Perigrin (Chris Prather) posted a message on the perl-xml/AxKit/semantic web/philosophy mailing list, that there are a bunch of open Google Summer of Code projects open from the perl community.

Hi all,

If you are a student or know a student who could be doing
somethingwithMoose this summer, you need to act NOW. The
application deadline is Monday, but if you haven't gone through
acouple rounds of feedback by then you probably won't succeed.
Last minute applications don't work. If you know some students
or professors, you should contact them today(not tomorrow.)

Check also: http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?gsoc2008_projects