Microgrants/Examples
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Project grants (£5–250) or Partnership Funding (£250 and upwards) |
Below are some examples of what you could apply for a microgrant to do. This list is not intended to be complete, so if you don't see what you're thinking about here don't let that stop you from putting in an application.
Travel funds
Travel funds to get to conferences, important events, museums, archives, libraries, etc.
Potential purposes:
- To do outreach
- To carry out research
- To take photographs of specific objects
- To investigate partnership possibilities (e.g. between Wikimedia and museums)
Priority will be given to applications from individuals with a history of improving the topic on Wikimedia websites (which should be demonstrated in the application), and for those with closer geographical proximity.
The microgrant could cover train fares, bus tickets, private car journeys at the cost of petrol (15p/mile), ferry journeys, etc. It may also cover low-cost accommodation and registration fees. It will not, however, cover taxis or traveling in first class.
Books and other information sources
Potential purposes:
- Making information in a book available in Wikipedia articles (with citations, without violating copyright)
- Digitizing and making the books available on Wikisource
A rationale will be needed as to why they aren't available for free via libraries etc. WMUK will retain ownership of the books, which will then be loaned out.
Equipment
Potential purposes:
- Microphones for recording audio wikipedia / wikinews / etc. articles
- Scanners for scanning in books and other documents
- Cameras for intensive work photographing collections / locations
- Video recorders for recording events and locations
Applications should also consider insurance and extended warranties to ensure longer useful lifetimes for the objects. WMUK will retain ownership of the equipment.
Potential purposes:
- internet access costs, tea/coffee for group meetings (Wikimeets or similar)
Events should be widely publicised on-wiki (e.g. geonotice) to encourage participation by all that are interested in it.
Things to avoid
Things that won't be considered include:
- Anything that does not fit in with our objectives
- Anything that could be done independently/for free without having a microgrant
- Website hosting (although webspace can be provided if needed by other means)