Grants:Regions/CEE and Central Asia
This region includes:
Central and Eastern Europe
- Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Cyprus; Estonia; Georgia; Greece; Hungary; Kosovo; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Turkey; Ukraine
Central Asia
- Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
Program Officer
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Regional calendar
editPlease reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.
February 17 – March 7, 2025
Applicant support and eligibility check
February 17, 2025
Renewal deadline
March 7, 2025
Submission deadline
March 10 – April 4, 2025
Review and translation
April 4 – May 2, 2025
Review feedback and applicant engagement
May 16, 2025
Decision announced
May 30 – June 14, 2025
Agreement and first payment
January 15, 2026
Midpoint conversation
July 31, 2026 / August 15, 2026
Final or first year report due
September 1 – September 30, 2025
Applicant support and eligibility check
September 30, 2025
Submission deadline
September 30 – October 10, 2025
Review and translation
October 10 – November 15, 2025
Review feedback and applicant engagement
November 28, 2025
Decision announced
December 15 – January 17, 2026
Agreement and first payment
July 1 – July 31, 2026
Midpoint conversation
January 30, 2027
Final or first year report due
February 10 – March 1, 2026
Applicant support and eligibility check
March 2, 2026
Submission deadline
March 3 – March 16, 2026
Review and translation
May 4 – April 13, 2026
Review feedback and applicant engagement
May 20, 2026
Decision announced
May 21 – June 7, 2026
Agreement and first payment
January 15, 2027
Midpoint conversation
July 31, 2027
Final or first year report due
Contact us
editRapid Fund
editIf you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: ceeca_rapid wikimedia.org
General Support Fund
editIf you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: ceeca_fund wikimedia.org
Office hours
editThe regional program officer is available several times during the week to meet with you to answer questions, receive feedback, and provide any general support or guidance around our funding programs in the region. If you want to reserve an appointment during office hours, please contact your program officer at cschilling wikimedia.org for access. Please provide a brief explanation about the purpose of the meeting when requesting, such as questions around a funding program, reviewing a proposal, concerns about current funded activities, etc.
If none of the available times works for you, please contact the program officer via e-mail with a few times that will work well for you.
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Regional Committee
editCurrent members
edit- Красный, August 2021 - Wikimedian since 2009, co-founder of North-West Russia Wiki-Historians User Group, coordinator of various projects in Wikimedia Movement
- FocalPoint, October 2021 - user and admin in el-wiki / el-wikt, contributor in Wikidata / Commons, el-wikisource, fr-wiki
- Nataev, February 2022 - PhD student, amateur musician, professional translator, and longtime Wikimedian (since 2009).
- Nina1009, April 2022 -
- Justine.toms, June 2022 -
Since May 2024, the Regional Fund Committee also receives support from CEE Hub Coordinator Barbara Klen (BKlen-CEEhub) in an advising capacity.
Browse Applications
editGeneral Support Fund
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Rapid Fund
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