Hi Brett, Sorry for missing the action today! As a European researcher myself, I would be very happy to join this initiative if possible. Please tell me what the next steps are!
Best, Ilyas Lebleu (User:Chaotic Enby) Le ven. 16 oct. 2026 à 13:57, Brett Buttliere via Wiki-research-l < [email protected]> a écrit : > Hello, > > I want to clarify that anyone in the world can participate, but the funds > will first be distributed to European researchers, and only then > researchers from outside Europe. > > Still, we would welcome your support, and also i think being a part of the > action is the best way to find out about what is happening, especially if > you could fund your own travel for instance. > > Best, > Brett > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 1:00 PM Brett Buttliere <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > Some of us are planning a COST Action <https://www.cost.eu/> > application, > > which is an EU networking grant, to support meetings, workshops, and > > working groups over the next 4 years. > > > > We currently have working groups about: > > > > - GLAMs > > - impact metrics > > - developing standard international teaching materials > > - increasing diversity on Wiki > > - Wiki-in-residence > > - Wiki and AI, and others > > > > Basically we are trying to create spaces in Europe for Wiki Researchers > to > > meet, exchange, and plan future projects. The current draft of the > > application is here > > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O9Kv0DqQyMXoNu8WOOreG5VmVE8Z8QNr0cg5qHrCrcY/edit?tab=t.0 > >. > > we are open to all comments. > > > > We are looking especially to support with funding young (under 40), > > non-central, and minority participants, but essentially the more > > co-authors and support for the proposal, the better. There is no > > obligation to attend the events or do any work - the COST Action is > > explicitly not about doing work, but presenting work. > > > > We are meeting today at 4pm, here, <https://meet.google.com/bym-vjak-sdy > > > > if you want to hear more, or you can just reply to me, and I can invite > you > > through the COST platform, it is really simple to indicate support. > > > > We would be happy to have you join us, and to support your work where > > feasible. > > > > These grants are for ~ 600,000 over 4 years, for meetings, but then > result > > in an average of 5 million euros for the network over the years, so it > > would be really good I think. > > > > Best, and thank you, > > Brett Buttliere > > University of Warsaw > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
