Dear Wikimedia Research community, We are happy to announce the launch of this year’s Wikimedia Research Fund. The full details about this round, including eligibility criteria, submission instructions, and timelines can be found at [1].
Similar to the past cycles, we have made some changes to improve the Research Fund. For this cycle, we decided to restore a two-stage application process for research proposals (Type 1) and extended research proposals (Type 2). However, instead of asking for a 1000-word Stage I proposal (which we did in 2024), we ask for a shorter Letter of Intent. Our primary goal with this change is two-fold: a) ask for more detailed review on a smaller subset of applications which are assessed to have a higher chance of acceptance and through that better utilizing the scarce review resources of the Wikimedia Research community; b) ask for less work from the applicants in the first stage and only ask for more when we assess the chance of acceptance to be higher. The application process for events and community building proposals (Type 3) remain unchanged. The key dates are as follows: * Letter of Intent submission deadline (Type 1-2 only): January 16, 2026 * Notifications for decisions on Letter of Intent submissions (Type 1-2): February 6, 2026 * Full Proposal Submissions (Advanced Type 1-2 and Type 3): April 3, 2026 * Final Notification: May 1, 2026 You can find more information about the call for proposals on Meta-Wiki [1]. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] or book an office hour [2]. We are looking forward to receiving your proposals. Best, Kinneret, on behalf of the Research Fund Organizing Committee [3] [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund#Office_Hours [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund#Organizing_Committee -- Kinneret Gordon Lead Research Community Officer Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> *Learn more about Wikimedia Research <https://research.wikimedia.org/>* _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
