Hello,

In November, we announced [1] our first call for proposals to the Wikimedia Research Fund [2]. Our submission deadline was January 3rd. We are now in the exciting phase of reviewing submissions and making recommendations for which proposals to advance to Stage II [3] and we welcome your input.

We are using a two-phase review process consisting of a technical review conducted by researchers and an open community process on Meta [4] before advancing to the next stages. On Meta, you can read the 33 proposals under consideration from more than 20 countries and leave comments using our feedback form linked from every proposal page.

The deadline for feedback is February 7th (23:59 AoE). If you have any questions, please contact us at research_fund@wikimedia.org.

Thank you for your time.

Emily, on behalf of the Research Fund Organizing Committee [5]

[1] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/11/03/launch-of-the-wikimedia-research-fund/

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Techn...

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Techn...

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Proposed_Wikimedia_Research_Fund_ap...

[5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Techn...