Hi all,
A reminder to you to apply for Research Funds if you're interested in
doing research on the Wikimedia projects or to raise awareness about
the funds.
Deadline: January 3, 2022
Office hours: Dec. 6, 8, and 12 to answer any questions you may have:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Tech…
Link to apply (privacy statement [1]):
https://openreview.net/group?id=wikimedia.org/WMF/2021/Research_Fund
Thanks,
the Research Fund committee chairs
Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
[1]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Research_Fund_Application_Priva…
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 9:04 AM Leila Zia <lzia(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> 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…