Hi all,
We're excited to announce the launch of the Wikimedia Research Fund
[1] with the goal of diversifying the network of Wikimedia researchers
globally and supporting the Wikimedia Movement in deeper understanding
of the projects, decision making, and building new
technologies.
We're sending you this email because you yourself may be interested to
apply for the fund. We also would like to ask you to raise awareness
about the fund in your local communities. Many of you have knowledge
of important open research questions for your communities, or have
connections to research institutions or researchers who may be
interested to do more on the Wikimedia projects.
The deadline to apply is January 3, 2022. We intend to give funds of
value USD 2k-50k.
More info at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Tech…
.
Big thanks to Emily Lescak for all her behind-the-scenes work to make
the launch of the Research Fund possible, and to the Community
Resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation for giving us the
opportunity and the funds.
If you have questions, please reach out to us at
research_fund(a)wikimedia.org, meta [2], here, or in one of our
upcoming office hours [3]! :)
Best,
the Research Fund committee chairs
Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Tech…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Start
[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Tech…