We are planning to revive our team's Fellows Program. Work will be picked up in FY26 Q1 but I'm already opening this task since this topic has come up in a few discussions lately.
For now, I am keeping notes at https://docs.google.com/document/d/19xzadp700oumkKi5NPr4TnwWl0v9Sgn7eqF6TeZD5Rk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.aoud7sa7bh8o
update:
I've incorporated feedback from the team and the Internal proposal for the program is now ready in the Internal Proposal tab.
I've also drafted the public-facing page for the program in this tab.
Next steps:
I've incorporated the feedback from Leila's second review. Both the internal proposal and the public-facing page are updated.
@KinneretG: we did a few iterations on the doc together. Thanks for your work on the feedback. I did my final pass now and left my final batch of comments. None are blockers for you to proceed. Thank you: the program has a good structure and logic and brings many of the things that we care about and want to see in such a program together. I appreciate your work through multiple iterations to improve it.
I know I'm getting ahead of myself, however ;), I'm very excited to see the program in action and welcome our next fellows. Thank you!
update: the program is now re-launched!
Shout-out to the WMF research team for all their feedback and support, as well as many members of the research community who have provided integral input that helped shape the program.
Official program page can be found at: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Wikimedia_Research_Fellows_Program
Official announcement at: https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/L3YP6PQNF3UOXCWFUMH2P7DZYKQY2V3F/