Photography Grants and Fellowships

Here is a list of fellowships and grants for the 2009-2010 year. The grants are mostly for photography but many of them are also for other areas in the arts, including performance and literary. The ones with "deadline not updated" have already passed for the 2009 year but will be available again in 2010. Enjoy and good luck!
-Lexi Namer

Getty Images
fellowship site  past winners
Grant for Editorial Photography- [Deadline May 15, November 15]
        5 grants for professional photojournalists: $20,000 plus support
        4 student grants: $5000 a year
Grants for Good- [Deadline April 15]
        2 grants to create imagery for non-profit of choice: $15,000

New York Foundation for the Arts
fellowship site  past winners
Artist Fellowship- [Deadline October. Applications available in late summer]
        $7000 to artists living in NY state within 16 disciplines

Open Society Institute
fellowship site   past winners
Open Society Fellowship- [Deadline: September 15]
        fellowships from $60,000-$100,000 for journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners in a variety of fields

Pew Foundation for the Arts
fellowship site   past fellows

Pew Fellowships for the Arts- [Deadline: December 5]
        fellowships of $60,000 for artists working in a wide variety of performing, literary, and artistic fields

Burn Magazine
fellowship site
Emerging Photographers Grant- [deadline not updated]
        $10,000 grant to emerging photographer with strong body of work

John Gutmann Photography
fellowship site   past fellows
Photography Fellowship Award
        8 yearly recipients receive $5000-$10000 for promise shown in emerging talent

Aaron Siskind Foundation
fellowship site   past winners
IFP Grant- [deadline not updated]
        grants up to $7000 for artist working in still photography and photo based art

Alicia Patterson Foundation
fellowship site   past winners
Journalism Fellowship- [deadline October 1]
        grants from $20,000-$40,000 awarded to full time journalists

Center for Documentary Studies
fellowship site   past winners
Lange-Taylor Prize- [deadline not updated]
        $20,000 given to writer or photographer at beginning stages of documentary project

Worldstudio Inc
fellowship site   past winners
AIGA Scholarships- [deadline: April 2010]
        awards from $2000 to young minority or economically disadvantaged artists

The Aftermath Project
fellowship site   past winners
Aftermath Grant- [application: August 2010]
        grants up to $25,000 for photographers covering aftermath of conflict or war

The Alexia Foundation
fellowship site    past winners
Professional Grant- [Deadline: January 12]
        $15,000 grant to professional photographer for production of project
Student Grant- [Deadline: February 1]
        grant winner received full tuition to study photojournalism and $1000 for story production

Warhol Foundation
fellowship site   past winners
Grant for Visual Arts- [Deadline: March 1 and September 1]
        Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations, and other cultural institutions

Bush Foundation
fellowship site   past winners
Artist Fellowship- [deadline not updated]
        up to 15 artist receive grant yearly of $48,000 to deepen and advance their work over course of one or two years

John Smith Guggenheim Foundation
fellowship site   past winners
US Fellowship- [deadline not updated]
        grant up to $43,000 awarded yearly for advanced professionals or performers to have creative freedom for 6 months to a year

Comments

[Nishant Ratnakar]

Thanks a lot for this post. Very handy collection of links to major photography grants.
Nishant.
PS: my google alerts showed your blog.