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Fundo de Pesquisa Wikimedia

Who we fund

The Research Fund provides support to individuals, groups, and organizations with research interests on or about Wikimedia projects. We encourage submissions from across research disciplines including but not limited to humanities, social sciences, computer science, education, and law. We aim to support applicants who have limited access to research funding and are proposing work that has potential for direct, positive impact on their local communities.

We prioritize supporting applicants who have limited access to research funding, are in regions of the world where the Wikimedia research community has less representation, and are proposing work that has potential for direct, positive impact on their local communities or the global Wikimedia communities.

O que financiamos

Nós buscamos inscrições que descrevam aprofundadamente projetos de pesquisa que melhorem e expandom nosso conhecimento dos projetos Wikimedia e seu impacto, que introduzam soluções técnico-sociológicas que possam aprimorar a tecnologia em apoio dos projetos Wikimedia, e avançar o Movimento Wkimedia rumo a direção estratégica 2030. Nóß também consideraremos o financiamento de propostas que visem expandir e diversificar a comunidade de pesquisadores estudando os projetos Wikimedia. Para trabalhos não relacionados a pesquisa, veja outras fontes de financiamento, incluindo o Fundo Comunitário Wikimedia e of Fundo das Alianças Wikimedia e o Fundo de Tecnologia Wikimedia (a ser divulgado).

Eligibilidade

Indivíduos, grupos e organizações podem se inscrever. Qualquer indivíduo pode estar em até 3 financiamentos abertos a qualquer momento. Isso inclui os Fundos Rápidos. Grupos ou organizações podem ter até 5 financiamentos abertos a qualquer momento.
Os pedidos devem ser acima de USD 2,000 e até USD 50,000.
O período de financiamento pode ser de até 12 meses de comprimento. O trabalho proposto deve começar antes de 1 de Junho de 2023 e terminar no máximo em 31 de Maio de 2024.
Os apoiados terão que concordar com os requerimentos de relatório, assim como assinar um acordo de recebimento de verba (grant), e providenciar a informação necessária para processar o financiamento. Você pode ler mais sobre os critérios de eligibilidade aqui
Nós esperamos que todos os agraciados do Fundo de Pesquisa adiram à Política de Espaço Amigável e ao Código de Conduta Universal da Wikimedia.
Inscrições e relatórios serão aceitos tanto em inglês quanto em espanhol.
Candidatos em potencial não deverão submeter uma proposta se ao menos um dos items abaixo for verdade:
- Ao menos um candidato seja empregado ou contratado pela Fundação Wikimedia nos últimos 24 meses;
- Pelo menos um candidato teve uma relação de conselheiro / conselheiro com um ou mais dos Presidentes do Comitê de Fundos de Pesquisa ou membros da equipe de Pesquisa da Wikimedia;
- Pelo menos um dos candidatos é um atual ou foi um ex Colaborador formal da equipe de pesquisa da Fundação Wikimedia nos últimos 24 meses;
- Nos últimos 24 meses, pelo menos um candidato foi coautor de uma publicação científica com os presidentes dos comitês.

Para elegibilidade do país, consulte a lista de países que foram financiados anteriormente.

Processo de inscrição e prazo

Please review our privacy statement prior to submitting your application. Applications need to be submitted on EasyChair, which is a third party platform. We ask that you take the time to complete a detailed user profile as this information will be used to match you with appropriate reviewers. Submitting a proposal will require that at least one author create an account on Easychair.

The application on EasyChair asks for the following information:

The name, email address, and Wikimedia username (if applicable) of all applicants.
Names/usernames, roles (with regards to this proposal), institutional affiliations, countries of residence for all other personnel included in the project, including volunteers and advisors. (Optional)
Proposal title.
Description of the proposed project, including aims and approach (maximum 2500 characters).
Approximate amount requested in U.S. dollars.
Budget description (maximum 500 characters).
Impact and relevance of the work to Wikimedia projects, including the degree to which the research will address the 2030 Wikimedia Strategic Direction and / or support the work of Wikimedia user groups, affiliates, and developer communities (maximum 750 characters).
Plans for dissemination (maximum 500 characters).
Prior contributions to related academic and / or research projects and / or the Wikimedia and free culture communities. If none, then an explanation of planned contributions (maximum 750 characters).

Submit proposal to the Wikimedia Research & Technology Fund via EasyChair (requires creating an account)

Como usar

Candidatura

Fase I: Candidatos submeterão propostas em resposta à chamada para Propostas do Fundo de Pesquisa. Todas as propostas estarão disponíveis publicamente para permitir que os membros da comunidade e os Comitês Regionais de Fundos forneçam feedback. O Comitê do Fundo de Pesquisa e os revisores avaliarão todas as propostas, levando em consideração a opinião da comunidade, e convidarão os principais candidatos a enviarem propostas completas para a próxima etapa. Os revisores técnicos avaliarão todas as propostas. As candidaturas melhor avaliadas são convidadas a submeter propostas completas no estágio seguinte.
Fase II: Convidaremos os principais candidatos a enviarem um orçamento completo e uma proposta, incluindo respostas aos comentários dos revisores, dos membros da comunidade e dos Comitês Regionais de Fundos. Os candidatos convidados receberão instruções detalhadas sobre como preparar e enviar suas propostas. Esses também estarão publicamente disponíveis.

