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
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Siko Bouterse
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org
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