Women Photograph Project Grants

These $5,000 grants will support photography projects — either new or in-progress — from visual journalists working in a documentary capacity. Seven grants are available, at least one of which will be earmarked for a nonbinary or transgender photographer.

Four grants, funded by Getty Images' Inclusion Grants program, will be awarded with a specific concentration in subject matter or medium: one for a project with a news focus, one for a sports project, one for an arts & entertainment project, and one for a video or multimedia project. Three additional grants, supported by Nikon USA, will be open to work from any genre — photographers will be asked to self-identify the subject matter or medium of their submission in the application.

Funding may be used to cover the hard costs of reporting, photographers’ creative fees, and any other expenses that support the production of new work. This grant is not meant to support the production of books, exhibitions, workshops, or other secondary materials.

Applicants are encouraged to submit a story, rather than singles, as part of the grant application. The images need not be related to the project proposal (but please specify in your application if the images are unrelated to your proposal).

THE 2022 GRANT CYCLE IS NOW CLOSED!

Women Photograph + Leica Grant

Women Photograph has partnered with Leica USA to award a $10,000 grant to a photographer focused on an ongoing documentary project. The Women Photograph + Leica Grant is open to photographers who can demonstrate a long-term commitment to their story. Applicants should submit portfolios of 20 images indicating that a substantial amount of work has already been completed, and that the photographer has a clear vision of what further work is needed to complete the project. Additional consideration will be given to applicants who are engaged with the communities they cover beyond traditional journalistic documentation. Funding should primarily be used to support the production of new work, including the hard costs of reporting, and photographers’ creative fees, but may also partially fund community engagement programming.

THE 2022 GRANT CYCLE IS NOW CLOSED!

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These grants are open to women, nonbinary, and intersex documentary photographers of any nationality. Central to Women Photograph’s mission is to be inclusive of and support work from photographers who represent a diverse range of identities, geographies, and experiences. You do not need to be a member of Women Photograph to apply.

There is no fee to apply.

You may apply to both the Women Photograph Project Grants and the Women Photograph + Leica Grant. Only one submission per open call is permitted.

Applications must be submitted in English, but we welcome applications translated using services like Google Translate.

There are no restrictions on camera equipment used for either grant.

Grantees will retain full ownership of all work completed.

Women Photograph, Getty Images, Nikon, and Leica may all ask for the use of promotional images to be used explicitly in conjunction with promoting the photographer, the work, and the grants.

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Thank you to Getty Images, Leica USA, & Nikon USA!

JUDGES:

WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH PROJECT GRANTS
Alissa Ambrose, STAT News
Mona Boshnaq, The New York Times
Brian Frank, Photographer
Candida Ng, AFP
Allison Stewart, Godfrey Dadich

WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH + LEICA GRANT
Victor Caivano, AP
Veronika Chatelain, Open Society Foundations
Maura Friedman, National Geographic
Lisa Larson-Walker, ProPublica
Danielle Villasana, Photographer