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Vital Impacts
Vital Impacts Photo Grant
Amount
$20,000
Deadline
Sep 15, 2025
Can you get this?
✓Must be locally embedded in the community you document
✓Cannot be outside the community or country you're covering
✓Must follow Vital Impacts Code of Ethics
✕Applicants under sanctions or in sanctioned territory are not eligible
✓Prior publication experience not required
What it takes
Submit a proposal for a long-term documentary photography project focused on an environmental story within your own community.
Apply in your native language or in English; translation services will be arranged for foreign language submissions.
Agree to the Vital Impacts Code of Ethics and be able to sign the Environmental Grant Agreement.
Worth knowing
In addition to grants, ten emerging photographers are selected for a twelve-month mentorship program with one-on-one sessions with industry experts, photographers, and photo editors.
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