Processo de seleção

We will use a single-blind review process in which the identities of the applicants are known, but the Research Fund Committee reviewers are anonymous. Technical reviewers will self-declare their expertise for each proposal and disclose any potential conflicts of interest to Technical Review chairs. The proposals will be discussed among the reviewers and the Technical Committee chairs. Each submission will receive a composite score and comprehensive reviews from the Technical Committee chairs. Each proposal will receive at least three technical reviews and can receive input from one or more of the seven Wikimedia Regional Funds Committees when requested as well as the relevant Wikimedia affiliates or user groups. Each proposal can also receive public input from the Wikimedia volunteer communities through a structured feedback process on Meta-Wiki. The final decision will be made by the Research Fund Committee chairs considering the recommendations from the Technical Review chairs as well as the feedback and input from the Regional Funds Committees and the broader Wikimedia communities.

The proposals will be discussed among the reviewers and the Committee chairs, considering the Regional Funds Committees’ and volunteer communities’ input. The final decision will be made by the Research Committee chairs.

Selection criteria

We will assess submissions based on the following criteria:

Research. The primary focus of the proposed work must be research or research community building. Note that proposals with primary focus on outreach, community building, technology development/deployment, institutional support, or other non-research activities are funded through other funds offered by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Relevance. The research must be on or about Wikimedia projects or of significant importance to the Wikimedia projects.
Impact. We aim to prioritize proposals that aim to enable the Wikimedia communities in making decisions or taking actions of significant impact as a result of the research conducted. We will give special consideration to proposals that directly address the Wikimedia 2030 Strategic Direction (including but not limited to the Movement Recommendations) as well as proposals that attempt to answer research questions in less commonly studied languages of Wikipedia.
Geography of the applicants and their corresponding institutions. Because we aim to increase the geographical diversity of researchers who contribute to the Wikimedia projects, we encourage submissions from Central and South America, Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia and will give these applications special consideration.
Community. We aim to fund work that helps the Wikimedia communities take the next step. We will prioritize proposals that support or work with Wikimedia user groups, affiliates, and developer communities. We encourage applicants to include one or more members of these communities in your team and consult Community Wishlists from 2019, 2020, and 2021 for ideas of problems raised by these groups.
Prior contributions to related academic and/or research projects and/or the Wikimedia and free culture communities. We will review self-reported contributions by the applicants to gain a deeper understanding of applicants’ interests, skills and abilities.

Budgets

Requests can be up to USD 50,000 and we intend to give a minimum of six grants during this funding cycle. Detailed budgets are not required as part of initial submissions but we request rough estimates in the following categories (if applicable) along with a brief explanation:

Salary or stipend
Benefits
Equipment
Software
Open access publishing costs
Institutional overhead (up to 15% of total budget requested)
Other (as specified)

Final grant amounts are up to the discretion of the Research Fund Committee, who may reach out to finalists to ask for a reduced budget and a proportionally reduced scope of work. Funds will be disbursed in one payment at the beginning of the funding period (June 2023).

Ethics

All proposals should follow principles of ethical research and rules and guidelines related to human subjects research. We encourage authors to read the Menlo Report for further information on ethical principles, the Allman/Paxson IMC ‘07 paper for guidance on ethical data sharing, and the Sandvig et al. ‘14 paper on the ethics of algorithm audits. Finalists must address possible ethical challenges and how they will address them in their proposal. Institutional Review Board review (if applicable) needs to be completed before funds are distributed.

Research outputs

To make the results of the research actionable and reusable by the Wikimedia volunteer communities, affiliates and Foundation, applicants must ensure that any output of your research complies with the Wikimedia Foundation Open Access Policy. Applicants are encouraged to include open access publication costs as part of your budget.

Grantees are expected to create project pages on MetaWiki:Research documenting the progress of their work once a month. In addition, they are expected to complete final financial and project reports using provided templates, and present at a future Wikimedia Research event as well as at least at one event within their research community.

Research Fund Application cycle

Open call for applications, with office hours for interested applicants
Review of Stage I proposals, including desk rejection of proposals that are out of scope, eligibility check, technical review, community review, and regional fund Committee review
Invitation to finalists to submit to Stage II
Technical review of Stage II proposals
Final decision

Review submissions

Proposed submissions

Not funded submissions

Not Funded Submissions

Office Hours

We invite prospective applicants to schedule 1:1 consultations with members of the Research Fund Committee to ask questions about the program or the relevance of their proposed work. Click here to schedule a session with Pablo in English or Spanish. When scheduling your appointment, please provide a description of your proposed research topic or question. Click here to schedule a session with Emily to ask questions related to the program and application process.

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Important Dates

16 December 2022 AOE — Stage I application submission deadline.
2 3 March 2023 — Stage I selection result notifications.
31 March 2023 — Stage II application submission deadline.
4 May 2023 — Stage II selection result notifications.

Contact us

Please direct questions to research_fund wikimedia.org.

Organizing Committee

Grant committee chairs

Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)

Technical Committee chairs

Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University)
Elena Simperl (King's College London)

Workflow Chair

Emily Lescak (Wikimedia Foundation)