Grants:Project
 | IMPORTANT NOTICE: We have updated our guidelines regarding organizing in-person events with Wikimedia Foundation grant funding.
Our new COVID-19 Risk Assessment protocol for in-person gatherings is designed to be sensitive to the constantly changing circumstances around this pandemic, and allow potential grantees and community members to assess their own ability to safely host events and activities. If you are planning an in-person event plan to request funding, please follow the steps described in these guidelines before submitting a grant proposal. For current grants already in progress, please contact your program officer if you would like to include or change your activities to include in-person activities.
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The Project Grants program funds Wikimedia community members — individuals, groups, or organizations contributing to Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia or Commons — to organize projects that benefit the Wikimedia movement. Grants are awarded bianually and have a minimum budget of USD 2,000. For grants under USD 2,000, please see the Rapid Grants program.
Grants are generally awarded in four broad categories, but we welcome all ideas!
- Software
- Research
- Online organizing
- Offline outreach
Proposals should support the achievement of Wikimedia’s mission and align with our 2030 Strategy.
You can click on the tabs above to learn more about the process of applying. If you are new to wikis and need more guidance to start a proposal, please email us at projectgrants 
wikimedia · org and we will help you.
We recently surveyed the first two rounds of Project Grant applicants. You can see the report and next steps for program improvements here.
Schedule for 2021/1 Round for Online and/or Offline* Community Organizing projects
Open call: January 11 - February 10, 2021
Proposal deadline: Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Staff eligibility review: February 11 - 19, 2021
Community review: February 20 - March 4, 2021
Committee scoring: March 5 - 20, 2021
Grantees announced: Friday, April 22, 2021
Grants disbursed: May 2021
- Offline organizing projects must meet the COVID-19 Risk Assessment requirements to be eligible for funding.
Schedule for 2021/2 Round for Research or Software projects
Open call: February 15 - March 16, 2021
Proposal deadline: Wednesday, March 16, 2021
Staff eligibility review: March 17 - 25, 2021
Community review: March 26 - April 8, 2021
Committee scoring: April 9 - 24, 2021
Grantees announced: Friday, May 27, 2021
Grants disbursed: June 2021
Questions? Please email us at projectgrantswikimedia.org.