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Update: The scholarship applications are now closed and under review by the Scholarship Committee. Recipients will be notified in early April. Thanks to all the great applicants; we appreciate your patience!

Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Program

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Wikimania 2012, the 8th annual international conference, is being held on July 12–15, 2012. The conference is at George Washington University in Washington D.C., United States. The Wikimedia Foundation and several chapters (Wikimedia Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Switzerland, UK) are offering a limited number of scholarships to offset the cost of select individuals' attendance at Wikimania.

Both full and partial scholarships are available for Wikimania 2012:

• Full scholarships will award round trip travel, dorms accommodations, and registration.
• Partial scholarships will subsidize up to €300 of travel expenses.

Στόχοι του προγράμματος

• Για να κάνετε Wikimania 2012 μια επιτυχημένη και παραγωγική διεθνές συνέδριο.
• Για την υποστήριξη των εγχειρημάτων του Wikimedia με την ενθάρρυνση της συμμετοχής.
• Για να εμπλουτίσουμε το συνέδριο με την παρουσία του μια διαφορετική ομάδα των συμμετεχόντων στο κίνημα του Wikimedia.

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Eligibility (who can apply for a scholarship): Any active contributor to a Wikimedia project and/or Wikimedia volunteer in any other capacity, from anywhere in the world, is considered eligible. Participants in other free knowledge, free software, collaborative and/or educational initiatives are also encouraged to apply.

Selection: All applications for scholarship are reviewed by the Scholarship review committee. Criteria for selecting Scholarship recipients were determined by the Scholarships Review Committee in accordance with the goals and focus areas of Wikimania and Wikimedia. See “Scholarship Selection" below for more detail on selection criteria and process.

Deadline for submission: The scholarship application deadline was February 16, 2012, at 23:59:59 UTC. We will notify applicants in mid or late-March early April about the results of their application.

For more information about the Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Program, please visit the FAQ page.

Process

The Scholarships Review Committee rates scholarships applicants based on a standardized set of criteria. The anticipated timeline for the scholarship program is as follows:

• January 16 – February 16, 2012 – Scholarship application open
• January – early March, 2012 – Scholarship committee reviews applications
• End of March early April – Applicants are notified about final decisions

The WMF Scholarships will be roughly allocated across the regions of the world in the following manner:

Africa	10%
Asia & Pacific	30%
CIS	10%
Europe	10%
MENA	10%
North America	10%
South/Latin America	20%
Regions as defined by International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

The same Selection Criteria (see below) will be used in rating all scholarship applications, but the applications will be compared against the applicants within the region. The Scholarship Committee reserves the right to deviate from these benchmarks, pending lack of qualified applicants.

Types of scholarships

Both partial and full scholarships will be available for Wikimania 2012.

• Full scholarships will award round trip travel, dorms accommodations, and registration
• Partial Scholarships: an award of 300 euros for travel expenses to Wikimania.

The same selection criteria will be used for both types of recipients. On the scholarship application, please indicate your willingness to accept a partial scholarship. As we are not screening applications for financial ability, we are assuming that all who check partial scholarship would be willing to take the partial scholarship to provide those with less resources the opportunity to attend Wikimania.

Κριτήρια επιλογής 2012

Selection Criteria: Main Criteria

	Activity in Wikimedia movement (on-wiki and off-wiki)
	Activity outside of Wikimedia (in compatible organizations)
	Μελλοντικούς στόχους για τη συμμετοχή στο κίνημα του Wikimedia

Οι υποψήφιοι θα πρέπει να αξιολογηθεί σε τρεις διαστάσεις: Α) Τρέχουσες / ιστορικό επίπεδο της συμμετοχής στο Wikimedia (50% της συνολικής βαθμολογίας), Β) Τρέχουσες / ιστορικό επίπεδο της συμμετοχής σε άλλες ελεύθερης γνώσης, το ελεύθερο λογισμικό, συνεργασίας και / ή εκπαιδευτικές πρωτοβουλίες (15% της συνολικής βαθμολογίας), και Γ) τους μελλοντικούς στόχους για τη συμμετοχή στο κίνημα του Wikimedia (35% της συνολικής βαθμολογίας)

Active within Wikimedia (50%)

Applicants active within Wikimedia είναι εκείνα τα ιδιαίτερα που ασχολούνται συμμετέχοντες στα έργα του Wikimedia: συντάκτες, Βικιμέσων, και τα μέλη της κοινότητας οι οποίοι θα προσθέσουν αξία στις Wikimania μέσα από την εμπειρία, τις γνώσεις τους, και η αφοσίωση σε απευθείας σύνδεση και / ή offline δραστηριότητες, όπως η ενασχόληση με δραστηριότητες κεφάλαιο meetups, κλπ. Για να προβληθεί αυτό, οι αιτούντες θα μπορούσαν να γράψουν για τις εμπειρίες τους που συμμετέχουν σε online δραστηριότητες Wikipedia (όπως μοντάζ) και offline δραστηριότητες Βικιπαίδεια (όπως η επαφή με επιχειρήσεις, glam, και Campus πρόγραμμα πρέσβη).

