Apply for a Scholarship to the Open Knowledge Conference 2027 (Hyderabad, January 2027)
Nivas Ramisetty
Hello everyone,
We are excited to share that applications for the Open Knowledge Conference 2027 (OKC 2027) are now open for scholarships and program proposals. Organised by the Open Knowledge Initiatives (OKI) at IIIT Hyderabad, the conference is tentatively scheduled for 22 to 24 January 2027 in Hyderabad, India, and is built around the theme "Who Builds the Commons? Capacity, Contribution, and Governance for Open Knowledge Communities."
Given the DataMeet community's deep engagement with open data, public policy, and community-driven knowledge systems which are central to the open knowledge movement, we believe many of you will find this conference relevant to the work you are already doing. The conference is centred in and shaped by Global Majority communities, and we are accepting applications from everyone whose work contributes to the open knowledge movement, whether through open data, civic tech, FOSS, Wikimedia projects, GLAM, open education, language technology, policy, research, or any other domain. Scholarships covering travel, accommodation, and food are available through a single combined form that also accepts program proposals, with priority given to applicants who submit both.
Apply here: https://forms.oki-india.org/s/exuz4t
Deadline: 31 August 2026, 23:59 UTC (In your local time)
More information on Scholarships and Program: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_Knowledge_Conference_2027/Scholarships_and_Program_Submission
For any doubts or questions around the scholarship and program submission process, a 30-minute open calls are being organised to walk applicants through the form and address queries:
Date & Time: 22 August 2026, 14:00 UTC (7:30 PM IST)
Call Link: https://meet.google.com/zdm-ienh-jpc
Add to your Google calendar using this link
For questions regarding scholarship or program submission, please write to us at conta...@research.iiit.ac.in
Please share this with anyone in your network who might be interested.
Best regards,
Nivas
(On behalf of the organising team, OKC 2027)