[Wiki-research-l] Funding research proposals - your input requested by 20 April

Hi researchers, Some projects that may be of interest to you are currently proposed for Individual Engagement Grants (IEG).[1] Your input is very welcome to help us decide which projects to fund. Please share any comments/questions/feedback you have directly on a proposal's talk page by April 20 2014. There are 4 research proposals: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Co-Location_Impact_Study<http… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_and_Wikipedia<https://w… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Optimizing_Wikimedia_Category_Sy… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_use_of_Wikipedia_by_doctors_… Why you might want to give input: *We want to encourage research that forwards the movement's ability to solve key problems, and so do you. *Questions and suggestions from people with some related expertise helps improve these projects. *Your comments provide the IEG committee with additional perspectives when they are scoring proposals and making recommendations to WMF starting in late April. *If key questions from potential stakeholders can be publicly addressed before a proposal gets to the WMF approvals stage in May, that saves everyone's time and energy and helps us fund better projects :) Thanks, Siko [1] All proposals are listed here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-join -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality!*