I had thought that there was general scholarship funding from the organizers of the conference. Did you apply to them?

There has been some discussion of the process: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships --Bob

Quoting "Tuszynski, Jaroslaw W." JAROSLAW.W.TUSZYNSKI@leidos.com:

Does our chapter offer any scholarships for attending Wikimania 2014?

Jarek T.

(user:jarekt http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jarekt )