Audience Engagement Grants

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Application Guidelines  |  Grantee List

The Audience Engagement Grant (formerly called the Distribution Grant) supports photographers to take an existing body of work on a social justice or human rights issue and devise an innovative way of using that work as a catalyst for social change.

We are interested in well-designed projects that inspire audiences visually and create meaningful interactions with photographic content.

Projects should combine existing bodies of work with programming or tools that give viewers a deeper, more nuanced understanding of issues and empower them to participate in the process of improving their own or others’ realities. Projects should also include a partnership between a photographer and an organization that combines expertise in documentary photography with experience working on the topic or community the project addresses.

Five to eight grants of $5,000 to $30,000 will be awarded.

Deadlines

Letter of intent (optional): Friday, March 11, 2011, 5pm EST

Completed online application: Monday, May 23, 2011, 5pm EST*

*Please note the deadline has been extended.

Applications must be submitted using our Online Application System (OAS): https://oas.soros.org/oas/. You can access the full Application Packet by clicking the "How to Apply" link below.