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Apply Now for the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship

The WordPress Foundation will once again offer the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship for travel to WordCamp US 2024. Applications are due by May 30, 2024.

Who was Kim?

Kim Parsell holding her badge from WordCamp Dayton 2014

At each in-person WordCamp US, the WordPress Foundation honors Kim’s commitment and valuable contributions to the WordPress open source project. The Foundation’s goal is to further the efforts of contributors who demonstrate Kim’s spirit, by helping to ease the financial burden of travel to WordCamp US.

If you didn’t know Kim, please take a minute to learn more about her and her love of WordPress through these memories gathered in 2019 from those who knew her.

Kim Parsell stands among members of the WP Docs team.
Kim Parsell (center) and the rest of the WP Docs team

Who qualifies?

There will be one scholarship recipient in 2024. To be considered for the scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • Is a woman
  • Is an active contributor to the WordPress project
  • Has never attended WordCamp US before
  • Requires financial assistance to attend WordCamp US 2024

If you meet the above requirements and would like to be considered, please apply soon. The application is open through May 30, 2024. All applicants will receive notification by June 21, 2024.

For more details, please visit the WordPress Foundation’s Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship page.

Kim Parsell (left) at WordCamp San Francisco

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