Hi all,

We have launched the second Wikimedia Research Fund and I'm writing to you to ask for your support of the funds through the following two means:

* If you assess that you need research support to improve one or more of the tools or technologies you develop or maintain for the Wikimedia projects, please share your research needs at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research_Fund_Proposal_Ideas using the template in the etherpad. As researchers reach out to us in the coming weeks and months to brainstorm about their proposals, we will raise awareness about your needs with them and we may find collaborators for you through this process.

(For context: we see a lot of opportunities for creating bridges between the Wikimedia research and developer communities to help improve the Wikimedia projects and asking you for listing what you may need research support with is one way we can start identifying potential ways to build bridges.:)

* If you know of researchers who are interested to conduct research on the Wikimedia projects and need funding support, please let them know about the Wikimedia Research Fund. More details in the email below.

If you have questions about the Research Fund, feel free to reach out to us here or at research_fund@wikimedia.org.

Thanks, Leila

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Leila Zia lzia@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 9:27 AM Subject: Submit research proposals for funding - Wikimedia Research Fund To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities < wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Benj. Mako Hill makohill@uw.edu, Emily Lescak elescak@wikimedia.org

Hi all,

We're really excited to announce the launch of the second *Wikimedia Research Fund *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.

If you are a Wikimedia researcher or you are interested in becoming one, you can apply for research funds (USD 2K-50K) until December 16, 2022. While all research proposals related to Wikimedia projects are welcome, we particularly encourage research studies on medium to small size languages and communities, as well as in low resourced languages and projects. You can even propose to repeat a past study in a given language in another language!

More info at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Techn... .

*Apply by December 16, 2022* and/or spread the word!

If you have questions, please reach out to us at research_fund@wikimedia.org, Meta-Wiki [1], here, or in one of our upcoming office hours (schedule will be shared in [2] soon!)

Best, the Research Fund committee chairs Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington) Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Start

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Techn...