छात्रवृत्ति
| 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! |
विकिमनिया २०१२ छात्रवत्ति कार्यक्रम
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.
कार्यक्रम के उद्देश्य
- विकीमेनिया 2012 को एक सफल और उत्पादक अंतरराष्ट्रीय सम्मेलन बनाना |
- भागीदारी को प्रोत्साहित करके विकिमीडिया परियोजनाओं का समर्थन करने के लिए |
- विकिमीडिया आंदोलन में एक विविध समूह की उपस्थिति के साथ भाग लेकर सम्मेलन को समृद्ध बनाना |
छात्रवित्ति के लिए आवेदन के बारे में
सफल छात्रवृत्ति आवेदकों के बारे में अधिक जानने के लिए, पिछले साल के कुछ छात्रवृत्ति प्राप्तकर्ताओं के बारे में जानिये ! Continue ...
उम्मीद्वार्ता (कौन आवेदन कर सकता है ?): हर वो व्यक्ति जो कि सक्रिय रूप से विकिपीडिया प्रोजेक्ट पर सहयोग देता हो और / अथवा विकिमीडिया सदस्य हो| किसी भी देश के नागरिक आवेदन कर सकते हैं | वे आवेदक जो मुक्त ज्ञान , निशुल्क सोफ्टवेयर तथा /या शेक्षिक प्रयासों से जुड़े हों उनका भी विशेष तौर पर स्वागत है |
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.
विकीमेनिया 2012 छात्रवृत्ति कार्यक्रम के बारे में अधिक जानकारी के लिए FAQ page पर जाएँ |
प्रक्रिया
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 Marchearly 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.
छात्रवित्तियों के प्रकार
विकिमेनिया २०१२ में आंशिक और पूर्ण छात्रवित्तियां उपलब्ध हैं.
- पूर्ण छात्रवित्तियां में वापसी यात्रा खर्च, छात्रावास सहायता और पंजीकरण प्रदान किया जायेगा
- आंशिक छात्रवित्तियां: विकिमेनिया २०१२ के लिए ३०० यूरो यात्रा खर्च प्रदान किया जायेगा.
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.
चयन मापदंड 2012
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विकिमीडिया आंदोलन में भाग लेने के लिए भविष्य के लक्ष्य |
आवेदकों का तीन आयामों पर मूल्यांकन किया जाएगा: 1. विकीमीडिया में भागीदारी का वर्तमान / ऐतिहासिक स्तर (कुल स्कोर के 50%), 2. अन्य मुक्त ज्ञान, मुफ्त सॉफ्टवेयर, सहयोगी और / या शैक्षिक पहल में भागीदारी का वर्तमान / ऐतिहासिक स्तर (कुल स्कोर के 15%) 3. भविष्य में विकीमीडिया आंदोलन में भाग लेने के लिए लक्ष्य (कुल स्कोर के 35%)
विकीमीडिया के भीतर सक्रियता (50%)
Applicants active within Wikimedia are those highly engaged participants in the Wikimedia Projects: editors, Wikimedians, and community members who will add value to Wikimania through their experience, knowledge, and dedication in online and/or offline activities, like involvement with chapter activities, meetups, etc. To highlight this, applicants could write about their experiences participating in online Wikipedia activities (such as editing) and offline Wikipedia activities (such as meet-ups, GLAM, and Campus Ambassador program).
- 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.
विकीमीडिया के बाहर सक्रियता (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.
विकीमीडिया आंदोलन में भाग लेने के लिए भविष्य के लक्ष्य (35%)
Applicants are expected to have concrete goals for how attendance at Wikimania will impact their future involvement in the Wikimedia movement. Applicants should expound upon why they are interested in attending Wikimania: what input they can bring to the conference and what they hope to glean from it.
- 4 = Very strong desire to be involved with the Wikimedia movement going forward; specific, concrete ideas for how applicant's unique skills, styles, and interests can be incorporated into and enhance the Wikimedia movement
- 3 = Strong desire to be involved with the Wikimedia movement going forward; a few less developed ideas about how applicant's unique skills, styles, and interests can be incorporated into and enhance the Wikimedia movement
- 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
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- 0 = भविष्य में विकीमीडिया के साथ कोई प्रत्याशित भागीदारी नहीं
खण्ड छात्रवित्तियां
कई विकीमीडिया अध्याय अपने भौगोलिक क्षेत्र से प्रतिभागियों के लिए अतिरिक्त छात्रवृत्तियां प्रदान करते हैं | अधिक जानकारी के लिए संबंधित छात्रवृत्ति पृष्ठों की जाँच करें |
सभी आवेदनों को केंद्रीय छात्रवृत्ति वेबसाइट के माध्यम से एकत्र किया जाएगा और बाद में अध्यायों को वितरित किया जाएगा | जो अध्याय द्वारा अनुमोदित नहीं होंगे, उन छात्रवृत्ति को वापस वैश्विक छात्रवृत्ति पूल में डाल दिया जाएगा |
- 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.
प्रश्न
विकीमेनिया 2012 छात्रवृत्ति कार्यक्रम की अधिक जानकारियों के लिए Questions & Answers page पर जाएँ |
आवेदन दें
छात्रवित्ति के लिए आवेदन फरवरी 16, 2012 तक खुले हैं