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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:04:47 -0800 From: Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, The Wikimedia Foundation and the Individual Engagement Grants Committee invite you to submit and review proposals for community-led experiments to improve Wikimedia! Individual Engagement Grants support individuals and small teams to organize projects for 6 months. You can get funding to turn your idea for improving Wikimedia projects into action, with a grant for online community organizing, outreach and partnerships, tool-building, or research. Funding is available for a few hundred dollars up to $30,000. Proposals for this round are due 31 March 2014: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG We're also seeking new committee members to help review and recommend proposals for funding. Candidates are invited to sign up by 9 March 2014: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee Some examples of projects we've funded in the past: *Organizing social media for Chinese Wikipedia ($350 for materials)[1] *Improving gadgets for Visual Editor ($4500 for developers)[2] *Coordinating free access to reliable sources for Wikipedians ($7500 for project management, consultants and materials)[3] *Building community and strategy for Wikisource (EURO 10000 for organizing and travel)[4] You can read more on the WMF blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/tag/individual-engagement-grants/ Hope to have your participation in this round! Best wishes, Siko [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Build_an_effective_method_of_publicity_in_PRChina [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Visual_editor-_gadgets_compatibility [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikipedia_Library [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Elaborate_Wikisource_strategic_vision -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sboute...@wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality!* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
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