;March 14 - 25: Mentors and Org Admins review student draft proposals and give students feedback on their proposals.
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:'''Mentoring organizations announced.'''
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;March 26 - April 10: Review all submitted student proposals with your org and consider how many you want to select and how many you can handle.
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;April 11: Deadline for Org Admins to submit slot requests.
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;April 13: Slot allocations are announced.
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;April 14 - 20: Org Admins select the proposals to become student projects. At least 1 mentor must be assigned to each project before it can be selected.
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;April 22: Accepted GSoC students/projects are announced.
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;April 23 - May 22: Community Bonding Period.
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;May 23: Coding begins.
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;June 20 - 27: Midterm evaluations of students.
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;August 23 - 29: Final evaluations of students.
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;Mid/Late October 2016: Mentor Summit (dates TBD), 2 mentors from each org are invited to attend (unless an evaluation is missed) - more details in a couple of months.