On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Wil Sinclair <wllm(a)wllm.com> wrote:
I looked at WMF's grant page here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants. I don't see any mention of
grants for academic research. Does the WMF give such grants? If not,
why not?
,Wil
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_use_of_Wikipedia_by_doctors_…
The WMF focuses on submitted grant proposals. The IEG grants cover a pretty
wide range of projects, but some of them are research oriented and involve
academics and academic institutions. While WMF executives can make a much
better judgment of the boundaries of content involvement, there seems to be
a substantial difference between agreeing to fund grants and commissioning
specific research into a core topic like quality. However, affiliates
should have no such concerns. I really hope someone picks up on this kind
of project, perhaps I'll suggest it on the Wikimedia DC list or to
Wikimedia New England.