Hello!
As part of our ongoing improvements to the new grants structure, the Conference Grants program will be accepting proposals three times a year.
We hope that moving to rounds will ensure a more efficient and predictable process for grant applicants, WMF staff, and grant committee members.
We are currently accepting proposals for Round 1 and the submission deadline is February 26th. Decisions will be announced March 24th and grants disbursed in April. The deadline for Round 2 is May 28th. You can see the schedule for all rounds here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Conference
If you plan on holding a conference in the first 6 months of 2017, please apply in Round 1!
If you are thinking about organizing a conference and need funding from WMF, please reach out to me as soon as possible to discuss your ideas.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Best,
Kacie