Grants:Project
 | IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, all in-person or offline events funded by the Wikimedia Foundation's grants have been indefinitely cancelled or postponed. Funding is still available for online events and other needs.
For more information, please see a copy of the email sent from Katherine Maher to all active Project, Rapid, and Annual Plan grantees on March 12, 2020.
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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.
We recently surveyed the first two rounds of Project Grant applicants. You can see the report and next steps for program improvements here.
Round 1 2020 schedule
Open call: January 21 - February 20, 2020
Proposal deadline: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Staff eligibility review: February 21 - March 2, 2020
Community review: March 3 - March 16, 2020
Due to delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the following schedule has been updated:
Committee review: April 17 - May 7, 2020
Grantees announced: Friday, May 29, 2020
Grants disbursed: June 2020
Questions? Please email us at projectgrants
wikimedia.org.