Grants:Regions/Northern and Western Europe
This region includes the following countries and territories:
Åland; Andorra; Austria; Belgium; Kingdom of Denmark; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; Germany; Gibraltar; Greenland; Guernsey; Iceland; Republic of Ireland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Jersey; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Malta; Monaco; Kingdom of the Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; San Marino; Spain; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Vatican City
Program Officer edit
Regional calendar edit
Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.
February 20 - March 14, 2024
Applicant support and eligibility check
March 15, 2024
Submission deadline
March 25 - April 14, 2024
Review and translation
April 15 - May 25, 2024
Review feedback and applicant engagement
May 25, 2024
Decision announced
May 25 - June 2, 2024
Agreement and first payment
January 15, 2025
Midpoint conversation
July 31, 2025
Final or first year report due
- Applicant proposal support starts: September 1, 2023
- Submission deadline: September 29, 2023
- Eligibility check: September 1 - September 29, 2023
- Application translation: October 2 - October 6, 2023
- Review process starts: October 9, 2023
- Feedback received: October 27, 2023
- Engaging with feedback: October 27, 2023 - November 10, 2023
- Decisions announced: November 24, 2023
- Agreement signed: December 15, 2023
- First payment sent: December 15, 2023 - January 19, 2024
- Midterm conversation due: August 12, 2024
- Final report due: January 31, 2025
- Yearly report due for multi-year funds: January 31, 2025
Contact us edit
Rapid Fund edit
If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: nwe_rapid
wikimedia.org
General Support Fund edit
If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: nwe_fund wikimedia.org
Regional Committee edit
The Committee currently reviews applications to the 'General Support Fund' process twice a year. Rapid grants are reviewed by staff; more general requests for funding are reviewed by the Committee.
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- NickK, August 2021 - Financial analyst, hobbyist photographer, Wikimedian since 2008. Based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (after living in Ukraine, France and a bit in the UK).
- Yger, October 2022 - Retired software developer. Wikipedian (svwp) since 2006, been member in eight different Wikimediagroups, like the first FDC and the same for small grants also founding member and former treasurer Wikimedia Sverige. Based in Sweden.
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- Nferranf, March 2023, Lecturer at Universitat de Barcelona (UB), research on gender issues in Wikipedia projects. Board at Amical Wikimedia. Based in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).
- Josie Fraser, October 2023 - Expert of Digital Policy, open licencing, and public investments in open knowledge, committed to equitable and ethical ways of working. Former volunteer board member and Chair of Wikimedia UK (2015-2020).
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