SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 

Application Deadline: 21 January 2025

LOCATION: China

SPC is a long-term and professional annual competition platform, offers the opportunity for mobile photography enthusiasts around the world to compete for various rewards and the chance to exhibit their works with EASYART©, the leading platform for modern and contemporary art works retail and art digital copyright brokerage in China.

ELIGIBILITY:

The entries must be original works independently completed by the submitter, and the title, picture description, and other required information must be indicated. Entry is free

The shooting and post-production of the entry must be done on mobile phones. The brand and model of the mobile phone are not limited. The original information of the photo must be kept; otherwise, the organizer will regard it as an invalid work.

The entries are required to be uploaded in JPG format. There is no limit to the color tone, both colored and black & white images can be submitted. The minimum length of the work is 1200 pixels. Except for the creative category, the pixel content of images competing for other categories are not allowed to be modified.

This competition does not accept restoration of photos. All entries must not have any watermarks.

Participants should have independent, complete and undisputed copyrights for the works they submit, and must not infringe any rights of third parties including copyrights, portrait rights, reputation rights, privacy rights, etc. Participants are deemed to agree with the content of this article. All legal responsibilities for related disputes caused by the failure of the above guarantees shall be borne by the contestants themselves, and the competition platform and event organizers have nothing to do.

The organizer of this contest has the right to use all entries, which can be extended indefinitely and irrevocably after the submission of the entries. The organizer can use any of the contestant’s works for publicity and promotion worldwide without any additional payment. At the same time, the organizer is obliged to respect the authorship rights of authors and copyright owners during use.

BENEFIT:

The first, second and third place of the Photographer of the Year will be respectively awarded with:

5000 RMB, the SPC trophy.

3000 RMB, the SPC trophy

1000 RMB, the SPC trophy

The  First, Second and Third Place, and Honorable Mentions of each category will be respectively awarded with:

500 RMB, the SPC trophy

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HEINRICH BÖLL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GRADUATES AND PHD STUDENTS

Application Portal opens on January 15, 2025; Deadline: March 1st and September 1st, 2025

LOCATION: Germany

The Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to approximately 1500 undergraduates, graduates, and doctoral students of all subjects and nationalities per year who are pursuing their degree at universities, universities of applied sciences (‘Fachhochschulen’), or universities of the arts (‘Kunst-/Musikhochschulen’).

ELIGIBILITY:

The scholarship department of the Heinrich Böll Foundation grants scholarships to graduates and doctoral students from outside Germany. 

International applicants have to prove their proficiency in German. Good or very good knowledge of the German language is required (at least B2 Level or DSH2).

Please note: Only online applications are accepted

Gather information on the application process and the requested documents
Register for the online application portal
Provide the requested information in the Online Application Portal
After uploading all of your documents, submit your application before the end of the application deadline

The scholarship recipients are expected to have excellent academic records, to be socially and politically engaged, and to have an active interest in the basic values of the foundation: ecology and sustainability, democracy and human rights, self-determination, and justice.

BENEFIT:

Fully funded. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Federal Foreign Office.

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