Grants:Regions/ESEAP
This region includes:
American Samoa; Australia; Brunei; Cambodia; mainland China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Cook Islands; Timor-Leste; Federated States of Micronesia; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Kiribati; Laos; Macau; Malaysia; Marshall Islands; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Niue; Norfolk Island; North Korea; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Pitcairn Islands; Samoa; Singapore; Solomon Islands; South Korea; Taiwan; Thailand; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Vanuatu; Vietnam
Program Officer
[edit]Regional calendar
[edit]Please reach out to your Program Officer if you are interested in applying before making any application or if you need flexibility on dates.
August 3 – September 4, 2026
Applicant support and eligibility check
September 1, 2026
Submission deadline
September 7 – October 9, 2026
Review and translation
October 9 – October 30, 2026
Review feedback and applicant engagement
November 13, 2026
Decision announced
December 1 – December 14, 2026
Agreement and first payment
July 1 – July 31, 2027
Midpoint conversation
January 30, 2028
Final or first year report due
February 1 – February 28, 2027
Applicant support and eligibility check
March 1, 2027
Submission deadline
March 3 – April 2, 2027
Review and translation
April 2 – April 23, 2027
Review feedback and applicant engagement
May 3, 2027
Decision announced
May 20 – June 1, 2027
Agreement and first payment
January 15, 2028
Midpoint conversation
July 31, 2028
Final or first year report due
Contact us
[edit]Rapid Fund
[edit]If you want to apply or if have any questions about the Rapid Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: eseap_rapid
wikimedia.org
General Support Fund
[edit]If you have any questions about the General Support Fund, please reach out to the Regional Program Officer at: eseap_fund
wikimedia.org
Regional Committee
[edit]- Aotfs2013, August 2021 - Taiwanese administrator on Chinese Wikipedia and former member of the Project Grants Committee.
- Exec8, August 2021- community member leading discussions on topics related to the ESEAP region. Also member of the Wikimania Steering Committee and Movement Strategy Roles & Responsibilities Working Group.
- Chipmunkdavis, August 2021 - Development sector experience in the ESEAP region, prior activity with WMUK.
- Kunirasem, September 2022 - Javanese Wikipedia volunteer and contact person for Yogyakarta Wikimedia Community; experienced as WMID grantee for projects.
- 22Kartika, September 2022 - member of Wikimedia Australia and long-time volunteer within Wikimedia Indonesia.
- Wutkh, September 2025 - Member of Wikimedia Thailand and Wikimedia UK, former administrator at Thai Wikipedia and long-time volunteer for Thai Wikimedia sister projects.
- Tofeiku, September 2025 - Treasurer of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia and active volunteer for the Wikimedia movement in Malaysia.
- Marshelec, September 2025 - Member of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand and active volunteer for the Wikimedia movement in New Zealand.
- Fitri Penyalai, September 2025 - Member of Wikimedia Indonesia and grantee of the Wikimedia Alliances Fund (2022, 2024).
- Chlod, September 2025 - Wikimedia software developer and English Wikipedia editor and from the Philippines, youth volunteer, ESEAP Strategy Summit 2025 COT.
- Supaplex, September 2025 - Chair person of Wikimedia Taiwan (2021-2025) and Wikidata editor and from Taiwan, content translator, WikidataCon 2023 COT, ESEAP Conference 2026 program committee.
Inactive and Past Committee Members
Browse Applications
[edit]For grants and reports from other funding programs, see: Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Review/2026-27.
FY 2026-27
[edit]- Rapid Fund
- General Support Fund