1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
"Women Photograph Project Grants" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
Women Photograph Project Grants is sponsored by Women Photograph. These grants support photography projects, either new or in-progress, from visual journalists working in a documentary capacity. At least one grant is earmarked for a nonbinary or transgender photographer.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Women Photograph Grants 2026 — Women Photograph L-R: Lisette Poole , Flore-Aël Surun , Alicia Vera , Rachel Woolf , Susana Raab Women Photograph is excited to announce our 2026 project grants for women & nonbinary photographers.
APPLICATIONS OPEN MAY 20, 2026 DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2026 (11:59PM ET) Women Photograph + Leica Project Grants Thanks to generous support from Leica USA, these three $10,000 grants will support photography projects — either new or in-progress — from visual journalists working in a documentary capacity.
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). FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: PLEASE READ BEFORE EMAILING US! These grants are open to women, nonbinary, transgender, 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.
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 grant work.
You are welcome to submit links to video/multimedia components in the body of your project description, but your application must be rooted in still photography. Please check the time zone carefully for the deadline on June 30 — we will be unable to reopen applications or make any exceptions for late work. Any use of generative AI must be disclosed clearly.
Grantees will retain full ownership of all work completed. Women Photograph and Leica USA will ask for the use of promotional images to be used explicitly in conjunction with promoting the photographer, the work, and the grants. Thank you to Leica USA for their generous support!
Laura Boushnak, Photographer Adriana García, CatchLight C. Rose Smith, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art ADRIANA GARCÍA, CATCHLIGHT C. ROSE SMITH, MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART LAURA BOUSHNAK, PHOTOGRAPHER
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Women, nonbinary, transgender, and intersex documentary photographers of any nationality; work must be rooted in still photography. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $10,000 per grant (three grants awarded, $30,000 total). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was June 30, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Women Photograph Project Grants is funded by Women Photograph. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This listing is flagged as international in scope. Check the official notice for country-specific restrictions before applying.
Applications go through the funder's official portal — the Apply Now link on this page goes there directly.
USDA-NIFA-WAMS-011117 posted September 4, 2026 with $1,905,210 across an estimated 12 awards of $25,000 to $200,000, closing September 14, 2026. The opportunity title is now simply "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields." Assistance listing 10.318 still reads "Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields" — and NIFA's own program page says the program is not funded for FY2026.
Read articleA PNAS study reveals NIH grant terminations disproportionately hit women and junior researchers. The data exposes how blunt funding cuts deepen structural inequities in science.
Read articleA new PNAS study finds women lost 57.9% of their NIH grant funding versus 48.2% for men. A companion STAT survey of 1,000 researchers reveals mass layoffs and canceled research.
Read article