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From: Ellie Young <eyoung@wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 6:50 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 Wikimania Scholarship Recipients Announced
To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org


On behalf of the Scholarship Committeee and WMF, congratulations to the 104 people who were awarded
a scholarship to attend this year's Wikimania being held in  Mexico City July 15-19, 2015.     WMDE is sponsoring 13
of these.  Other chapters are providing additional scholarships as well, and will announce later on.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2015_WMF_Scholarship_Program

The 2015 program involved a major re-design of the application and selection process. Preliminary outcomes have already been aggregated, including a preliminary list of topics for investigation next year.   Highlights include:

        • ~28% identified as Female
        • ~73% indicated they were from the Global South
        • ~26% received a scholarship to attend Wikimania 2014
        • Of these repeat applicants, most submitted good/great 2014 post-conference reports
        • The average Phase 2 score for recipients was 8.9, with 70% of recipients scoring a 9 or above

See:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars/2015_Outcomes

Updated information about registration, accommodations, and the program for Wikimania '15 will be available on or before
May 1, 2015.

Ellie Young
WMF Conference Coordinator








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