Hi all, We invite you to nominate one or more scholarly research publications to be considered for the Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year. Learn more below.
=Purpose of the award= Recognize recent research on or about the Wikimedia projects or recent research that is of importance to the Wikimedia projects. Recognize the researchers behind the research. You can learn more about previous winners at https://research.wikimedia.org/awards.html. =Eligibility criteria= Your nomination must meet the following criteria: - The research must be on, about, using data from, and/or of importance to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons or other Wikimedia projects. - The publication must be available in English. - The research must have been published between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. =Nomination process= Submit your nominations by February 15, 2026 through https://openreview.net/group?id=wikimediafoundation.org/Wikimedia/2026/RAY#tab-your-consoles. We will ask you to provide the following information in your nomination: - Title of the manuscript - A copy of the manuscript you are nominating - A summary of the research and a clear justification for why the work merits the award (in 350 words or fewer in English). Note that self-nominations and nominations of others' work are both welcome. ==Winner(s)== The winner(s) will be announced in a ceremony as part of Wiki Workshop 2026, scheduled to take place virtually on March 25 & 26, 2026. If you have any questions, please email kgordon(a)wikimedia.org Warm regards, Kinneret, on behalf of the WMF RAY organizing team P.S. While we’re on the topic of great Wikimedia research, if you weren’t able to join us for the *Celebrating 25 Years of Wikipedia and the Research Behind It* showcase, we had a short trivia activity all about Wikipedia and research that you can still check out here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gB0O-M0nRyoOHK1PlWz-RvIAzKSuMVjoUqOE_sytaOg/edit?usp=sharing -- 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]
