Grants:Regions/South Asia/bn
This region includes the following countries: আফগানিস্তান; বাংলাদেশ; ভুটান; ভারত; মালদ্বীপ; নেপাল; পাকিস্তান; শ্রীলঙ্কা.
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আঞ্চলিক দিনপঞ্জিকা
Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.
১৪ ফেব্রুয়ারি – ১৩ মার্চ ২০২৫
Applicant support and eligibility check
১৪ মার্চ ২০২৫
Renewal deadline
১৩ মার্চ ২০২৫
Submission deadline
১৩ মার্চ – ২১ এপ্রিল ২০২৫
Review and translation
২১ এপ্রিল – ৫ মে ২০২৫
Review feedback and applicant engagement
২৩ মে ২০২৫
Decision announced
৬ জুন – ৩০ জুন ২০২৫
Agreement and first payment
১৫ জানুয়ারি ২০২৬
Midpoint conversation
৩১ জুলাই ২০২৬ / ১৫ আগস্ট ২০২৬
Final or first year report due
১১ আগস্ট – ৫ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৫
Applicant support and eligibility check
৫ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৫
Submission deadline
১১ সেপ্টেম্বর – ২০ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৫
Review and translation
২০ সেপ্টেম্বর – ৪ নভেম্বর ২০২৫
Review feedback and applicant engagement
১৪ নভেম্বর ২০২৫
Decision announced
২৮ নভেম্বর – ১২ ডিসেম্বর ২০২৫
Agreement and first payment
১ জুলাই – ৩১ জুলাই ২০২৬
Midpoint conversation
৩০ জানুয়ারি ২০২৭
Final or first year report due
১০ ফেব্রুয়ারি – ১ মার্চ ২০২৬
Applicant support and eligibility check
২ মার্চ ২০২৬
Submission deadline
৩ মার্চ – ১৬ মার্চ ২০২৬
Review and translation
৪ মে – ১৩ এপ্রিল ২০২৬
Review feedback and applicant engagement
২০ মে ২০২৬
Decision announced
২১ মে – ৭ জুন ২০২৬
Agreement and first payment
১৫ জানুয়ারি ২০২৭
Midpoint conversation
৩১ জুলাই ২০২৭
Final or first year report due
যোগাযোগ
দ্রুত তহবিল
If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: sa_rapidwikimedia.org
General Support Fund
If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: sa_fundwikimedia.org
আঞ্চলিক কমিটি
- आर्या जोशी, আগস্ট ২০২১ - Contributor to Marathi Wikimedia projects and works with many not for profit organizations in Maharashtra. A passionate researcher and enthusiastic learner always.
- Balajijagadesh, আগস্ট ২০২১ - Open source enthusiast, active in community engagement activities in Tamil Wiki projects. Contributes to Wikisource and Wikidata.
- Medhavigandhi, আগস্ট ২০২১ - Lead Co-organizer at Art+Feminism, active in GLAM space, open GLAM work; leads The Heritage Lab project.
- Nawaraj Ghimire, আগস্ট ২০২১ - Wikimedian contributing to the Wikipedia in Classroom project and outreach activities in Nepal.
- Tarunno, অক্টোবর ২০২১ - Wikimedian active in Bangla Wikimedia projects. Open source enthusiast.
- Nabin K. Sapkota, আগস্ট ২০২৪ - Event and outreach co-ordiantor in projects under Wikimedians of Nepal
- Ravidreams, আগস্ট ২০২৪ - Serving Tamil Wikimedia projects since 2005. Have worked with the Wikimedia India Chapter and the WMF in the past towards the development of South Asian Wikimedia communities through various programs like Project Tiger.
কথোপকথনের সময়
Questions from Office hour 27 July 2021
- User:Manavpreet Kaur
- For Organizations asking for Staff support, will their salaries/remuneration be considered as income?
Criteria of eligibility, are non-affiliate groups eligible? As discussed, their eligibility consideration is dependent on what the committee feels about them. How aware is the committee of all such groups’?
- Considering some mentorship programs are being discussed within affiliates, there might be a chapter supporting a user group to organize, plan and run some activities. So who would apply for this grant? The trainer or the trainee?
- In continuation of the last question, say both apply for grant for specific activities, but one regional committee approves but other refuses. How will the CRS team evaluate such cases?
- About Alliance funding, will it only be available to nonprofits or for profit organizations as well?
Regarding specific funds allocation for a region, if we are actually going to promote this funding for underrepresented communities, considering there are other major grantees in the region, cushion might not be sufficient.
- So what if there is an Allied organization asking for funds for the first time and come up with a great plan for engagement in India and ask for an equal or more amount than the existing grantees, would you consider funding the new organization?
- Are there any plans on training the regional committees? Or How will you ensure that everybody who's on the regional committee, irrespective of the region, is trained on similar standards?
- All communities stand at different levels regarding the sensitivity towards various aspects of engagement, grants, etc. Are there any plans for sensitization activities?
- Drafting Grants’ policies- Will the process be inclusive to the community for review?
- If an affiliate is being supported by other grantees in the region, will this association act as a barrier for the grant the affiliate wishes to apply directly for expansion of the group's activities?
- About Grant structure, would there be a Global criteria or would there be a regional criteria for evaluation & funding?
- When we're talking about increasing the funding opportunities for the under-represented communities, Do you have any kind of plans on capacity building? *Like designing a pilot for new Affiliates, identifying some, extending training on handling finances and later they apply for a grant. This will enable them to efficiently apply for & manage future grants. This will be an actual capacity building and increasing the funding to the underrepresented communities. Otherwise like, or is it just an opportunity without any capacity building support.
- User:Bodhisattwa
- How will Rapid Funds support long term but short budget projects as it is written that it is only meant for short term projects?
- Will individuals or smaller affiliates have to compete with big players w.r.t. General Support Fund,?
- How will you ensure legally to make the grant applicants submit the reports and financial receipts?
- How will you prevent people from disappearing with the money or submit vague/false reports?
- How will the transparency of the grant projects be ensured?
- What is the transaction limit by which an individual will not face FCRA wrath from the Government and how will it be ensured to remove the FCRA barrier for smaller affiliates?
- If an individual/affiliate wants to hire a paid person to execute some project, how will the money be transferred to that person?
- What will be the exact legal way to save tax when money comes to someone’s account for a project?
আবেদনপত্রসমূহ ব্রাউজ করুন
- For resourced project application from India see: India Resource Projects
উইকিমিডিয়া কমিউনিটি তহবিল
General Support Fund
দ্রুত তহবিল
The Community Resources team at Wikimedia Foundation supports the Wikimedia Foundation Funds. We offer funding opportunities, guidance, and other resources to the Wikimedia Movement.