Grants:Regions/ESEAP
This region includes:
American Samoa; Australia; Brunei; Cambodia; mainland China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Cook Islands; Timor-Leste; Federated States of Micronesia; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Kiribati; Laos; Macau; Malaysia; Marshall Islands; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Niue; Norfolk Island; North Korea; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Pitcairn Islands; Samoa; Singapore; Solomon Islands; South Korea; Taiwan; Thailand; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Vanuatu; Vietnam
Program Officer
Regional calendar
Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.
August 3 – September 4, 2026
Applicant support and eligibility check
September 1, 2026
Submission deadline
September 7 – October 9, 2026
Review and translation
October 9 – October 30, 2026
Review feedback and applicant engagement
November 13, 2026
Decision announced
December 1 – December 14, 2026
Agreement and first payment
July 1 – July 31, 2027
Midpoint conversation
January 30, 2028
Final or first year report due
February 1 – February 28, 2027
Applicant support and eligibility check
March 1, 2027
Submission deadline
March 3 – April 2, 2027
Review and translation
April 2 – April 23, 2027
Review feedback and applicant engagement
May 3, 2027
Decision announced
May 20 – June 1, 2027
Agreement and first payment
January 15, 2028
Midpoint conversation
July 31, 2028
Final or first year report due
Contact us
Rapid Fund
If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: eseap_rapid
wikimedia.org
General Support Fund
If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: eseap_fund
wikimedia.org
Regional Committee
- Aotfs2013, August 2021 - Taiwanese administrator on Chinese Wikipedia and former member of the Project Grants Committee.
- Exec8, August 2021- community member leading discussions on topics related to the ESEAP region. Also member of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Movement Strategy Roles & Responsibilities Working Group.
- Chipmunkdavis, August 2021 - Development sector experience in the ESEAP region, prior activity with WMUK.
- Kunirasem, September 2022 - Javanese Wikipedia volunteer and contact person for Yogyakarta Wikimedia Community; experienced as WMID grantee for projects.
- 22Kartika, September 2022 - member of Wikimedia Australia and long-time volunteer within Wikimedia Indonesia.
- Wutkh, September 2025 - Member of Wikimedia Thailand and Wikimedia UK, former administrator at Thai Wikipedia and long-time volunteer for Thai Wikimedia sister projects.
- Tofeiku, September 2025 - Treasurer of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia and active volunteer for the Wikimedia movement in Malaysia.
- Marshelec, September 2025 - Member of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand and active volunteer for the Wikimedia movement in New Zealand.
- Fitri Penyalai, September 2025 - Member of Wikimedia Indonesia and grantee of the Wikimedia Alliances Fund (2022, 2024).
- Chlod, September 2025 - Wikimedia software developer and English Wikipedia editor and from the Philippines, youth volunteer, ESEAP Strategy Summit 2025 COT.
- Supaplex, September 2025 - Chair person of Wikimedia Taiwan (2021-2025) and Wikidata editor and from Taiwan, content translator, WikidataCon 2023 COT, ESEAP Conference 2026 program committee.
Inactive and Past Committee Members
Browse Applications
For grants and reports from other funding programs, see: Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Review/2026-27.
FY 2026-27
- Rapid Fund
- General Support Fund