Wikimania/Scholarships/Application

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Proposed Application Form

This is the application for sponsorship to attend Wikimania 2014, the annual international conference centered on Wikimedia projects. Awardees will receive a scholarship which will cover conference registration fees, hotel, and roundtrip travel to Wikimania in London, 5-10 August 2014.

This is not a scholarship for university study. Applications not obviously related to the conference will be discarded.

Please carefully consider your financial needs before applying for a scholarship to attend Wikimania. There are limited funds available and many applicants do not have the financial means to attend Wikimania without this opportunity. Thank you.

The deadline to apply is February 17, 2014, 23:59 UTC.

Contact information

First (given) Name: * <text input>

Last Name (surname): * <text input>

Email address: * <text input>

Country of residence: * <select list of ISO countries>

Personal information

Do you have a current passport? <yes/no>

Nationality (Who has issued/will issue your passport?): * <select list of ISO countries>

Closest international airport: <text input>

Native language(s): <text input>

Date of birth: <select day><select month><select year>

Gender: * <select Male|Female|Other (please specify)|Prefer not to say> <text input if Other>

Occupation (if professional): <text input>

Field of study (if student): <text input>

Participation in the Wikimedia projects

Username on your primary Wikimedia project: <text input> <language>.<domain>

(If applicable) Other Wikimedia usernames used for editing: <multi-line text input>

Most active Wikimedia projects: <select from drop down box / auto-fill>

In the space below, please explain the extent and nature of your participation in the Wikimedia projects (Are you a chapter member? An administrator? A longtime editor? A contributor to featured articles? A frequent uploader of high quality images? etc.) * <multi-line text input>

In the space below, please explain the extent and nature of your participation in other free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiatives other than the Wikimedia projects. * <multi-line text input>

Interest and involvement in Wikimania

Have you attended Wikimania before? If so, in what year or years?

• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022

I have or will submit a presentation for Wikimania 2014 (Call for Participation) <yes/no>

If you have or will submit a presentation, please provide a link to your presentation or proposal title: <text input; required if prior answer is "yes">

How did you hear about this opportunity? <select mailing list|Wikimedia website|Village pump|Word of mouth|Other>

In the space below, please state why are you interested in attending Wikimania? * <multi-line text input>

Application agreement

• If I am awarded and accept a grant, I will be responsible for obtaining a travel visa, if necessary, prior to travel to London.
• If I am awarded and accept a grant, I will be responsible for the cost of airport transfer, incidentals, and meals during the conference.
• If I am awarded and accept a grant, I agree to use the travel booking service provided and paid for by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Privacy

All information contained in this application will be reviewed by the members of the Wikimania Scholarship Committee. All personal information will be held strictly confidential by the Committee, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

I would like to be considered for a Wikimedia chapter or thematic organization scholarship, and agree to share my information with chapters and thematic organizations for purpose of selecting and awarding scholarships. <yes/no>

Applicant Rights & Consent to Data Processing and Transfer

I as an applicant for a Wikimedia Foundation ('WMF') scholarship relating to my participation in the 2014 Wikimania conference hosted in London, hereby acknowledge and affirmatively consent to the following as a prerequisite to the consideration of my 2014 Wikimania scholarship application ('Application'):

(a) Any personal data or sensitive personal data that I submit as part of or in relation to my Application (collectively 'my Data') may be accessed and reviewed by: (i) WMF; (ii) members of a scholarship committee made up of Wikimedia movement members, a representative list of which can be found at: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_Committee ('Scholarship Committee'); and if you indicated that you want to be considered for a WM Chapter or WM Thematic Org scholarship, (iii) official Wikimedia Chapters, a representative list of which can be found at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters ('WM Chapters'), and official thematic organizations, a representative list of which can be found at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_thematic_organizations ('WM Thematic Orgs'); for the purposes of evaluating my Application.

(b) Any Data that I submit as a part of or in relation to my Application may be collected, stored, used, modified, communicated, archived, destroyed, or otherwise processed (collectively 'Processed' or 'Processing') by: (i) WMF; (ii) members of the Scholarship Committee; and if you indicated that you want to be considered for a WM Chapter or WM Thematic Org scholarship, (iii) WM Chapters and WM Thematic Orgs. My Data may be retained by WMF until I request in writing to WMF that my Data be destroyed or for as long as required by applicable law.

(c) My Data may be transmitted to or from: (i) WMF in the United States; (ii) members of the Scholarship Committee in the country which they reside; and if you indicated that you want to be considered for a WM Chapter or WM Thematic Org scholarship, (iii) WM Chapters and/or WM Thematic Orgs in the country which the organizations are based.

Please enter your full name: * <text input>

• I agree the statement of 'Applicant Rights & Consent to Data Processing and Transfer'.
  

Please enter your full name: *<text input>
If under 18 years old, please have a parent or legal guardian enter his/her full name: *<text input>

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