Proposal: UQ sports history linkage

{{proposal|member1=John Vandenberg|member2=Graham Pearce|status=approved}}

This proposal is for ARC linkage grant with UQ and Australian Paralympic Committee.

== Background ==
Wikimedia Australia has been informally involved in a project called "History of the Paralympic movement in Australia" ([[outreach:HOPAU|HOPAU]]).[http://www.hopau.paralympic.org.au/]

== Project ==
This proposal is for Wikimedia Australia to become formally involved in this project by way of an ARC linkage grant with University of Queensland (UQ) and Australian Paralympic Committee (APC).  UQ will be the administrating institution and APC as co-partner.

The project will be over three years commencing after the result in announced in June 2013.  Wikimedia Australia expects to contribute $25,000 in the 2013 calendar year.

The application information is available [[/application|here]].

==Budget==
The budget is available at [[/budget|here]].

==Media==
=== Before linkage approved ===
* [http://www.katelundy.com.au/2012/08/31/capturing-paralympic-history/ "Capturing Paralympic history"], Senator [[w:Kate Lundy|Kate Lundy]]

=== After linkage approved ===
* [[w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-03/News_and_notes#In_brief]]
* [http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/paralympic-history-project-secures-grant APC press release]
* [http://www.uq.edu.au/news/?article=26747 UQ News]
* [http://www.insidethegames.biz/paralympics/1016504-australian-paralympic-history-project-secures-funding insidethegames.biz]