Mentees

Benefits

Mentees can grow their careers by diving right into the open source community to learn from top project contributors. They can build expertise with hands-on experience and free access to premium Linux Foundation training.

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🌟 Eligibility Rules for Mentees

All mentee applicants must meet the following requirements:

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• 🗓️ Age Requirement: Be at least 18 years old by the start date of the mentorship program.

• ↩️ No Prior Participation: Must not be a prior or currently active participant in another Linux Foundation mentorship program.

• 📝 Application Limit: Apply to a maximum of three (3) mentorship programs per term. Programs you withdraw from during the application period do not count toward this limit.

• 🌍 Work Authorization: Be eligible to work in the country and jurisdiction where you will participate in the mentorship program.

• 🚫 Legal Residency: Do not reside in a country or jurisdiction where participation is prohibited by:

  • U.S. federal, state, or local laws

  • or the laws of other relevant countries

• 👤 Personal Application Only: Apply on your behalf as an individual (not for another person or entity).

• 🔒 No Conflicting Obligations: Do not have existing third-party obligations (such as contractual duties to an employer) that would restrict or prohibit your participation.

• ✅ Meet Program Requirements: Fulfill all prerequisites and requirements set by the specific mentorship program to which you are applying.

• 🚷 No Substantial Project Involvement: Not a maintainer, recurring contributor, or otherwise significantly involved with the open source project offering the mentorship. (Minimal involvement may be permitted.)

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Need more information? Please see the [program guidelines] or contact your program administrator for details.

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NOTE: Mentees are not employed by the Linux Foundation. For employment opportunities, visit https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/careers.

Mentorship Stipends

• Mentee stipends are paid in installments, based on mentee evaluations and satisfactory progress with program deliverables up to that point.

• The final installment is paid upon successful completion of the program.

  For additional information and stipend amounts, please refer to the Mentee Stipends section.

• Eligibility: To be eligible for a mentorship stipend, mentees must receive a satisfactory progress evaluation before they submit an Expensify Report.

Your Activities

Start by creating your profile, then continue with the following activities:

• Become a Mentee by Creating a Profile

• View Status of your Application

• Mentee Task Management