Hi Roman,
I’ve begun a job now and been pondering giving money specifically for
supporting scholarships to Wikimania. Is that an option? I’d like to help
support for example increasing people coming from Myanmar abc other under
represented language regions.
Warm regards
Naureen Nayyar
Stockholm
On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 10:42 AM, Roman Bustria Jr. <bustrias(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hello Everyone!
As you may know, Wikimania 2020, will happen on 5–9 August 2020 in
Bangkok, Thailand. The *Wikimedia Foundation Scholarships Program* is
offering a limited number of scholarships to cover the cost of selected
individuals’ travel, conference registration fee, and accommodation to
attend Wikimania using funding provided by the Wikimedia Foundation
<https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/> (WMF).
- Scholarship applications open: *17 February 2020*
- Deadline for applying for scholarships: *16 March 2020* 23:59:59 UTC.
- Phase 1 eligibility assessment by the WMF: March (no notification
about the outcome)
- Phase 2 in-depth evaluations by the Scholarship Committee
<https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Scholarship_Committee>:
April
- Applicants are notified about final decisions: by early May
- The final list
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2020_WMF_Wikimania_Scholarships>
of
recipients is announced *May/June* .
For more information, you can visit the following links:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2020:Scholarships
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/Selection_Process
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Wikimania_scholars/Reviewer's_gu…
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Scholarship_Committ…
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Kind regards,
Butch Bustria
Wikimedia ESEAP
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