Photography Grant Worth $5000 from the California Academy of Sciences

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Applicant criteria

NationalityUnited Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Comoros, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
Age
  • 18 - 25
Gender
  • Both

Opportunity criteria

Job locationUnited States
Needed documentsCV, others

Opportunity description

The California Academy of Sciences’ BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition is now available for photographers aged 18–25 years old. What ideas do you want to convey around the themes of conservation, biodiversity and sustainability of the natural world? The goal of this competition is to encourage young photographers with fresh approaches to this topic to present their perspectives in photographs and media.

About the Competition:

  • The California Academy of Sciences’ BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition is launching a grant for emerging photographers, aged 18-25, to support the creation of photographic images around the themes of conservation, science and sustainability of the natural world. 
  • BigPicture’s goal is to encourage young photographers with fresh approaches to this topic to present their views in photographs through a final Project. 

Applications for the BigPicture Emerging Photographer (BPEP) Grant will be accepted until March 1, 2023 and will include a portfolio and short Project description. 

Selection Criteria:

  • 50% based on visual aesthetic and technical proficiency.
  • 25% based on originality of the Project (your vision).
  • 25% potential impact of the Project.

Benefits

  • Two $5000 grants and mentorships will be awarded in July 2023. 
  • The works produced under the grants may be displayed at the Academy in the 2023 BigPicture Exhibit.

Eligibility criteria

  • Open to all photographers ages 18–25 worldwide, except employees, volunteers and Board Members of the Academy (as well as their sponsors) and the immediate families and individuals living in the same household as such employees, volunteers and Board Members. 
  • The Academy reserves the right to verify, in its sole judgment, Entrant eligibility. 

Required Deliverables:

  • A short multimedia piece set around the theme of conservation, science and sustainability of the natural world. The basis of the piece should be visual imagery in the form of photography or video. 
  • Final deliverable is due on May 1, 2023 and can be a series of 8–12 images, OR a curated/composed slideshow or video that is at least one minute and no more than three minutes in length. 
  • These may include animation, graphics, audio, and/or text.

Conditions:

  • Grant Recipients retain ownership and all other rights to photographs and video created pursuant to the BigPicture Emerging Photographer Grant (the “Grant Images”), subject to the following:
  • Grant Recipients grant to the Academy a perpetual, nonexclusive, irrevocable license to reproduce, publish and display Grant Images in all media throughout the world directly in relation to the BigPicture Competition and Grant, including but not limited to use in the context of the Academy website and social media sites, the exhibition of Grant Images at the Academy or to Academy licensees, and promotional and marketing materials regarding the BPEP Grant, the BigPicture Competition and Exhibition. 
  • Commercial opportunities regarding an image will be negotiated separately.

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