Hello Chris, Yes, mentoring organizations provide funding for the Outreachy internships. For the upcoming winter round, WMF will be funding up to 6 projects.
Cheers, Srishti *Srishti Sethi* Senior Developer Advocate Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 3:44 PM Chris Gates via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is this funded by the WMF? I noticed it in the list of "promoters" but was > unable to discern whether there was funding involved. > > Regards, > Vermont > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 4:00 PM Gopa Vasanth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > *(feel free to forward the message as is to your friends, family members > > &colleagues)* > > > > Hello folks, > > > > We would like to invite you to apply to the Outreachy program with the > > Wikimedia Foundation (a non-profit organization behind Wikipedia)! > > > > *About the Outreachy program* > > > > Wikimedia will be mentoring ~6 projects in the Outreachy’s December 2020 > to > > February 2021 Round, around data science and engineering. The initial > > applications are due *September 20th at 4 pm UTC*. > > > > Apply today: <https://www.outreachy.org/apply/> [1] > > > > Outreachy offers three-month internships to work remotely in Free and > Open > > Source Software (FOSS) projects, coding, and non-coding related (e.g., > > design, documentation, translation, outreach, and research), with > > experienced mentors. Outreachy internships run twice a year – from May to > > August and December to March. Interns are paid a stipend of USD 5,500 for > > the three months of work. They also have a USD 500 stipend to travel to > > conferences and events. Interns often find employment after their > > internship with Outreachy sponsors or in jobs that use the skills they > > learned during their internship. > > > > Outreachy is open to both students and non-students. Outreachy expressly > > invites the following people to apply: > > > > * Women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people. > > * Anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or > discrimination > > in the technology industry in their country of residence is invited to > > apply. > > * Residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are > > Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American > Indian, > > Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander. > > > > Browse through the participants’ guides, to learn more about the > > application process steps < > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Participants> [2] > > > > > > *About the Wikimedia Foundation* > > The Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> [3] is the > > nonprofit organization that hosts and operates Wikipedia and the other > > Wikimedia free knowledge projects < > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/> [4]. Our > > vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum > > of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to > contribute > > something to our shared knowledge and that everyone should be able to > > access that knowledge, free of interference. 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