Hi all,
In the third round of Project Grants, 32 eligible proposals were submitted
for review. The committee has recommended 10 projects for a total of
$224,900 in funding. WMF has now approved all 10 grants. Here’s what we’re
funding. [1]
Online organizing: two projects funded
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Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 coordination
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_international_team/2017_coordination>
This year, the Wiki Loves Monuments International Team will continue to
encourage content on diverse cultural heritage sites in this annually-run
contest. By addressing the need for partnerships and development of tools
to support participants, this project hopes to bolster local communities to
contribute and collaborate on the Wikimedia projects, with a focus on
Commons and Wikidata.[2]
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Contest toolkits and prize funds
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Contest_toolkits_and_prize_funds>
Led by a prolific English Wikipedian, Dr.Blofeld
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dr._Blofeld>, this project aims to
equip prospective contester organizers with toolkits and design ideas,
enabling them to customize their own campaigns. In addition, the project
will include a large contest to boost the geographic diversity of
representation of women on English Wikipedia.[3] [4]
Offline outreach: seven projects funded
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Wiki Loves Monuments in Perú
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017_in_Per%C3%BA>
Recently-recognized affiliate Wikimedians of Peru User Group will organize
a Wiki Loves Monuments contest through outreach efforts with the Ministry
of Culture in Peru as well as with newer participants outside of Lima to
contribute national and cultural heritage to the movement.[5]
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Multimedia Documentation of Traditional Trades and Crafts of Eastern,
Northern and Up-Country Sri Lanka
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tamil_Wikimedia-Noolaham_Foundation/Multimedia_Documentation_of_Traditional_Trades_and_Crafts_of_Eastern,_Northern_and_Up-Country_Sri_Lanka>
Through extensive outreach in underrepresented regions in Sri Lanka, this
project plans to expand knowledge of the traditional industries,
agricultural trades, and crafts of Sri Lanka. With integrated support from
the Noolaham Foundation, engagement with local communities through their
livelihoods will be a significant step toward documenting cultural heritage
in Tamil Wikipedia, Commons, Wiktionary, and Wikibooks.[6]
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First Wikipedian in (Academic) Residence in Latin America
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ColMex/First_Wikipedian_in_(Academic)_Residence_in_Latin_America>
El Colegio de México will lead and coordinate with libraries and academic
institutions in Mexico to develop and disseminate best practices in
knowledge-sharing through Wikimedia projects.[7]
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Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO 2017-2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_UNESCO_2017-2018>
As a follow-up to a previous WMF grant
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian_in_Residence>
with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), John_Cummings <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_Cummings>
and Navino Evans <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans> will
facilitate long-term infrastructure to support ongoing content donations,
including media and text for Wikipedia and Commons, and structured data for
Wikidata. Using the UNESCO partnership as a model, they will educate and
encourage other scientific and cultural institutions to contribute open
license material.[8][9][10][11]
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Engaging with Academic Librarians and Sororities to Address the Gender
Gap
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_Academic_Librarians_and_Sororities_to_Address_the_Gender_Gap>
A returning grantee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikipedian_in_Residence_for_Gender_Equity>
from the Inspire Campaign, West Virginia University Libraries’ Wikipedian
in Residence for Gender Equality will foster partnerships with three other
academic institutions. The project will develop a scalable model for cross
training student life and university library staff to promote Wikipedia
editing as an option for sororities to meet their community service
requirements. [11][12]
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Wikimedia UG Nigeria/Wikipedian in Residence
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_UG_Nigeria_/Wikipedian_in_Residence>
Partnering with pan-African cultural and tourism program Goge Africa,
Wikimedia User Group Nigeria aims to contribute and provide support for
media of heritage content.[13]
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UG GLAM Macedonia/Wikipedian in Residence
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UG_GLAM_Macedonia/Wikipedian_in_Residence>
Through education and training, two Wikipedians in Residence will enable
GLAM institutions in Skopje to produce public domain material to Macedonian
Wikimedia projects. This will be an opportunity for the Macedonian
community to collaborate with the State Archives in the Republic of
Macedonia and City Library "Braka Miladinovci," and to target areas for
volunteers to explore and release new content to the movement. [14]
Software: one project funded
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EveryPolitician
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/EveryPolitician>
UK-based organization mySociety aims to populate Wikidata with
well-structured, consistent data on elected officials from around the
world. EveryPolitician combines data from multiple primary and secondary
sources from over 3.6 million data points on almost 73,000 politicians in
233 countries and territories. Through technical infrastructure and
volunteer workflows, the project will establish ongoing updates to Wikidata
about political leadership around the world, providing access to crucial
information for citizens seeking to engage and advocate with their elected
representatives.[15]
You can read more about this round on the Wikimedia Foundation blog
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/09/project-grants-round-one-2017/>.[16]
The open call for Project Grants 2017 Round Two
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> will launch on August 28,
2017, with applications due September 26, 2017. [17]
Congratulations to the successful grantees!
1.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications>
2.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_
Loves_Monuments_international_team/2017_coordination
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_international_team/2017_coordination>
3.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Contest_
toolkits_and_prize_funds>
4.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dr._Blofeld>
5.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_
Loves_Monuments_2017_in_Per%C3%BA
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2017_in_Per%C3%BA>
6.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tamil_
Wikimedia-Noolaham_Foundation/Multimedia_Documentation_of_
Traditional_Trades_and_Crafts_of_Eastern,_Northern_and_Up-
Country_Sri_Lanka
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Tamil_Wikimedia-Noolaham_Foundation/Multimedia_Documentation_of_Traditional_Trades_and_Crafts_of_Eastern,_Northern_and_Up-Country_Sri_Lanka>
7.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ColMex/
First_Wikipedian_in_(Academic)_Residence_in_Latin_America
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ColMex/First_Wikipedian_in_(Academic)_Residence_in_Latin_America>
8.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/
Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_UNESCO_2017-2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedian_in_Residence_at_UNESCO_2017-2018>
9.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_
Wikimedian_in_Residence>
10.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_Cummings>
11.
<https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/User:NavinoEvans>
12.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_
Academic_Librarians_and_Sororities_to_Address_the_Gender_Gap
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_Academic_Librarians_and_Sororities_to_Address_the_Gender_Gap>
13.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_
UG_Nigeria_/Wikipedian_in_Residence
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_UG_Nigeria_/Wikipedian_in_Residence>
14.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UG_GLAM_
Macedonia/Wikipedian_in_Residence
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/UG_GLAM_Macedonia/Wikipedian_in_Residence>
15.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/EveryPolitician>
16.
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/06/09/project-grants-round-one-2017/>
17.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>
18.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Whose_Knowledge%3F>
19.
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/12/16/twelve-project-grants/>
20.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>
*Marti JohnsonProgram Officer*
*Individual Grants*
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