Congratulations to everyone who will be traveling to attend Wikimania 2015.
Special high five to our education program folks attending!!
Looking forward to seeing you in Mexico City!
Samir
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From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 6:50 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] 2015 Wikimania Scholarship Recipients Announced
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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_Scho…
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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