Travel Photography Grants

Alexia Foundation

• The Alexia Grant was established to give a photographer the financial freedom to produce a substantial photo essay in keeping with the foundation's goals of promoting peace and cultural understanding. The recipient will receive $15,000 toward a specific project outlined in the grant proposal, as of August 2010. There is also a student competition. Any photographer is eligible to apply for the Alexia Grant except those who have won $1,000 or more in the previous calendar year, or those who wish to work on collaborative projects. There is no entry form for this grant, but the application package must include a 750-word proposal and no more than 20 images, including captions, a summary of work and a resume.

  The Alexia Competition

  Professional Division

  S.I. Newhouse School of Communications

  215 University Pl.

  Syracuse, NY 13244-2100

  alexiafoundation.org

Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize

• The Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor prize was established by Duke University in 1990 to encourage collaboration between photographer and writer like the acclaimed work done by Dorothea Lange and Paul Taylor in 1941 when they published "American Exodus." The Lange-Taylor prize is a $20,000 grant, as of August 2010, offered to a writer and photographer in the early stages of a documentary project. Submissions on any subject are welcome but must be a collaborative work. All applications must be received by January 31.

  Dorothea Lange--Paul Taylor Prize Committee

  Center for Documentary Studies

  1317 W. Pettigrew Street

  Duke University

  Durham, NC 27705

Aaron Siskind Foundation

• The Aaron Siskind Foundation offers an annual Individual Photography Fellowship Grant to a photographer who works in still photography or photo-based art. Grant amounts are determined by a review panel but may be up to $7,000, as of August 2010. This fellowship is only open to U.S. citizens (native-born or naturalized) of 21 years of age or older. Students and previous fellowship recipients are ineligible. As this is a fellowship for still photography, no video submissions will be considered, but photography on any subject matter is welcome.

  Aaron Siskind Foundation

  c/o School of Visual Arts, MFA Photography

  209 East 23rd Street

  New York, NY 10010

  609-348-5650

  aaronsiskind.org/grant