4 = Very high level participant, defined by continued involvement and high impact in two or more projects, chapter or Wikimedia initiative (or as the reviewers judge "very high level")

3 = High level participant, defined by continued involvement and high impact in one or more projects, chapter or Wikimedia initiative (or as the reviewer judge "high level")

2 = Mid level participant, defined by continued involvement and average impact in one or more projects, chapter or Wikimedia initiative (or as the reviewer judge "mid level")

1 = Low level participant, defined by relatively new account, few edits, and little or no involvement in any Wikimedia project or initiative.

0 = Not a participant, defined by a brand new account, or almost no edits, and no involvement in any Wikimedia project or initiative.

Activity outside Wikimedia (15%)

Activity outside of Wikimedia measures applicants relevant activity outside of the the Wikimedia movement. This includes other activities relating to ICT4D, Free Software, education institutions, etc. These participants may exhibit qualities of innovation, participation in other aspects of the free culture/open source movement.

It is a measure for those who have shown potential to add value to the Wikimedia projects and movement, who can enhance and build on this potential at/by Wikimania, and who can disseminate what they learn at Wikimania to their respective communities. If applicable, applicants could write about their experiences with other comparable organizations.

4 = High level participant, defined by involvement in other free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiative with very high potential to benefit Wikimedia.

3 = Mid to high level participant, defined by involvement in other free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiative with high potential to benefit Wikimedia.

2 = Mid level participant, defined by involvement in other free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiative with some potential to benefit Wikimedia.

1 = Low level new participant, defined by involvement in other free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiative with low potential to benefit Wikimedia.

0 = Not a participant, defined by no involvement in other free knowledge, free software, collaborative or educational initiatives.

Μελλοντικούς στόχους για τη συμμετοχή στο κίνημα του Wikimedia (35%)

Οι υποψήφιοι αναμένεται να έχουν συγκεκριμένους στόχους για τον τρόπο συμμετοχής στο Wikimania θα επηρεάσουν τη μελλοντική συμμετοχή τους στο κίνημα του Wikimedia. Οι υποψήφιοι θα πρέπει να επεκταθώ στο γιατί αυτοί είναι που ενδιαφέρονται να φοιτήσουν Wikimania: τι είναι η συνεισφορά τους μπορεί να φέρει στο συνέδριο και αυτό που ελπίζουν να μαζέψει από αυτό.

4 = Πολύ ισχυρή επιθυμία να εμπλακούν με το κίνημα του Wikimedia να πάμε μπροστά? Ειδικές και συγκεκριμένες ιδέες για το πώς μοναδικές ικανότητες, στυλ αιτούντος, και τα συμφέροντα μπορούν να ενσωματωθούν και να ενισχύσει το κίνημα του Wikimedia

3 = ισχυρή επιθυμία να ασχολούνται με το κίνημα του Wikimedia να πάμε μπροστά? Μερικές λιγότερο αναπτυγμένες ιδέες για το πώς μοναδικές ικανότητες, στυλ αιτούντος, και τα συμφέροντα μπορούν να ενσωματωθούν και να ενισχύσει το κίνημα του Wikimedia

2 = Some desire to be involved with the Wikimedia movement going forward; vague and under-developed ideas for how applicant's unique skills, styles, and interests can be incorporated into and enhance the Wikimedia movement

1 = Low or unclear desire to be involved with the Wikimedia movement going forward; unclear and non-thoughtful ideas for how applicant's unique skills, styles, and interests can be incorporated into and enhance the Wikimedia movement

0 = No anticipated involvement with Wikimedia in the future

Chapter Scholarships

Several Wikimedia Chapters provide extra scholarships for participants from their geographical region.

Applications will all be collected through the central scholarship website and later distributed to the chapters. Scholarships which are not approved by chapters will go back to the global scholarship pool.

• Wikimedia Austria:
  • 10 full scholarships – see http://mitglieder.wikimedia.at/Projekte/Wikimania_2012
• Wikimedia Deutschland:
  • 15 full scholarships for recipients living in Germany.
• Wikimedia France:
  • €10,000 in scholarships to recipients selected by Wikimedia France (chapter members, other French speaking persons, etc.) and another €10,000 into the global scholarship fund.
• Wikimédia Magyarország (Hungary):
  • 6 partial scholarships, of up to 900,000 HUF (about USD 3,600) in total, to cover flight, accommodation and registration costs. Scholarships will be used to complement international partial scholarships and to help those who do not get an international scholarship.
• Wikimedia Israel:
  • 4 scholarships, up to USD 2,000 each to cover flight, accommodation and some incidentals
• Wikimedia CH (Switzerland) (4500CHF or ~USD 4,800), with preference for Swiss residents or active contributors of Wikimedia projects in one of the Swiss languages (de, fr, it).
• Wikimedia UK:
  • £5,000 in scholarships to recipients in the UK.
• Wikimedia Italia:
  • 8 scholarships - of up to 1,250 € each - to cover flight, accommodation and registration costs for recipients living in Italy.

Questions

For more information about the Wikimania 2012 Scholarships Program, please visit the Questions & Answers page.

Apply

Scholarship applications closed on February 16, 2012.