Hi all,
We're really excited to announce the launch of the Wikimedia Research
Fund with the goal of diversifying the network of Wikimedia
researchers globally and supporting the Wikimedia Movement in deeper
understanding of the projects, decision making, and building new
technologies.
If you are a Wikimedia researcher or you are interested in becoming
one, you can apply for research funds (USD 2k-50K) until January 3,
2022. While all research proposals related to Wikimedia projects are
welcome, we particularly encourage studies on medium to small size
languages and communities, as well as in low resourced languages and
projects. You can even propose to repeat a past study in a given
language in another language!
More info at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Tech…
.
Apply by January 3, 2022 and/or spread the word!
Big thanks to Emily Lescak for all her behind-the-scenes work to make
the launch of the Research Fund possible, and to the Community
Resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation for giving us the
opportunity and the funds.
If you have questions, please reach out to us at
research_fund(a)wikimedia.org, meta [1], here, or in one of our
upcoming office hours [2]! :)
Best,
the Research Fund committee chairs
Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Start
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Tech…