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In the third round of Project Grants, 32 eligible proposals were submitted for review. The committee has recommended 10 projects for a total of $224,900 in funding. WMF has now approved all 10 grants. Here’s what we’re funding. [1]

Online organizing: two projects funded

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Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 coordination https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_international_team/2017_coordination

This year, the Wiki Loves Monuments International Team will continue to encourage content on diverse cultural heritage sites in this annually-run contest. By addressing the need for partnerships and development of tools to support participants, this project hopes to bolster local communities to contribute and collaborate on the Wikimedia projects, with a focus on Commons and Wikidata.[2]

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Contest toolkits and prize funds https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Contest_toolkits_and_prize_funds

Led by a prolific English Wikipedian, Dr.Blofeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dr._Blofeld, this project aims to equip prospective contester organizers with toolkits and design ideas, enabling them to customize their own campaigns. In addition, the project will include a large contest to boost the geographic diversity of representation of women on English Wikipedia.[3] [4]

Offline outreach: seven projects funded

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Wiki Loves Monuments in Perú https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017_in_Per%C3%BA

Recently-recognized affiliate Wikimedians of Peru User Group will organize a Wiki Loves Monuments contest through outreach efforts with the Ministry of Culture in Peru as well as with newer participants outside of Lima to contribute national and cultural heritage to the movement.[5]

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Multimedia Documentation of Traditional Trades and Crafts of Eastern, Northern and Up-Country Sri Lanka https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tamil_Wikimedia-Noolaham_Foundation/Multimedia_Documentation_of_Traditional_Trades_and_Crafts_of_Eastern,_Northern_and_Up-Country_Sri_Lanka

Through extensive outreach in underrepresented regions in Sri Lanka, this project plans to expand knowledge of the traditional industries, agricultural trades, and crafts of Sri Lanka. With integrated support from the Noolaham Foundation, engagement with local communities through their livelihoods will be a significant step toward documenting cultural heritage in Tamil Wikipedia, Commons, Wiktionary, and Wikibooks.[6]

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First Wikipedian in (Academic) Residence in Latin America https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ColMex/First_Wikipedian_in_(Academic)_Residence_in_Latin_America

El Colegio de México will lead and coordinate with libraries and academic institutions in Mexico to develop and disseminate best practices in knowledge-sharing through Wikimedia projects.[7]

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Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO 2017-2018 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_UNESCO_2017-2018

As a follow-up to a previous WMF grant https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian_in_Residence with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), John_Cummings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_Cummings and Navino Evans https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans will facilitate long-term infrastructure to support ongoing content donations, including media and text for Wikipedia and Commons, and structured data for Wikidata. Using the UNESCO partnership as a model, they will educate and encourage other scientific and cultural institutions to contribute open license material.[8][9][10][11]

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Engaging with Academic Librarians and Sororities to Address the Gender Gap https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_Academic_Librarians_and_Sororities_to_Address_the_Gender_Gap

A returning grantee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedian_in_Residence_for_Gender_Equity from the Inspire Campaign, West Virginia University Libraries’ Wikipedian in Residence for Gender Equality will foster partnerships with three other academic institutions. The project will develop a scalable model for cross training student life and university library staff to promote Wikipedia editing as an option for sororities to meet their community service requirements. [11][12]

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Wikimedia UG Nigeria/Wikipedian in Residence https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_UG_Nigeria_/Wikipedian_in_Residence

Partnering with pan-African cultural and tourism program Goge Africa, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria aims to contribute and provide support for media of heritage content.[13]

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UG GLAM Macedonia/Wikipedian in Residence https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UG_GLAM_Macedonia/Wikipedian_in_Residence

Through education and training, two Wikipedians in Residence will enable GLAM institutions in Skopje to produce public domain material to Macedonian Wikimedia projects. This will be an opportunity for the Macedonian community to collaborate with the State Archives in the Republic of Macedonia and City Library "Braka Miladinovci," and to target areas for volunteers to explore and release new content to the movement. [14]

Software: one project funded

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EveryPolitician https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/EveryPolitician

UK-based organization mySociety aims to populate Wikidata with well-structured, consistent data on elected officials from around the world. EveryPolitician combines data from multiple primary and secondary sources from over 3.6 million data points on almost 73,000 politicians in 233 countries and territories. Through technical infrastructure and volunteer workflows, the project will establish ongoing updates to Wikidata about political leadership around the world, providing access to crucial information for citizens seeking to engage and advocate with their elected representatives.[15]

You can read more about this round on the Wikimedia Foundation blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/09/project-grants-round-one-2017/.[16]

The open call for Project Grants 2017 Round Two https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project will launch on August 28, 2017, with applications due September 26, 2017. [17]

Congratulations to the successful grantees!

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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications 2.

<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_ Loves_Monuments_international_team/2017_coordination https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_international_team/2017_coordination

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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Contest_ toolkits_and_prize_funds> 4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dr._Blofeld 5.

<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_ Loves_Monuments_2017_in_Per%C3%BA https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017_in_Per%C3%BA

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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tamil_ Wikimedia-Noolaham_Foundation/Multimedia_Documentation_of_ Traditional_Trades_and_Crafts_of_Eastern,_Northern_and_Up- Country_Sri_Lanka https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tamil_Wikimedia-Noolaham_Foundation/Multimedia_Documentation_of_Traditional_Trades_and_Crafts_of_Eastern,_Northern_and_Up-Country_Sri_Lanka

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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ColMex/ First_Wikipedian_in_(Academic)_Residence_in_Latin_America https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ColMex/First_Wikipedian_in_(Academic)_Residence_in_Latin_America

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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_UNESCO_2017-2018 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_UNESCO_2017-2018

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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_ Wikimedian_in_Residence> 10.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_Cummings 11.

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans 12.

<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_ Academic_Librarians_and_Sororities_to_Address_the_Gender_Gap https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_Academic_Librarians_and_Sororities_to_Address_the_Gender_Gap

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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_ UG_Nigeria_/Wikipedian_in_Residence https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_UG_Nigeria_/Wikipedian_in_Residence

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<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UG_GLAM_ Macedonia/Wikipedian_in_Residence https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UG_GLAM_Macedonia/Wikipedian_in_Residence

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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/EveryPolitician 16.

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/09/project-grants-round-one-2017/ 17.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project 18.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Whose_Knowledge%3F 19.

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/12/16/twelve-project-grants/ 20.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project

*Marti JohnsonProgram Officer* *Individual Grants* *Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home* +1 415-839-6885 Skype: Mjohnson_WMF

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