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Mentees will be eligible to receive a stipend. The total stipend amount will be calculated using a tiered structure based on the country where the mentee resides when participating in the program. The stipend will be paid in several installments provided that regular interval evaluations show the intern is making satisfactory progress. The final installment will be paid upon successful project completion.
Travel Funding
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Mentees who have done an outstanding work may be invited and be provided a travel funding by LFN to attend a technical event and present their work to the broader community (specific event TBD depending on the event schedule but will be during Q3 or Q4 of the year).
Travel funding is on hold for 2020 because of travel restrictions and events all going virtual. There will be opportunity to bring greater visibility to mentor and mentee contributions through blogging and virtual presentations to the broader LFN project communities.
2020 Program Timeline*
- January 27 - March 6 (5 weeks): Community members who are interested in mentoring submit project proposals.
- March 9 - March 13 (1 week): Individual Project TSC reviews and approves projects
- March 23: List of approved projects announced and the program officially launched
- March 23: Mentee application opens
- April 27, 17:00 Pacific Daylight Time: Mentee application closes
- April 28 - May 15 (~3 weeks): Mentee application review and applicant interview
- May 15: Top mentee candidates are identified
- May 18 - May 22 (1 week): Finalize mentee cohort and selected mentees complete HR contracting paperwork
- May 25 - May 29 (1 week): Mentee and mentor onboarding
- June 1: All mentees officially begin
- full-time program: June 1 - August 21
- part-time program: June 1 - November 13
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