Kick off GSoC 2025

programs/summerofcode/2025.md

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+## Project Ideas
+
+If you are a project maintainer and consider mentoring during the GSoC 2025 cycle, please, submit your ideas below using the template.
+
+[Google summer of code timeline](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline).
+
+You can find the project ideas from previous year [here](./2024.md).
+
+> **NOTE:** Please note that GSoC is a program known for its strict deadlines. In addition to responding to your mentee on time, you will be required to submit evaluations on time. Failures to meet the deadlines might affect CNCF's future participation in GSoC.
+
+---
+
+### Template
+
+```
+#### CNCF Project Name
+
+##### Project Title
+
+- Description:
+- Expected Outcome:
+- Recommended Skills:
+- Expected project size: # one of small (~90 hour projects), medium (~175 hour projects) and large (~350 hour projects)
+- Mentor(s): #For GSoC, it is **required** to have at least 2 mentors with 1 being a primary mentor.
+  - Jane Doe (@jane-github, [email protected]) - primary
+  - John Doe (@john-github, [email protected])
+- Upstream Issue (URL):
+```
+
+---
+
+## Ideas
+

programs/summerofcode/README.md

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 ## Current Year
 
-Details about the 2024 program are available [here](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/summerofcode/2024.md).
+Details about the 2025 program are available [here](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/summerofcode/2025.md).
 
 [Google summer of code timeline](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline).