Event:Wikicon Australia 2024/Scholarships/Criteria

Eligibility

Wikimedians are invite to submit applications through the application form

Criteria

The award of scholarship funding will be based on your responses addressing the following questions:

Questions to consider in your application

Will you still come if you receive a partial scholarship or no scholarship at all?
What are you hoping to achieve?
What skills are you hoping to learn?
What are you hoping to teach?
What sessions have you proposed?
Will your contributions help Australian First Nations content?
Will your contributions help Australian content?
Are you from a minority group?
Are you from regional or rural Australia?
Are you a new editor?

Criteria for refusal

Failure to have complied with any of the conditions can result in you application be decline. WMAU also reserves the right to remove certain people due to their conduct on/off-wiki, UCoC and WMAU Safe Space policy apply to this event.

The applicant received a scholarship for Wikicon Australia 2023 (in Brisbane) but did not complete their post-conference report(s) before the due date
The applicant is a current or past grantee from any WMF Grant program and has been found to be non-compliant.
The applicant is currently globally blocked by the Wikimedia Foundation or the community.
The applicant has failed to demonstrate any significant Wikimedia contributions or activities which may merit the awarding of a scholarship.
The application is empty.
The application consists of content which is off-topic or abusive.
The applicant has failed to make a reasonable effort to answer the questions on the application form.

FAQ

Who can apply?

Are the scholarships only for Wikimedia Australia members?

Australian Wikimedians are able to apply for scholarships regardless of whether they are members of Wikimedia Australia.

If I can't attend Wikicon Australia 2024 in person, how can I participate?

There may be an option to join virtually as the event may be a hybrid event.