Individual Photographer’s Fellowship
Alexia Foundation for World Peace (Photography Competition)
Established in memory of Alexia Tsairis, an honor photojournalism student at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and victim of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Alicia Patterson Foundation
The Alicia Patterson Foundation Program was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson, who was editor and publisher of Newsday for nearly 23 years before her death in 1963. One-year grants are awarded to working photojournalists/journalists to pursue independent projects of significant interest and to write articles based on their investigations for the The APF Reporter, a quarterly magazine published by the Foundation.
Archibald Bush Foundation Artist Fellows Program
The Bush Artist Fellowships provide artists with significant financial support that enables them to further their work and their contribution to their communities. Fellows may decide to take time for solitary work or reflection, engage in collaborative community projects, embark on travel or research, or pursue any other activity that contributes to their lives as artists. Note narrow geographic restrictions. Michigan residents not applicable.
The Art List
http://www.theartlist.com
A monthly online newsletter listing grants, upcoming art contests, competitions, and juried shows across the United States. Sign up for either the free list or the subscription list for more extensive postings.
Also listed under Arts.
Burn Magazine's Emerging Photographer Grant
Center for Documentary Studies: Awards
Honickman First Book Prize in Photography
Daylight Magazine / CDS Photo Awards
Christophers : Video Contest for Students
College students are invited to interpret the Christopher belief that “One Person Can Make a Difference” in a short film of five minutes or less, using any style or format, but must be submitted in NTSC format on standard, full-sized VHS tape. Entries over five minutes long will not be considered. Winning entries will be aired on a special edition of the internationally-syndicated television series Christopher Closeup. In addition, winners will receive the following cash awards: First Prize — $3,000; Second Prize — $2,000; Third Prize — $1,000; 5 Honorable Mention Prizes of $100 each. Entrants must be currently enrolled in and attending a graduate or undergraduate program at a college or university. Entries will be judged on overall impact, effectiveness of conveying theme, artistic merit and technical proficiency.
Databazaar Scholarship Fund
A funding opportunity for undergraduate students in the fields of visual communication, broadcast journalism, filmmaking and photography. Two annual grants of $2,500 each are available to support excellence in the visual fields and promote understanding between the USA and South Asia.
Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Documentary Prize
A $10,000 award given annually by the Center for Documentary Studies. First announced a year after the Center’s founding at Duke University, the prize was created to encourage collaboration between documentary writers and photographers in the tradition of the acclaimed photographer Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor.
Duke and Duchess of York Prize In Photography
The Duke and Duchess of York Prize was endowed by the Government of Canada in 1986 on the occasion of Prince Andrew’s marriage. The prize, worth $8,000 is awarded annually to a professional Canadian artist for personal creative work. The winner is chosen from among the recipients of arts grants in the Canada Council’s annual competitions for professional photographers. Administered by the Canada Council of the Arts.
FiftyCrows Fund for Documentary Photography
For thirteen years, the Photo Fund competition has been one of the premier documentary photography programs in the world. Its goal is to enable emerging and mid-career photographers to create in-depth essays that become catalysts for positive action and social change.
Fullbright
GettyImages Grants for Good
From Getty: "We proudly support photographers and communications professionals who use their talents to promote positive change in our world." Grants for Good provide two grants of $15,000 annually, to cover photographer (or filmmaker) and agency costs as they work together to create compelling new imagery for the nonprofit of their choice.
GettyImages Grants for Editorial Photography
Provide five grants of $20,000 each to photojournalists pursuing projects of personal and journalistic significance.
Gordon Parks Photo Contest
An integral part of the Gordon Parks Celebration for Culture and Diversity is the Gordon Parks International Photo Competition which has been conducted by Fort Scott Community College since 1990. More than 4,000 individuals from around the world have participated in this annual program that, inspired by the photography of Gordon Parks, reflects important themes in life such as social injustice, the suffering of others, and family values.
Hasselblad Foundation
Stipends and Research Grants in Photography The main aim of this Foundation is to promote research and academic teaching in the natural sciences and photography. This aim is achieved by means of donations and grants for scientific research, through the awarding of an international prize in photography, and by distributing scholarships and grants for research projects in photography.
Henri Cartier Bresson Award
30K Euros, awarded to a photographer/project every other year.
Humble Arts Foundation $1000 Grant for new photography.
National Geographic: All Roads Seed Grant Program
Offers grants to indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture filmmakers creating films using first-person storytelling to highlight their lives and communities. Grants awarded up to a maximum of $10,000 each.
New Mexico Council on Photography Grants for Residents of NM
Willard Van Dyke Memorial Award
Beaumont Newhall Grant
Eliot Porter Grant
Jane Reese Williams Collection
Van Deren Coke Award
Photocrati Fund
The Photocrati Fund offers $5000 grants to photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects. Our goal is to identify outstanding photographers and to provide the resources necessary to pursue projects that will have a tangible and positive effect on the world. For more information contact Erick Danzer.
