Hi Roman,
I’ve begun a job now and been pondering giving money specifically for supporting scholarships to Wikimania. Is that an option? I’d like to help support for example increasing people coming from Myanmar abc other under represented language regions.
Warm regards Naureen Nayyar Stockholm
On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 10:42 AM, Roman Bustria Jr. bustrias@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Everyone!
As you may know, Wikimania 2020, will happen on 5–9 August 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. The *Wikimedia Foundation Scholarships Program* is offering a limited number of scholarships to cover the cost of selected individuals’ travel, conference registration fee, and accommodation to attend Wikimania using funding provided by the Wikimedia Foundation https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/ (WMF).
- Scholarship applications open: *17 February 2020*
- Deadline for applying for scholarships: *16 March 2020* 23:59:59 UTC.
- Phase 1 eligibility assessment by the WMF: March (no notification
about the outcome)
- Phase 2 in-depth evaluations by the Scholarship Committee
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Scholarship_Committee: April
- Applicants are notified about final decisions: by early May
- The final list
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2020_WMF_Wikimania_Scholarships of recipients is announced *May/June* .
For more information, you can visit the following links:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2020:Scholarships
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/Selection_Process
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Wikimania_scholars/Reviewer%27s_guide
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Scholarship_Committe...
-- Kind regards,
Butch Bustria Wikimedia ESEAP
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