Today we’re announcing the latest round of Individual Engagement Grantees. These grants from the Wikimedia Foundation support individuals and small teams of Wikimedians to experiment with new ideas aimed at having online impact.[1]

This round, the IEG committee recommended and WMF approved 12 projects led by 16 grantees with countless volunteer participants from around the world. For the first time, Individual Engagement Grants are funding mobile app development, Wikipedia research, and projects aimed at improving Wikivoyage and Wiktionary.

Introducing Wikimedia's round 1 2014 Individual Engagement Grantees:

Making Telugu Content Accessible, led by Santhosh, funded at 104,000 Rupees.[2]
Medicine Translation Community Organizing, led by CFCF, funded at $10,000.[3]
Open Access Reader, led by Edward Saperia, funded at $6550.[4]
Optimizing Wikimedia Category Systems, led by Paul J. Weiss, funded at $9750.[5]
Promoting Wikivoyage, led by Tammy Bennert, funded at $600.[6]
Pronunciation Recording, led by Rilke with participation from Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV and Infovarius, funded at €1450.[7]
Reimagining Wikipedia Mentorship, led by I JethroBT, Soni, and Gabrielm199, funded at $22,600.[8]
Senior Citizens Write Wikipedia, led by Vojtěch Veselý with participation from Vojtěch Dostál, Václav Šulc, and Jan Sokol, funded at 160,000 CZK.[9]
Tools for Armenian Wikisource and Beyond, led by Xelgen with participation from HrantKhachatrian and Mahnerak, funded at $7600.[10]
The Wikiquiz, led by Addis Wang, Mys 721x, and Ericmetro, funded at $1070.[11]
WikiTrack, led by Hari Prasad Nadig, funded at $2500.[12]
Women and Wikipedia, led by Amanda Menking, funded at $8075.[13]

You can read more about them all on the WMF blog.[14]

To everyone who contributed to this round of grants with proposals, ideas, feedback and suggestions: thank you! The next call for proposals opens on 1 September – we look forward to seeing more of your ideas and engagement again soon.

Sincerely,
Harold Hidalgo