Grants are awarded to applicants who can produce significant projects that share in The Alexia’s mission and who demonstrate the ability to accomplish their projects.

Your submission must include a synopsis of your project, a proposal, your bio, a résumé/CV and a body of work. Stories may be in progress or planned. Entries are judged as much on the strength of the proposal as on the applicant’s visual skills. What storytellers address and what they say about life on the planet is more important than the approach chosen to address that topic. Only one application per person will be accepted each year.

All applicants will be considered for the traditional Alexia grants. In addition, during the application upload process, you will have the ability to indicate if your application should also be considered for any of this year’s pop-up grants.

All applicant work will be considered for inclusion in international exhibitions curated throughout the year.

Professional grants enable established photographers and filmmakers to produce substantial bodies of work that align with The Alexia’s mission. The Alexia also encourages a diversity of creators, issues and approaches, and values work that elevates understanding and inspires meaningful change.

This year, The Alexia is offering several pop-up grants as well as its traditional Vision grants.

The Alexia Vision Grant (professional): $20,000 and a Sony camera/lens. The runner-up will receive $1000. For this grant, we will be looking for strong projects that provide insight into issues around the world, foster cultural understanding and inspire meaningful change by addressing socially significant topics.

The Alexia Conservation Grant sponsored by The fStop Foundation: $5,000. For this grant, we will be looking for strong projects that focus on positive aspects of conservation work in relation to human-wildlife conflict — how we can thrive living alongside wildlife that share our landscape.

The Alexia Faith Grant sponsored by Hendrick’s Chapel, Syracuse University: $5,000. For this grant, we will be looking for strong projects that provide meaningful insight into issues related to faith.