welcome to submit your projects, regardless of your verification status. 👍

[e-kotov]

🙋‍♂️ I would also like an invitation to the private repo, please.

[samus-aran]

👋 Your invite has been re-sent @e-kotov

[kr5ture]

Hi! Could you please resend the invitation? Thanks in advance!

[samus-aran]

No problem! That's it sent 📩

[cdw529]

Please resend an invitation to the Educators private repo.
Thank you!

[samus-aran]

That's it re-sent. Thank you @cdw529 👋

[emmanuelsearch]

Hi @samus-aran ! Would you please (re)send the invitation? Thanks! We'd be delighted to spotlight Ariel OS and RIOT.

[samus-aran]

Hi @emmanuelsearch it looks like your verification for GitHub Education may have expired, which means we’ll need you to go through the re-verification process before we can resend your invite to the private community. If you need any guidance or assistance, I’d be more than happy to help personally—just let me know if you run into any issues. Once you are re-verified you should receive the invite automatically. You are still able to submit your projects regardless if verified or not 👍

[audunklyve]

Hi, Could you please re-send the invitation?

[samus-aran]

Certainly! That's it re-sent 👍

[PhilReedData]

Do you have a flat list of all the questions I can view, please? The form has 8 pages. I would prefer to see the questions all in one list so I can take them away and work on prepared responses with my team, and not work within Google Forms which we are doing that preparation stage. Thanks.

[samus-aran]

Yes of course, totally understandable! Attached is a pdf of the questions.

[ecoisilva]

Hi! 😄 I would love an invitation, link is expired unfortunately.

[samus-aran]

Yes! No problem, that's it re-sent 👍

[ArthurCRodrigues]

Hello! I'd like an invitation sent again, please.

[samus-aran]

Hey @ArthurCRodrigues 👋 You should now have a invitation re-sent!

[samus-aran]

A heartfelt thank you to everyone—especially the educators and researchers—who submitted their open source projects!

We’ll be reviewing all projects carefully and thoughtfully over the coming weeks. You can expect to hear from us soon with next steps and updates.

Thank you for your continued contributions and for being part of this incredible community!

[rommelcarneiro]

@samus-aran, we have submitted the project without check the option "I consent to having my project featured through interviews, blog posts, and/or live events if selected.". I was an accident. Can you change this information in our submission?

[osrehe]

Hello friends,

Any updates on this Call for Submissions?

Thank you very much.

[tomsch420]

Hey, are there any updates to this?