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Wex Photo Video runs the Human Impact Awards 2026 in partnership with Sony, inviting a 5–10 image series exploring how people shape and respond to the world. The free entry Professional Award offers £5,000 for first place, while the Phil Smith Student Photography Award grants Sony camera and lens kits to its top three students.
The Rencontres d'Arles Curatorial Research Fellowship 2026 offers a €20,000 grant to exhibition curators worldwide for a research project leading to an exhibition on photography. The fellowship covers €5,000 for research expenses and €15,000 for exhibition production, with a submission deadline of November 30, 2026.
The Howard Chapnick Grant 2026 awards $7,500 to documentary photography programs that advance education through research, resources, publication, archives, exhibition, or social media dissemination. Applications open July 1, 2026, with a deadline of October 12, 2026, and winners announced December 15, 2026.
The W. Eugene Smith Grant 2026 supports visual storytellers advancing documentary photography and social change. Administered by the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, the contest offers a $30,000 grant and two $10,000 Finalist Grants to professional photographers worldwide.
The PhMuseum 2026 Women Photographers Grant awards $11,000 in cash prizes and €5,000 in MPB gear vouchers to female and non-binary photographers worldwide. Submissions of 5–20 images close on 15 October 2026 with a $40 entry fee.
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund awards two $5,000 grants to fully matriculated student photographers whose work continues Smith's tradition of humanistic, concerned photography. The call opens July 1, 2026, with a deadline of October 12, 2026, and results announced December 15, 2026.
The 46th annual W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography awards a $30,000 grant to a photographer continuing Smith's tradition of concerned photography, with two $10,000 finalist grants. Open to photographers 18+ worldwide, the contest accepts up to 40 images with a $50 entry fee and runs from July 1 to October 12, 2026.
PhotoVogue's MENA Panorama 2026 is a free regional open call offering $8,000 in grants to artists from the Middle East, North Africa, and their diasporas. Three winners receive cash awards and are featured at the 2027 PhotoVogue Festival with potential publication across Condé Nast titles.
The Women's Studio Workshop offers an eight- to ten-week Artist's Book Residency Grant for artists to produce a limited-edition book work. The grant includes a $350 weekly stipend, materials funding, travel support, housing, and studio access.
The Eidolon Grant is an annual international program supporting artists, academics, professionals, researchers, collectors, and enthusiasts whose work centers on everyday photography and image heritage. The 2026 grant is divided into two categories: one focusing on digital images and networked cultures, and another on 19th and 20th-century everyday photography through archives.
The Dutch Talent Project Grant offers emerging photographers in the Netherlands financial support, mentorship, and exhibition at Rotterdam Photo 2027 for work exploring the theme Vibrance – The Pulse of a Living World. Applicants must be based in, studying in, or have graduated from a Dutch institution.
The W. Eugene Smith Student Grant 2026 offers $5,000 to two students for a photographic essay addressing issues of social change, humanitarian concern, or armed conflict. The grant requires a $10 entry fee and has a submission deadline of October 13, 2026.
The Pulitzer Center’s global reporting grants support photojournalists covering systemic and underreported issues in communities worldwide. Applications are free and require a 250-word project description, publication plan, budget estimate, three samples of published work, three professional references, and a CV.
Rotterdam Photo 2027 invites photographers worldwide to submit work interpreting the theme Vibrance – The Pulse of a Living World across three categories: Projects, Single Image, and a Dutch Talent Project Grant. Selected artists receive exhibition opportunities, a €3,000 production grant for Dutch entrants, large-scale public installations, and international exposure through festival partners and satellite exhibitions.
The PhotoVogue Global Open Call 2026 invites photographers and video makers worldwide to submit work exploring creativity as rebellion. A total of $12,000 in grants is available across accepted media including photography, portrait, and video.
Rotterdam Photo and Amarte offer 2027 Project Grants for emerging photographers to develop new or expanded projects interpreting the theme "Vibrance – The Pulse of a Living World." Five selected artists receive a €3,000 production grant and exhibition during Rotterdam Photo 2027 as part of Rotterdam Art Week.
The Many Countries in One Prize Exhibition invites immigrant artists living in the continental US to submit up to three works in any visual medium for a juried show at Artspiration Frederick Gallery in January 2027. Juried by Cuban-American artist F. Lennox Campello, the exhibition runs January 1–31, 2027 with a December 11, 2026 deadline and a $40 entry fee.
