Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026 Officially Announced

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Hello Community,

I am happy to Announce that GSoC 2026 has been officially announced on the Google Open Source Blog page.

OpenELIS Global will start preparing the application to participate as a Mentoring Organization for GSoC 2026.

This is a great chance to showcase your skills as a contributor.
For anyone who would want to participate in the GSoC 2026 Programme as a Contributor with OpenELIS Global, vist on our OpenELIS GSoC 2026 page page and see our Student Guidelines

Ensure to also see the Programm Rules to ensure you meet the GSoC Contributors Eleigibility Requirements

A bit of GSoC 2026 Time Line:

  • Mentoring Organization Application Period: January 19 – Feb 3 ,2026
  • Accepted Mentoring Organizations Announcing: February 19, 2026
  • Contributor Application Period: March 16 - March 31 ,2026
  • Full Time Line Here…

If you’re interested in contributing, start exploring our codebase and engaging with the community early. This will help you gain a better understanding of the project.

Thank You
Mutesasira Moses
GSOC Administrator

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Thanks for the timely update @Moses_Mutesasira . Well received with thanks

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Thank you @Moses_Mutesasira for the updates

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Hello everyone , are there any slack channels or this forum is the only way to communicate?

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Thanks @Moses_Mutesasira for the updates :+1:

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Good news to the community, Am highly interested to be one of the GSOC Administrator 2026 incase there is a chance, Though am not quite sure the process. cc @Moses_Mutesasira

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Hi OpenELIS GSoC team,

I’m Nigar, a 2026 CS student deeply interested in contributing to OpenELIS through GSoC 2026.

In preparation, I’ve spent the last week studying the patient and sample modules end-to-end —not just to find issues, but to understand how this system serves real patients in resource-limited labs.

Add defensive input validation- in PatientService/SampleService lookup methods (e.g., getPatientByNationalId) to prevent unnecessary DAO calls from malformed integrations.

Add ISO/SLIPTA-compliant audit logging-on patient/sample creation (privacy-safe: logs only internal IDs, project, user).

Would this be a welcome contribution as I prepare my GSoC 2026 application?
This directly supports your “Improve Integration Tests” and “FHIR Facade” GSoC projects by hardening the foundation.

If approved, I’ll submit a PR this week

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thank you @Moses_Mutesasira ….for timely updating

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hi sir @Agaba_Derrick_Junior @Moses_Mutesasira This side Mansi yadav and i also want to join the slack community ..my email is yadavmansi0111207@gmail.com

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Subject: Request to Join OpenELIS Global Slack

I am interested in contributing to the OpenELIS Global project and would like to join the OpenELIS Global Slack community to follow discussions and collaborate with contributors.

Please add me to the Slack workspace using the email below:

Email: tejashalvankar2006@gmail.com

Thank you.

Best regards,
Tejas Halvankar