WikiCred/2022 CFP
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The 2022 Call for Proposals is now closed. If you have ideas for projects that need support getting off the ground or wider adoption, please leave comments on the talk page!
Overview
editWikiCredibility Grants Initiative
editWikimedians Strengthening Knowledge and News Credibility on the Internet
The WikiCredibility Grants Initiative (WikiCred), a collaborative project among members of Wikimedia DC, the New England Wikimedians and members of other Wikimedia user groups in other regions, the organization Hacks/Hackers and community organizer Ahmed X. Medien, requests applications from individuals, groups, or organizations seeking funding support for the development of tools, projects or initiatives that strengthen credibility and reliability of information within Wikimedia projects.
Hacks/Hackers is a rapidly expanding international grassroots journalism organization with dozens of groups (and counting) and thousands of members across four continents (and counting). Hacks/Hackers’s mission is to create a network of journalists (“hacks”) and technologists (“hackers”) who rethink the future of news and information.
Projects and topics should clearly intersect with the overall mission of Hacks/Hackers and MisinfoCon communities with focus on trust online and trustworthiness, information veracity, reliability and integrity and envisioning new solutions and new information networks and systems.
Eligibility
editAll are welcome to apply regardless of geographical location. Projects, tools, and initiatives across all Wikimedia projects as well as Wikipedias of all languages will be considered.
Awards
editAward Amounts: Up to $10,000 per project
Number of Awards: Multiple
Scope and preferred topics
editWikiCred is particularly interested in supporting the development of Wikimedia tools, projects, programs or initiatives that will benefit underserved communities or improve content related to timely topics such as reproductive health care and election misinformation. Other topics will also be considered.
Tools should aim to strengthen sourcing practices within Wikimedia projects by improving access to high-quality credible sources as well as the citations they help to create.
WikiCred will also consider applications seeking funds to facilitate Wiki meetups that invite talks on strengthening credibility on Wikimedia projects and the overall information ecosystem. Sample meetup attendees may include journalists, librarians, editors, teachers, media literacy groups or NGO’s.
Applicants should expand on the ideas, themes, and work of past WikiCred projects with the ultimate goal of helping to build movements dedicated to the following areas or tasks:
| Tool type, purpose, priority, etc. | Previously funded WikiCred project |
|---|---|
| Strengthening information on vaccine safety on Wikipedia | Vaccine safety project |
| A WordPress Plugin for Opening The News | Glassbox |
| A new way to assist in evaluating the credibility of media sources | Iffy.News |
| Learning product prototypes for educational purposes | Cite Learn |
| Structures New Cited Sources on Wikipedia | Scribe |
| Using Wikidata to report on municipalities' and government agencies' Covid-19 data | Source Scour |
| A Graph Database of Coronavirus Research and Concepts | Covid-19 Relay |
| The Wikipedia Community's Platform Against Disinformation | Sourceror |
| Promoting Credibility on Wikipedia Pages with Multimedia Files | Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos |
| A Browser Extension for Adding Context to Online Stories by Suggesting Related Wikipedia Articles | WikiWhatsThis |
| UX of Wikipedia Credibility | UX Credibility |
| A Bot to Add References to WikiData Statements | RefB |
| Reliability and Multilingual Global Communities | Reading together |
| Helping the Public Navigate a Challenging Media Landscape | News on Wiki (NOW) |
Projects can also align with the goals of WikiCite.
Applicants will be given the opportunity to discuss or present their projects in monthly online community forums beginning in November of 2022.
A list of projects that received previous WikiCred funding can be found at WikiCred.org.
Important dates
edit| Application portal opens | September 1, 2022 |
| Submission Deadline | December 5, 2022 (formerly November 28) |
| Awardees announced | January 2023 |
| Funds dispersed | No later than May 31, 2023 |
Application review process
editAll applications will be reviewed and scored by a panel of experienced Wikimedians. More information will be shared as the panel is finalized.
Apply
editIMPORTANT: A handful of applicants have experienced a technical issue with the application portal. Please protect your answers by saving them before submitting them through the portal. This is the only way they can be recovered should something go wrong.
If you have experienced this problem and would like to re-submit your application without using the portal, please send your answers in an email or document to: info (at) wikimediadc.org. You can view the questions without applying by selecting the blue button below.
The WikiCred grant deadline has been extended to December 2.