# GSOC 2023 New Contributor **URL:** \ **Category:** GSoC-2023\ **Created:** [February 21, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/gsoc-2023-new-contributor/5253 "2023-02-21T18:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![gnikit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/gnikit/32/1213_2.png) [@gnikit](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/gnikit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/gsoc-2023-new-contributor/5253/2 "2023-03-02T07:40:24Z")
Hi @akila-i, Welcome to Fortran-lang Discourse and thank you for showing interest in this year’s GSoC. In case you missed it, here is a post with instructions on how to proceed with GSoC > [@GSoC 2023 Fortran-lang resources for prospective contributors](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/gsoc-2023-fortran-lang-resources-for-prospective-contributors/5288/1): > > If you’re interested in applying for the Google Summer of Code 2023 program with Fortran-lang, please visit this page: From that page, you can navigate to our [Contributor Instructions](https://github.com/fortran-lang/webpage/wiki/GSoC-2023-Contributor-Instructions) and [Project Ideas](https://github.com/fortran-lang/webpage/wiki/GSoC-2023-Project-ideas) pages. Please review these pages and let us know in this thread if you have any questions. We also encourage you to join our upcoming monthly call on March 2 at 1800 UTC and discuss what you would like to work on. See [Fortran Monthly Call: February 2023](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/fortran-monthly-call-february-2023/5171) for more info. We’ll post the Zoom link… On the [Contribution Instructions](https://github.com/fortran-lang/webpage/wiki/GSoC-2023-Contributor-Instructions) make sure you don’t forget point [4. Patch requirement](https://github.com/fortran-lang/webpage/wiki/GSoC-2023-Contributor-Instructions#patch-requirement) . Best of luck with your patch and application! --- _[View the full topic](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/gsoc-2023-new-contributor/5253)._