DEADLINE: The Alexia Grants

Since 1991, the Alexia Foundation promotes the power of photojournalism to give voice to social injustice. Production grants are awarded to students (grant amount varies) and professional photographers ($20,000) to give them the financial ability to produce substantial stories that drive change in the effort to make the world a better place. Students also get scholarship opportunities.

The Alexia Grants 2025

Grants are awarded to applicants who can produce significant projects that share in The Alexia's goals of promoting world peace and cultural understanding and who demonstrate the ability to accomplish their projects.

This year, The Alexia is offering new grants as well as its traditional grants.

PROFESSIONAL

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.

The submission fee for professionals is $50.

STUDENT GRANTS

The Alexia Vision Grant (student): $2,000, a Sony camera/lens, acceptance to the Eddie Adams Workshop (other finalists will get priority consideration for acceptance), the tuition and fees to audit three courses during a semester at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in New York, and they will be considered for a paid position as research assistant to The Alexia chair. The runner-up for this award will receive $500. 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: $1,000. 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 fStop Foundation also is willing to provide guidance during production and publication.

The Alexia Faith Grant sponsored by Hendrick’s Chapel, Syracuse University: $1,000. For this grant, we will be looking for strong projects that provide meaningful insight into issues related to faith.

The Alexia Sports Grant sponsored by the Sports Media Center at Newhouse, Syracuse University: $1,000. For this grant, we will be looking for strong projects that provide meaningful insight into issues related to sports.

The Alexia Public Diplomacy Grant sponsored by the Public Diplomacy and Global Communication at Newhouse, Syracuse University: $1,000. For this grant, we will be looking for strong projects that provide meaningful insight into issues related to public diplomacy, which is often (but not limited to) stories focused on history, culture and foreign policy.

The student grant application is free.

EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER GRANT

The Alexia Emerging Photographer Grant sponsored by the VII Foundation: The recipient of this grant will be selected from applicants to our student grants as well as professional applicants who have five years of experience or less. The VII Foundation believes truthful visual journalism is an essential tool for citizens and decision-makers as they confront humanity’s challenges and seek sustainable solutions. In response, the foundation empowers new voices, fosters critical debates and creates stories that advocate change. Grant details: Tuition to Level 3 of The Program for Narrative and Documentary Photography in Arles, France, plus accommodation and a per diem.
 

Deadline: Feb 17, 2025 extended to Feb 19

Inspired by their dear daughter and sister Alexia Tsairis who was innocently killed at the age of 20 during the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, the Tsairis family have worked to build Alexia’s legacy as a photographer through The Alexia Foundation. From its beginning as a memorial fund at Alexia’s alma mater Syracuse University, The Alexia Foundation has grown to become one of the most well-known and respected awards in the field of photojournalism, earning recognition and awards from World Press Photo, the Emmy News and Documentary Awards, the duPont-Columbia University Award, and a Pulitzer Prize; just to name just a few.