Application

• Contribution to Free Knowledge: You agree to make your project results public and release them under a free license, making them accessible and usable by everyone.
• Completeness: Applications must be complete in order to be eligible for selection. This means that the form must be completed in full. Charitable organizations must also enclose proof of charity status, their charter and proof of registration as a charitable organization with their application.
• Submission Deadline: Applications must be submitted within the application period via the application form (from August, 15 until September 15, 2024, 12:59 PM).
• Language Proficiency: You must have sufficient German and/or English language skills to participate in the program. If you understand the German or English version of our website and fill in your application in one of these two languages, we will assume that your language skills are sufficient for the communication with us. If needed, we offer translation services into German or English within the program.
• Realistic Goals and Feasibility: The project must have realistic goals and be feasible to implement.

The project meets at least three of the following criteria:

• Situated Knowledge: You, or the majority of your group/non-profit organization, have a personal connection to the community/communities your project relates to.
• Community-Oriented: You aim to share knowledge from one or more marginalized communities and utilize Free Knowledge in the interest of your community/communities.
• Critical of Power: Your project questions existing power structures and/or addresses inequalities in social and political participation.
• Intersectionality: You understand that different forms of discrimination are interconnected. This is reflected in your project—both in content and in the lived realities of the project team. Intersectionality here always refers to racism intertwined with other forms of discrimination.
• Empowerment: Your project empowers one or more of your communities.

Do you have questions about the criteria? Contact us. During the application phase, we are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM at (030) 577 116 22-0. We are also happy to schedule individual consultation appointments. For this, please email reshape@wikimedia.de.

Additionally, we offer an online information session about the program via Zoom on Tuesday, August 20, at 6:30 PM. You can register for this session by emailing reshape@wikimedia.de.