Grants:Regions/LATAM and The Caribbean/id
This region includes the following countries and territories:
Anguilla; Antigua dan Barbuda; Argentina; Aruba; Bahama; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Bolivia; Caribbean Netherlands; Pulau Bouvet; Brasil; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Chili; Kolombia; Kosta Rika; Kuba; Curaçao; Dominika; Republik Dominika; Ekuador; El Salvador; Kepulauan Falkland; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaika; Martinique; Meksiko; Montserrat; Nikaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Puerto Rico; Saint-Barthélemy; Saint Kitts dan Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint-Martin; Saint Vincent dan Grenadines; Saint Barthélemy; Sint Maarten; Suriname; Trinidad dan Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; Uruguay; Venezuela; United States Virgin Islands
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.
2 September – 30 September 2024
Applicant support and eligibility check
9 September 2024
Renewal deadline
30 September 2024
Submission deadline
30 September – 24 Oktober 2024
Review and translation
31 Oktober – 15 November 2024
Review feedback and applicant engagement
29 November 2024
Decision announced
16 Desember 2024 – 17 Januari 2025
Agreement and first payment
1 Juli – 31 Juli 2025
Midpoint conversation
30 Januari 2026 / 31 Maret 2026
Final or first year report due
10 Februari – 1 Maret 2025
Applicant support and eligibility check
10 Februari 2025
Renewal deadline
1 Maret 2025
Submission deadline
3 Maret – 4 April 2025
Review and translation
4 April – 2 Mei 2025
Review feedback and applicant engagement
16 Mei 2025
Decision announced
30 Mei – 14 Juni 2025
Agreement and first payment
15 Januari 2026
Midpoint conversation
31 Juli 2026 / 15 Agustus 2026
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: lac_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: lac_fund wikimedia.org
Set up a time to meet with the Program Officer
The regional program officer is available several times during the week to meet with you to answer questions, receive feedback, and provide any general support or guidance around our funding programs in the region. The meetings can be held in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or English. Please review the program officer's calendar on Google Calendar below and reserve a time that is most convenient for you:
To support preparation needs, please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting and your preferred language when reserving a time. This information can alternatively be provided via e-mail (mcaso(_AT_)wikimedia.org). If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail to suggest a few alternatives of dates and times that will work well for you.
Regional Committee
The primary role of the committee is to contribute as thought partners in strategic thinking to understand the complexities of the Latin America and Caribbean region and to make funding decisions for applications in the region, providing expertise and experience to applicants to support the effective functioning of the movement's activities.
Contact the LAC committee: lac-regionalcom@wikimedia.org
- Hedestad, August 2021- Sou historiador, atualmente fazendo mestrado, e Wikimedista desde 2018. Sou membro do Wiki Movimento Brasil e vivo em Porto Alegre, no Brasil.
- Lilian Viana, August 2021- Eu me chamo Lilian. Atuo como bibliotecária em universidade no Brasil e integro a iniciativa. GLAM Bibliotecas da USP. Sou doutora em Ciência da informação. Comecei a explorar o universo Wikimedia em 2019, sobretudo Wikidata e Wikipédia em português. Sou de São Paulo, Brasil.
- Salvador alc, August 2021- Abogado. Co-fundador de Wikimedia México. Wikimedista desde 2006. Actualmente estudio una Maestría en Tecnologías de la Información. Vivo en Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
- Ivonne Dos Santos, January 2023- Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Maricarmen Sequera, January 2023- Paraguay.
- Paulakindsvater, January 2023- Paraná, Argentina.
- Superzerocool, January 2023- Santiago, Chile.
- PilarSaenz, September 2023- Colombia.
- Vanett Graneros, September 2023- Bolivia. Soy bibliotecaria-archivista de profesión, wikimedista desde el año 2019, voluntaria en el grupo de usuarios de Wikimedistas de Bolivia. Vivo en la ciudad de La Paz.
- Onica aguilar, September 2023- Oaxaca, México.
Resources
Meet the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Funding Committee
LAC Regional Funds committee and proposal review process
Browse Applications
General Support Fund