Hi researchers, Some projects that may be of interest to you are currently proposed for Individual Engagement Grants (IEG).[1] Your input is very welcome to help us decide which projects to fund.
Please share any comments/questions/feedback you have directly on a proposal's talk page by April 20 2014. There are 4 research proposals: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Co-Location_Impact_Study<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Co-Location_Impact_Study&sa=D&usg=ALhdy2-M4n5jkYENbqiUo16DhkfqnNBejg> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_and_Wikipedia<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_and_Wikipedia&sa=D&usg=ALhdy296cLax8ELu5H7TXFDO10IjaMkIZA> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Optimizing_Wikimedia_Category_Systems._Phase_1,_Understanding_the_English_Wikipedia_Category_System<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Optimizing_Wikimedia_Category_Systems._Phase_1,_Understanding_the_English_Wikipedia_Category_System&sa=D&usg=ALhdy2_gb2Xz3c-MvJLRZqCYbwIxdEhTRQ> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_use_of_Wikipedia_by_doctors_for_their_information_needs<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_use_of_Wikipedia_by_doctors_for_their_information_needs&sa=D&usg=ALhdy2-TSS8Kt-iu-lHZiC3xlLOSXdwGCg> Why you might want to give input: *We want to encourage research that forwards the movement's ability to solve key problems, and so do you. *Questions and suggestions from people with some related expertise helps improve these projects. *Your comments provide the IEG committee with additional perspectives when they are scoring proposals and making recommendations to WMF starting in late April. *If key questions from potential stakeholders can be publicly addressed before a proposal gets to the WMF approvals stage in May, that saves everyone's time and energy and helps us fund better projects :) Thanks, Siko [1] All proposals are listed here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-join -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. [email protected] *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!*
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