University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography
Ansel Adams Fellowships in Photography
Through a generous endowment provided by the Polaroid Corporation in honor of Ansel Adams, the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), the University of Arizona, offers annual Research Fellowships. The program is intended to provide research time for scholars needing to use the archives, photograph collection, or library of the Center for Creative Photography.
W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund
The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project, as judged by a panel of experts, follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith’s compassionate dedication exhibited during his 45-year career as a photographic essayist.
WinePhoto
(Italy)2010 on impression of domestic conviviality
Women in Photography (Humble Arts Foundation)
$3,000 and WIP online solo show in September
Women in Photography (Humble Arts Foundation)
$3,000 and WIP online solo show in September
WIP–LTI Materials Grant: $1,000 in Kodak materials
Worldstudio Foundation Scholarships
Worldstudio Foundation scholarships allow young people from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds not only to realize their artistic dreams, but also to give back to their communities.
(Last checked 11/22/11)
See Also:
CENTER's List of Grants & Awards (SFCP)
Worldstudio Foundation Scholarships
Worldstudio Foundation scholarships allow young people from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds not only to realize their artistic dreams, but also to give back to their communities.
(Last checked 11/22/11)
See Also:
CENTER's List of Grants & Awards (SFCP)
Photo Grants Blog
Art Deadlines List
Databases (via Wallace Library)
(LINK HERE)
Cornell University
Graduate School Funding Database
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
FastWeb
This service promises a free customized list of financial aid sources. A searchable database of more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans from more than 3,000 sources for all levels of higher education. First-time visitors have to register and complete a profile. Registrants then receive a list of all currently relevant funding sources. The process and delivery of available funding sources can be a bit tedious. Approximately 500 new scholarships are added to the database daily. Provided courtesy of Financial Aid Information Page and Student Services, Inc. created by Mark Kantrowitz and sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Books
Money Business : Grants and Awards for Creative Artists.
Boston, Mass. : The Artists Foundation, Inc., 1982. 140pp.
A resource book on financial assistance available to creative artists including poets, fiction writers, playwrights, filmmakers, video artists, composers, choreographers, painters, printmakers, sculptors, craftsmen, and photographers. Covers grants, awards, and prizes offered by various organizations. Funding opportunities cover both independent artists and students.
Photographer's Market
Connie Wright Eidenier, ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, annual. Where and how to sell your photographs. Also includes a section on contests.
Annual Register of Grant Support
Wilmette, Ill. : National Register Publishing Co., annual.
Includes information on programs sponsored by government agencies, public and private foundations, educational and professional associations, special interest organizations and corporations. Covers a broad range of interests including academic and scientific research, publication support, equipment and construction support, in-service training, competitions and prizes, and travel and exchange programs. Organized by broad subject areas with four indexes: subject, organization and program, geographic and personnel.
Foundation Grants to Individuals
New York, N.Y.
The most comprehensive listing available of private foundations which provide financial assistance to individuals. The foundations described have made grants to students, artists, scholars, foreign individuals, minorities, musicians, scientists and writers for scholarships, fellowships, student loans, internships, residencies, arts and cultural projects, medical and emergency assistance, residencies and travel programs.
The Grants Register
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, annual.
The complete guide to postgraduate funding worldwide.
Databases (via Wallace Library)
(LINK HERE)
Cornell University
Graduate School Funding Database
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/?p=132
FastWeb
This service promises a free customized list of financial aid sources. A searchable database of more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans from more than 3,000 sources for all levels of higher education. First-time visitors have to register and complete a profile. Registrants then receive a list of all currently relevant funding sources. The process and delivery of available funding sources can be a bit tedious. Approximately 500 new scholarships are added to the database daily. Provided courtesy of Financial Aid Information Page and Student Services, Inc. created by Mark Kantrowitz and sponsored by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Books
Money Business : Grants and Awards for Creative Artists.
Boston, Mass. : The Artists Foundation, Inc., 1982. 140pp.
A resource book on financial assistance available to creative artists including poets, fiction writers, playwrights, filmmakers, video artists, composers, choreographers, painters, printmakers, sculptors, craftsmen, and photographers. Covers grants, awards, and prizes offered by various organizations. Funding opportunities cover both independent artists and students.
Photographer's Market
Connie Wright Eidenier, ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, annual. Where and how to sell your photographs. Also includes a section on contests.
Annual Register of Grant Support
Wilmette, Ill. : National Register Publishing Co., annual.
Includes information on programs sponsored by government agencies, public and private foundations, educational and professional associations, special interest organizations and corporations. Covers a broad range of interests including academic and scientific research, publication support, equipment and construction support, in-service training, competitions and prizes, and travel and exchange programs. Organized by broad subject areas with four indexes: subject, organization and program, geographic and personnel.
Foundation Grants to Individuals
New York, N.Y.
The most comprehensive listing available of private foundations which provide financial assistance to individuals. The foundations described have made grants to students, artists, scholars, foreign individuals, minorities, musicians, scientists and writers for scholarships, fellowships, student loans, internships, residencies, arts and cultural projects, medical and emergency assistance, residencies and travel programs.
The Grants Register
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, annual.
The complete guide to postgraduate funding worldwide.
