Hi everyone, 

The open call for the Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program begins today, January 21, when we begin public review of new proposals.  The final deadline is February 20th for all submissions. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>. Importantly, this will be the only open call for Project Grants in the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30th 2020.

Project Grant funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other support for community building.  

We offer the following resources to help you plan your project and complete a grant proposal:

Weekly proposals clinics via Hangouts during the Open Call

Join us for real-time discussions with Program Officers and select thematic experts and get live feedback about your Project Grants proposal. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. 

Dates, times and themes:

<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project#Upcoming_events>

* Wednesday, January 22, 1500-1550 UTC: General proposal clinic

* Friday, January 24, 1900-1950 UTC: Software-themed proposal clinic

* Friday, January 24, 2100-2150 UTC: General proposal clinic

* Monday, February 3, 1700-1750 UTC: General proposal clinic

* Tuesday, February 4, 2100-2150 UTC: GLAM-themed proposal clinic

* Thursday, February 6, 2200-2250 UTC: Education-themed proposal clinic

* Monday, February 10, 1700-1750 UTC: Software-themed proposal clinic

* Monday, February 17, 1830-1920 UTC General proposal clinic

* Tuesday, February 11, 1600-1650 UTC: Education-themed proposal clinic

* Tuesday, February 18, 1600-1650 UTC: Education-themed proposal clinic

* Wednesday, February 19, 1500-1550 UTC: Software-themed proposal clinic

* Wednesday, February 19, 2000-2050 UTC: GLAM-themed proposal clinic

We also offer these support pages to help you build your proposal:

* Video tutorials for writing a strong application:

<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tutorial>

* General planning page for Project Grants:  <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Plan>

* Program guidelines and criteria:

<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Learn>

Program officers are also available to offer individualized proposal support upon request.  Contact us at projectgrants@wikimedia.org if you would like feedback or more information.

We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects.  Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal by February 20, 2020! <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply>

Please feel free to get in touch with questions about getting started with your grant application, or about serving on the Project Grants Committee.  Contact us at projectgrants@wikimedia.org.

Warm regards,

Marti Johnson and Chris Schilling

Program Officers for Project Grants