Awards and Grants

This annual fund is offering two $5,000 grants in 2019 — one each for a humanitarian and an environmental photography project. Open to professional or emerging photographers from any country, worldwide. Apply by July 31.

OneClass, an education technology company in Toronto, Ontario, is giving away scholarships ranging from US$450 - $2000 to students enrolled or accepted for enrollment full-time in the 2019/2020 academic year at an accredited US, Canadian or Australian post-secondary institution. Deadline: Oct 31, 2019.

The National Geographic Society offers funding opportunities for projects in science, conservation, storytelling, education and technology within their focus areas (Ocean, Land, Wildlife, Human Histories and Cultures, Planetary Health and Space). Next deadline: Nov 19, 2025 for The Future of Learning, The Future of our Planet.

The Water Desk at the University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Environmental Journalism is offering grants (up to $10,000) to media outlets and individual journalists covering water issues (and intertwined topics) related to the Colorado River Basin. Apply by Jun 16, 2025.

This biennial prize honors organizations that innovate and strengthen engagement between news media and the young while reinforcing the role of journalism in society. It celebrates and encourages news media work that serves, supports and both attracts and learns from young audiences. Deadline is Jun 16, 2025.

The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management showcases the very best in environmental photography highlighting impacts on the Earth by humans. EPOTY 2025 receives a £5,000 cash prize; Young EPOTY (21 and under) receives brand new camera equipment; and more. Deadline is Sep 28, 2025.

The Social Documentary Network seeks submissions for this award from a global community of photographers —  for documentary projects that have the highest visual and storytelling components while exploring important global issues that affect us all. Deadline: Apr 30, 2021.

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression invites nominations by May 30 annually for multiple awards recognizing journalists for courage and determination overcoming obstacles, investigative journalism, reinforcing and promoting the principle of freedom of the press in Canada or elsewhere, and more. Cash prizes.

Twice yearly, the International Women’s Media Foundation offers grants supporting journalism produced by and about women. The grants, averaging $5,000 USD, are open to professional journalists with three or more years' experience. Next deadline is April 21, 2019.

This annual award goes to professional photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form. Includes a category for future professional photographers who are 28 years old or younger. Cash and camera prizes. Deadline is Apr 1.