Grants given to Wikimedia Foundation/2005

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Immediately pressing grants[edit]

  • UNESCO grant Wikipedia, Feb 2005 (!!)
    I sent a short mail asking what we had to do to candidate. Anthere 10:07, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Grants/IFAP
    ~$45k for projects that improve international access to information, and educate information professionals...

Other grants[edit]

Dates given are expected dates for the allocation of funding. Most grants must be submitted in summer/autumn 2005.

  • NSF-04605, ideal for Wiktionary, June 2006. Endangered languages. We should dig up a list of those, and see if we do not cover one. Or could... possibly funding students to work on those ?
  • NEH-challenge, Wikimedia, Nov 2006
    For setting up an endowment/trust, not for immediate expenses. Deadline in early May.
  • NEH teachinglearning Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikijunior, Wikiversity April 2006
    $100-200k
    particularly good for WP if we want to help teachers develop curricula that include and interact with the 'pedia +sj+
  • NEH reference materials Wikipedia May 2006
    "These grants are given to support projects to create reference works and research tools. Eligible projects include: databases and electronic archives that codify and integrate humanities materials, or provide bibliographical control of a subject or field...
    $70-800k