The young technologistsย behind the PennApps Fellowsย summer program areย donatingย their skills to Philadelphia. As part of ProjectPHL, the college and high school students are looking for a civic-focused, open source software project they canย build in a month.
Think of theย project as a mashup ofย the civic hacking spirit of the weekly Code for Philly meetups and the pro bono tech workย ofย Azavea‘s Summer of Maps Fellowship.
Anyone with an idea for a project can apply, but it must be a not-for-profit project.ย The final decision will be crowdsourced.
Apply by June 27Backed by a grant from the city’s StartupPHL initiative, PennApps Fellows is a 10-week program that brings college and high school students toย Philadelphia to intern at local startups like Monetate, 50onRed and Neat Company.
The winning project will be showcased at the Aug. 1ย OpenAccessPHL.