Women Photograph Project Grants 2025

Thanks to generous support from MPB, these $5,000 grants will support photography projects — either new or in-progress — from visual journalists working in a documentary capacity. Five grants are available, at least one of which will be earmarked for a nonbinary or transgender photographer.

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).

Women Photograph has partnered with Leica USA to award a $10,000 grant to a photographer focused on an ongoing documentary project. The Women Photograph + Leica Grant is open to photographers who can demonstrate a long-term commitment to their story. Applicants should submit portfolios indicating that a substantial amount of work has already been completed, and that the photographer has a clear vision of what further work is needed to complete the project. Additional consideration will be given to applicants who are engaged with the communities they cover beyond traditional journalistic documentation. Funding should primarily be used to support the production of new work, including the hard costs of reporting and photographers’ creative fees, but may also partially fund community engagement programming.

NOTE: THIS YEAR, THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE APPLICATION FOR THE WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH + LEICA GRANT, AND THE WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH GRANTS JURY WILL SELECT THE RECIPIENT OF THE WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH + LEICA GRANT FROM THE PRIMARY APPLICANT POOL.

^{Image: Taiwo Aina}